The Vikings head into the second week of their preseason with momentum after a dominant showing against the Texans in their opener.<\/p>\n
Now against the Patriots, the Vikings will continue to be without some prominent starters, including J.J. McCarthy, who is now shut down. That makes the quarterback situation a must-watch as the team continues to decide on their backup for the position. On defense, the depth really showed itself, and for a young Patriots team, they could be easily overwhelmed the same way the Texans were.<\/p>\n
Here’s where to watch Vikings vs. Patriots in Week 2 of NFL preseason.<\/p>\n
What TV channel is the Vikings vs. Patriots preseason game on today?TV channel: KMSP FOX 9Streaming: Check local listings<\/p>\n
The Vikings and Patriots play Saturday in Week 2 of the 2025 NFL preseason. J.J. McCarthy will be out, but we get to see the continued competition for who will be his backup.<\/p>\n
Streaming options for the game include the ESPN app, ESPN+<\/a> and Fubo<\/a>, which offers a free trial.<\/p>\n Vikings preseason schedule 2025<\/p>\n Below is Minnesota’s preseason schedule.<\/p>\n Vikings regular-season schedule 2025<\/p>\n Below is Minnesota’s regular-season schedule.<\/p>\n Week 1: Monday, Sept. 8, at\u00a0Chicago Bears<\/a>, 7:15 P.M., ESPN\/ABCWeek 2: Sunday, Sept. 14, vs\u00a0Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, 7:20 P.M., NBCWeek 3: Sunday, Sept. 21,\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>, Noon, CBSWeek 4: Sunday, Sept. 28, at\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u00a0(Dublin), 8:30 A.M., NFLNWeek 5: Sunday, Oct. 5, at\u00a0Cleveland Browns<\/a>\u00a0(London), 8:30 A.M., NFLNWeek 6: BYE WeekWeek 7: Sunday, Oct. 19,\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>, Noon, FOXWeek 8: Thursday, Oct. 23, at\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>, 7:15 P.M., PRIMEWeek 9: Sunday, Nov. 2, at\u00a0Detroit Lions<\/a>, Noon, FOXWeek 10: Sunday, Nov. 9, vs.\u00a0Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, Noon, FOXWeek 11: Sunday, Nov. 16, vs. Chicago Bears<\/a>, Noon, FOXWeek 12: Sunday, Nov. 23, at\u00a0Green Bay Packers<\/a>, Noon, FOXWeek 13: Sunday, Nov. 30, at\u00a0Seattle Seahawks<\/a>, 3:05 P.M., FOXWeek 14: Sunday, Dec. 7, vs.\u00a0Washington Commanders<\/a>, Noon, FOXWeek 15: Sunday, Dec. 14, at\u00a0Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, 7:20 P.M., NBCWeek 16: Sunday, Dec. 21, at\u00a0New York Giants<\/a>, Noon, FOXWeek 17: Thursday, Dec. 25, vs. Detroit Lions<\/a>, 3:30 P.M., NetflixWeek 18: TBD, TBD, vs. Green Bay Packers, TBD, TBD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vikings head into the second week of their preseason with momentum after a dominant showing against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[1758,821,247,265,822,374,692,391,146,113,441,12,388,816,7,17603,221,253,20842,379,147,243,828,820,830,233,259,2529,248,267,8255,246,88,6,35196,870,878,245,264,775,815,9,266,8256,222,17604,8258,776,602,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-292543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-tv","9":"tag-affiliate","10":"tag-american","11":"tag-american-football","12":"tag-arts","13":"tag-bears","14":"tag-chicago","15":"tag-chicago-bears","16":"tag-detroit","17":"tag-detroit-lions","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-espn","20":"tag-espn-inc","21":"tag-events","22":"tag-football","23":"tag-guides","24":"tag-houston","25":"tag-houston-texans","26":"tag-hub","27":"tag-inc","28":"tag-lions","29":"tag-live","30":"tag-live-sporting-events","31":"tag-local","32":"tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","33":"tag-minnesota","34":"tag-minnesota-vikings","35":"tag-minnesotavikings","36":"tag-national","37":"tag-national-sports","38":"tag-networks","39":"tag-neutral","40":"tag-news","41":"tag-nfl","42":"tag-nfl-hub","43":"tag-online","44":"tag-online-video","45":"tag-overall","46":"tag-overall-neutral","47":"tag-reference","48":"tag-sporting","49":"tag-sports","50":"tag-sports-news","51":"tag-stations","52":"tag-texans","53":"tag-tv-guides-u0026-reference","54":"tag-tv-networks-u0026-stations","55":"tag-u0026","56":"tag-video","57":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}