RandBall: Vikings fans, you should be proud of your performance in London

Sunday was technically a home game for the Vikings, but usually that means most fans have to travel a handful of miles to U.S. Bank Stadium make themselves heard on gameday.

Thousands of the purple faithful who packed the seats in a 23-17 victory over the Jets went at least 4,000 extra miles, the distance between Minneapolis and London, to raucously celebrate their team at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The Vikings improved to 5-0 with the victory, and I dare say their fans remained undefeated on the season as well. They should be just as proud of their performance as the Vikings defense was in intercepting aging QB Aaron Rodgers three times, as we talked about on the postgame Access Vikings podcast from London .

Among the highlights:

It started days before the game, with Vikings fans taking over London in swarms. The Vikings' official hangout while in London, the Greenwood Sports Pub and Kitchen, was so packed with Vikings supporters on Saturday night that front door staff had to turn people away. On the walk from the train station to the game Sunday, it was again clear that Vikings fans were the dominant group. There were plenty of Justin Jefferson jerseys among the sea of purple, but the more obscure ones revealed the depth of the Vikings crowd. Among them: A Jim Kleinsasser, one Sidney Rice, a fresh-off-the-rack Andrew Van Ginkel and a nod to the mid-2000s with Onterrio Smith, the latter of which was worn with full knowledge of the past by its owner . Turning a corner down an alley, I found hundreds of Vikings fans in full pregame splendor doing the "Skol" chant.