The Minnesota Vikings will be facing New Orleans, Seattle, Arizona and Buffalo in preseason football action this year.

The NFL announced the opponents Tuesday as well as tentative dates for the games.

New Orleans will host the Vikings in the first preseason game for Minnesota. The date of the game has been narrowed to sometime between August 8-12.

The following week the Vikings will host Seattle with that game set for August 18. Minnesota will also be home the next week entertaining the Arizona Cardinals sometime between August 22-25.

A visit to Buffalo will wrap up the exhibition schedule for the Vikings on August 29.