The Vikings Tailgate

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. As the Vikings wrap up their 2025 NFL season, host Cy Amundson and producer Jay Nelson break down the biggest talkers going into the 2026 offseason and plant their flags on which playoff teams they’re supporting leading up to Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium. All of this and...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the pod, Zach Martina was back and opinions were broad. The seasons were frustrating for their favorite sport, so the guys got together and tempers were short. The debating was fun and argued with haste, as the guys did their...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Break out your magic beans, the Vikings are heading to New York to take on the New York Football Giants. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels look at the Vikings ability to play the spoiler in the final weeks of the season, the need for the younger Vikings players to continue taking...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings are heading down to the land of Stetsons and Tex-Mex as they take on the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels shove into the lasting memories of the 1975 playoffs, the Herschel Walker trade, and Randy Moss tearing it up in the 199...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. It's Week 14 of the NFL season, winter is here, and Chad's getting his brain jolted. Chad and Cy give their takes on the state of the Vikings going into the Commanders game, break down the lunacy of the current NFL playoff picture, and are imagining a scenario where the blue...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. It’s Thanksgiving and host Cy Amundson is cooking for all the fans. As everyone is enjoying the holiday, Cy's serving up some of the best bits from this season. Seeing as how the Lions, Packers, Bengals and Ravens all play today, we figured we'd look at the curse of Bobby La...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels are salty heading into the week 12 "Border Battle" in Green Bay. Chad and Cy talk about the time Chad got yelled at by every Packers fan in Lambeau Field, how Cy almost caused a riot wearing a Vikings Favre jersey in Appleton, WI, the impact of p...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels are riding the rollercoaster going into Week 11 against "Da Bears." The guys talk about being heckled by upset Bears fans, Chad's favorite spots to chow down at U.S. Bank Stadium, Harrison Smith's 200 the game, and their predictions for the game....

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels are riding high off the win over Detroit. With Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry coming to town, the guys are optimistically breaking down the weird Vikings historical stat when facing the Ravens, look back at the insane finish to the 2013 game, ge...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings.  Cy Amundson welcomes back Lions super fan Zach Martina to the show to break down the spooky Lions successes this season. Cy and Zach look at the 50-year Bobby Layne curse, Zach’s big brain, Dan Campbell’s tricks-and-treats, Zach’s jump-y Green Bay experience, the return of...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Chad Daniels and Cy Amundson are gearing up for a Vikings Thursday night matchup against the "Bolts" at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles. Chad and Cy discuss the legend of Chargers Quarterback Dan Fouts, Adrian Peterson's record setting 296-yard game, Viking "Goats" in their era,...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings and Cy are back for some home cooking at U.S. Bank Stadium this Sunday at noon and we’ve got the "Birds" flying in the door. Our old friend and Philadelphia apologist, Blake Wexler, joins to try to make sense of the 2025 Eagles season so far.  Blake is trying to...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings continue their European tour, this time in "Jolly Old London" against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Cy and Chad look back on some of the most historic "Oh No" moments for the Browns organization, review the "Miracle At The Met" ramifications, give kudos to the...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels have been scouring their lawns for some four-leafed clovers going into the upcoming game in Dublin, Ireland against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The guys discuss the pilot episode of the failed Jerome Bettis game show, the unfortunate end to a field...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels are looking out Cy's windows at The Queen City and asking 'Who Dey?' With two backup starting quarterbacks, superstar wide receivers, and years of fan trauma, Sunday's matchup is shaping up to be a fun one. Cy and Chad are talking about the legen...

Welcome back to The Vikings Tailgate - Presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Cy Amundson and Chad Daniels are back after surviving a crazy week 1 Vikings win in Chicago. This week, the Falcons are coming to town and stirring up old memories. Cy and Chad talk through their 1998 NFC Championship trauma, the 'adventures' navigating the Atlanta airport,...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. We're kicking off the regular season and host Cy Amundson is making moves. Cy's brought in his good friend and diehard Vikings fan, Chad Daniels, to join the show throughout the 2025 season and man are they excited for the kickoff on Monday night. Chad and Cy discuss why they...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. It's Wild Card weekend and the Vikings are facing the Rams on the road Monday night. Cy's back with fan favorite Zach Martina to review the week 18 game against the Lions and preview the upcoming NFL playoffs. Cy and Zach talk about Zach's Lions waiting for the dust to settle,...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Much like all of you, we've been spending some extra time with our loved ones this holiday season, but we wanted to make sure to post some of our favorite moments from 2024 on The Vikings Tailgate this week. Host Cy Amundson starts off talking with comedy legend Jeff Foxworthy...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings are heading to the 'Emerald City' and big-time comedian Adam Ray joins Cy Amundson to talk through his love for Seattle sports. Adam talks about roasting the Steelers and Seahawks players, his friendship with Sam Darnold, the culture shift of the Pete Carroll era,...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. The 'Monsters of the Midway' are heading to U.S. Bank Stadium for a Winter Whiteout game and Minnesota comedian Bryan Miller is all about it. Bryan and Cy Amundson break down why this season has both of them feeling uncomfortably optimistic, why the Bears seem to be emotionall...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. The 'dirty birds' are coming back to town and comedian Jeff Foxworthy is all about it. Jeff chronicals his love for Atlanta sports (Bulldogs, Falcons, and Braves), what it's like rooting alongside his diehard Vikings fan son-in-law, his new role as a 'football babysitter wingm...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. It's Thanksgiving week and even though the Vikings are facing the Cardinals Sunday, the NFC North is fully in the spotlight all day Thursday. Cy brings back show favorite and Lions fan Zach Martina to review the insanely competitive NFC North and the implications of the 2 most...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Hollywood comedian, actor, and podcaster Daniel Van Kirk joins Cy Amundson for this Bears week edition of the Vikings Tailgate. Daniel recants his reaction to the Bears loss to Green Bay, the tame version of Hard Knocks we got this season, why the Bears and Packers rivalry is...

Welcome back to the Vikings Tailgate presented by Ticketmaster - The official ticket marketplace of the Minnesota Vikings. Hollywood actor and writer James Roday Rodriguez from 'Psych', 'A Million Little Things,' and 'Buddy Games' joins the show to talk about his lifelong love of the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans. James looks back on his childhood memories of Earl Campbell, the thrill of 'Th...