The Vikings won 14 games often through Sam Darnold’s arm this season. Yet on the biggest stage so far, Darnold’s arm fell flat during Sunday night’s 31-9 loss to the Lions. Players and coaches say the critiques should begin with their failures in the red zone,

The Detroit Lions defense held Minnesota Vikings QB Sam Darnold to a 43.9% completion percentage and just 166 yards passing in a 31-9 win.

Ahead of Sunday night's heavyweight battle between the Vikings and Lions in Detroit, we reached out to get the opponent perspective from John Maakaron of Lions On SI, who answered our five questions about the big game.