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Published April 21, 2010, 08:55 AM

NFL season begins with Vikings-Saints rematch

Minnesota Sports
- The Vikes' will play the Saints at the Superdome the night of Thursday, September 9th to start the year.

The NFL season opener at New Orleans and three other prime-time games highlight the Vikings 2010 regular season schedule.

The Vikes' will play the Saints at the Superdome the night of Thursday, September 9th to start the year. The Vikings then have ten days off until hosting the Miami Dolphins in their first home game of the year.

They play Monday night, October 11th against the Jets in the new Meadowlands stadium on October 11th, and are in Green Bay for a Sunday night game on October 24th. The Packers come to the Metrodome on November 21st, with the Vikings hosting the Bears in a Monday night game on December 20th. The Vikes' regular season ends in Detroit on January 2nd.

All games that final weekend match up division opponents in an effort to create meaningful matchups.

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Vikings head coach Brad Childress and Vikings player personnel director Rick Spielman gave little indication on their plans for tomorrow's first day of the NFL Draft. Spielman says they're looking at all options, including trading up or down. The Vikings have the 30th overall pick in the draft.

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