Vikings-Packers Live Score Updates — NFL Regular Season Week 17

This is a big one.

The 12-3 Vikings are in Green Bay to take on the 7-8 Packers in a game with major playoff implications for both teams. Minnesota is looking to sweep its biggest rival, maintain its hold on the No. 2 seed, and stay alive in its pursuit of the No. 1 seed (the Eagles losing to the Saints earlier on Sunday was a necessary step in that process). The Packers are fighting to sneak into the playoffs, which will be much more difficult if they don't win today.

This should be fun. It's a full house at Lambeau Field, with plenty of purple and white mixed in among the green and gold. The Vikings have won three games in a row against the Packers in which Kirk Cousins has been available, but they haven't beaten Aaron Rodgers twice in one season since 2009 — when Brett Favre was Minnesota's quarterback.

When the Vikings have the ball, all eyes will be on Justin Jefferson, who is 209 yards away from Calvin Johnson's all-time single-season receiving record. Jefferson put up 184 yards and two touchdowns on the Packers in Week 1 at U.S. Bank Stadium, a performance that Green Bay CB Jaire Alexander called a "fluke" this week.

Follow along below for live updates throughout the game, and follow me on Twitter for additional updates, highlights, and commentary from inside the stadium.

Final Score: Packers 41, Vikings 17

Read the recap here.

Live updates

Fourth quarter

Packers 41, Vikings 10

7:36 — The Vikings have scored a touchdown! Kirk Cousins hits Jalen Nailor for the rookie's first career touchdown catch. That's something, I guess.

Packers 41, Vikings 3

9:25 — Aaron Rodgers runs for a touchdown to make the score even uglier.

Packers 34, Vikings 3

14:54 — A.J. Dillon powers his way into the end zone for a touchdown. The Packers have scored 34 unanswered points. Does Kevin O'Connell pull his starters?

Third quarter

7:11 — The Vikings reached the red zone, but then Kenny Clark stripped Kirk Cousins for a third Packers takeaway. It's not looking like a dramatic comeback is in the cards today.

Second quarter

Halftime: Packers 27, Vikings 3

0:00 — Mason Crosby just bounced a 56-yard field goal off the crossbar and through to make it a 24-point game at halftime.

0:41 — Greg Joseph just missed another field goal. After going wide right earlier, he missed this one way left from 50 yards out.

Packers 24, Vikings 3

2:41 — Aaron Rodgers hits a wide open Robert Tonyan for a touchdown to make it a three-score lead.

5:52 — This continues to be a nightmare for the Vikings. Kirk Cousins just threw another deflected interception to end a potentially promising drive.

Packers 17, Vikings 3

9:48 — The Packers take the lead on a Mason Crosby field goal. The Vikings' defense got a big stop in the low red zone. Greg Joseph missed a field goal late in the first quarter that would've cut it to an eight-point game.

First quarter

Packers 14, Vikings 3

5:17 — A lot is happening. The Packers got stopped on fourth down, but then the Vikings went for it on fourth down and Kirk Cousins threw a deflected 75-yard pick six. The Packers are rolling with two big non-offensive plays. Brian O'Neill got hurt on the return, which matters even more than the play.

Packers 7, Vikings 3

10:25 — What a wild start to this game. Special teams are ruling the day. Green Bay's Keisean Nixon just returned a kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown to give the Packers the lead back. This is already madness.

Vikings 3, Packers 0

10:38 — The Vikings had first and goal at the 1 and had to settle for a field goal. A brutal start for their offense, which has 5 yards on 6 plays so far.

11:58 — Josh Metellus just blocked another punt. Seriously. For the second week in a row, No. 44 burst through the middle and got his hand on the ball.