The Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions will come together on Sunday for a big Week 9 clash at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota. The game has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream via the link below.

The Vikings got their season off to a blistering start but they are fading and fading badly.

They have suffered back to back losses and have fallen to 5-2. That's still a good, healthy record at this point in the season, but alarm bells will be ringing after last week's fiasco that saw them lose 20-10 to the lowly Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football.

The Vikings had gone into the game as massive favorites against a team that had won just once all season long to that point. The Vikings oppositely had tasted defeat just once to that meeting.

However, the Vikings rarely seemed in it and they looked like they were still asleep through the first three quarters as their offense struggled to make any inroads in the Chicago defense.

Heading into the final quarter the Vikings had registered just three points and the game was already gone.

They will be kicking themselves for not winning last week's game, and will be desperate to get things back on track today in their game against the Lions.

Earlier in Week 9 on Thursday Night Football, the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers met at the Raymond James Stadium in Florida as the Buccaneers looked to get back to an even record with a home win.

However, the high flying Falcons were too much for Tampa Bay and overwhelmed them throughout, claiming a comfortable 43-28 victory to move to 6-3.

That results also dropped the Buccaneers down to 3-5 and their hopes of competing for the postseason now look to be teetering on the edge.

The game saw a dominant Falcons offense that piled on 461 total yards, and quarterback Matt Ryan tortured the Buccaneers defense with 344 passing yards and four touchdowns. In addition, Devonta Freeman added to the pain for Tampa Bay with 77 yards on the ground.

Shockingly in the game, the Buccaneers failed to force even a solitary Falcons' punt, which indicates the overwhelming dominance that Atlanta enjoyed in the big game.

On the other side, the Buccaneers' quarterback Jameis Winston threw 261 yards for three touchdowns, but he did not have enough options going forwards as the Tampa Bay rush attack was blunted badly by an in-your-face Falcons' defense.

As for the Falcons, it looks like they are cruising their way towards the Playoffs.

Today's big game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream by clicking here.