Kyle Rudolph's big day sparks Vikings; beating Bears next week clinches wild card

DETROIT – The regular season, for all intents and purposes, ended Sunday for the Vikings in the visitors’ locker room at Ford Field, as players congregated following a 27-9 win over the Detroit Lions.

Five hundred eighty-eight miles to the southeast, Jake Elliott’s 35-yard field goal sailed through the uprights at Lincoln Financial Field, giving Philadelphia a victory that meant the Vikings would head home without clinching a playoff spot.

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