Vikings’ 2016 schedule will be set after Sunday’s game

The Redskins will face either the Seattle Seahawks, the Minnesota Vikings or the Green Bay Packers at home on either January 10 or 11.

If Seattle and Minnesota both lose, the Vikings would be the No. 5 seed and visit NFC East champ Washington (8-7). If it loses that game, it faces the Redskins instead as the No. 5 seed. Additionally, the outcome of the Vikings-Packers game will impact playoff seeding and opponents for each team in the first round of the playoffs.

If the Vikings lose and finish second in the North, they will play at home against second-place NFC West finisher Seattle and at second-place NFC South finisher Atlanta.

The Packers and Redskins have met in the playoffs only twice, as the Packers defeated the then-Boston Redskins in the 1936 NFL Championship Game, while the Redskins won a 1972 NFC Divisional playoff game by a final of 16-3.

Carolina and Arizona will get first-round byes. A loss and they are locked into the No. 6 seed and a road game at the NFC North victor.

In their last three playoff appearances, the Redskins have matched up with the Seahawks, losing all three contests.

The announcement has just been made that the game at Lambeau Field between the Vikings and the Green Bay Packers in Week 17 has been moved to Sunday Night Football, giving the Vikings the eyes of the nation for the second consecutive week.