Fans who watched the Vikings stun the Saints in the Wild Card round last season may want to ask Santa for a repeat victory. Minnesota will play in New Orleans at 3:30 p.m. (CT) Christmas Day, which in 2020 lands on a Friday, making for quite a rare occurrence. The Vikings have not played on Christmas Day since 2005, when they faced the Ravens on the road.

Minnesota has a Week 7 bye, the earliest since 2016 when it occurred in Week 6.

Zimmer said it "might be a little early" but that having the bye fall near the middle of the season is OK by him.

"We might have to look at it a little bit different this year, depending on if we need to get a little more work done instead of, in the past when it's been later on, we could give players a little more time off," Zimmer explained.

The Vikings will travel to Indianapolis in Week 2, their first time on the road against the AFC South team since 2012. They'll return home to host the Titans in Week 3 and then head to Houston to face Offensive Coordinator Gary Kubiak's former team in Week 4.