 After finishing a modest 8-8 last season, the Minnesota Vikings are looking to rebound and hopefully make a run at the Super Bowl this year. If the Vikings were to make the Super Bowl, they would be the first team in NFL history to play a Super Bowl in its own stadium. The NFL released regular season schedules for all 32 teams tonight and the Vikings will have a tough road to the playoffs. The Vikings will open up the 2017 campaign in prime time on Monday night football against the New Orleans Saints at US Bank Stadium. That's the first of three prime time games for the Vikings with the second coming week five when they traveled to Chicago to face the Bears. You might want to circle week eight when the team will take its talent across the pond to London. Set your alarms now because it is an 8.30 a.m. kickoff for that one against the Browns. With the London game, the bye week is set for week nine. For the second straight year, the Vikings will be spending Thanksgiving in Detroit to take on the Lions in the annual Thanksgiving Day Games for the first time of three straight road games before returning home week 15 to rumble with the bangles of Cincinnati. The third and final prime time game finds its way to Lambeau Field that pissed the Vikings against the Packers before closing out the season at home against the Bears. And the NFL season will kick off on September 7th when the Kansas City Chiefs travel to Foxboro to take on the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. And just in case you haven't heard already, Super Bowl 52 will be held Sunday, February 4th, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.