The Minnesota Vikings are hoping to capitalize on one of the advantages of being a professional team in the Midwest this season. Bill Speros of bookies.com calculated the distance that each team in the NFL will have to travel this season and the Vikings will have a favorable travel schedule. They rank fifth in the NFL for the fewest projected travel miles, as they will travel a total of 13,226 miles during their nine road games, crossing 16 time zones.
The Vikings’ nine road games this season are relatively close, which is helpful since all their division rivals are less than 550 miles away. Last season the Vikings traveled 18,360 miles. This ranked 19th in the NFL and included a trip to London.
