The first week of the fantasy playoffs were this week. If you had any Minnesota Vikings players in your rosters, let's see how they did.

The early betting lines are out for Week 16 in the National Football League, and the Minnesota Vikings find themselves in a role that they haven’t been in for a while: favorites.

For the first time since December of 2003, the Minnesota Vikings, Timberwolves and Wild all won games on the same day.

The Minnesota Vikings are a National Football League team that plays in the NFC North division. The Vikings have yet to win a Super Bowl title over the course of their history.

Vikings, Timberwolves, Wild make Minnesota sports history not done since 2003 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Minnesota sports fans got to experience quite the Sunday.

The Vikings coach criticized his quarterback's touchdown celebration and said he would have preferred McCarthy sprint into the end zone.

Vikings legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter has not held back his skepticism around J.J. McCarthy at times this season. And even after the best game of the young quarterback's career on Sunday night, Carter still doesn't sound like a believer.