Is it fair to write off the Minnesota Vikings when it comes to potential playoff success?
while laying down a blueprint for upcoming opponents that will undeniably be copied.
Sunday’s emphatic defeat wasn’t Minnesota’s lone eye-opening letdown of the season. In Week 2, they were handled by the likely one-seed Philadelphia Eagles with relative ease. A recent 11-point loss to the Detroit Lions exposed cracks in their armor. Heck, the Vikings followed up that performance with a 39-36 comeback overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Their second-half effort was miraculous, but allowing the lowly Colts to score 36 points gives pause.
The Vikings are 2-2 against opponents that currently possess winning records. Minnesota’s record improves to 6-4 when including teams at .500—the Vikings have oddly played a bunch of contests against franchises with 8-8 records, aided by their twice-a-year-meetings with the Lions and Packers. Minnesota’s defense is allowing a 31st-ranked 396.8 yards per contest, including an NFC-worse 273.4 passing yards per outing. Three of Minnesota’s potential postseason opponents possess top-10 ranked passing offenses . Both
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