Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores presents a strength-on-strength matchup with his relentless blitz packages. Minnesota sends five or more pass rushers on a league-high 49.2% of opponent dropbacks, per TruMedia. The next-closest team, Atlanta, is at 40.4%.

The Vikings expect J.J. McCarthy back under center which is not necessarily good news for Minnesota. The sophomore signal-caller has been less than good thus far for the Vikings completing just 56% of his passes and throwing more interceptions (10) than touchdowns (9).

Dak Prescott and Jahmyr Gibbs have been playing at elite levels this season and their teams need that again Thursday night. Christian Petersen and Gregory Shamus / The Athletic has live coverage of Cowboys vs.

Both the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions are on the outside of the playoff picture in the NFC heading into their Thursday Night Football matchup in Week 14 of

Before the game, tune into Vikings GameDay Live starting at 10 a.m. on FOX 9, and stream on your smart TV via the free FOX Local app, on FOX9.com, your FOX LOCAL Mobile phone app