A pair of NFC teams that have been eliminated from the postseason square off Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings visit the New York Giants in NFL Week 16. Minnesota (6-8) has won consecutive games but fell from playoff contention despite a 34-26 victory against the Cowboys last week.

The Vikings are averaging 99.4 rushing yards per game, 25th in the NFL. That has not helped the development of quarterback J.J. McCarthy. Kirby Lee / Imagn Images EAGAN, Minn. — After a while, late-afternoon training camp practices become monotonous.

The Vikings will be in primetime, and things are not going to be easy as their offense is firing on all cylinders. Kevin O'Connell and his staff will have to be on their A game as they gameplan for Dallas. For one player specifically, though, J.J. McCarthy, he is going to have a national audience that will be waiting for him to fail.

Devin Duvernay's 56-yard kickoff return in the final minute for Chicago set up Cairo Santos for his fourth field goal of the game, a 48-yarder as time expired, to push the Bears past Minnesota 19-17 after the Vikings scored the go-ahead touchdown with 50 ...