The Vikings are in a deep hole after losing another heartbreaker in their home stadium.
on Sunday — this one coming down to the final ten seconds against the Chargers — dropped Kevin O'Connell's team to 0-3.
The season isn't over after three weeks, of course. The Vikings are just two games behind the Packers and Lions at 2-1, and they still have all six division matchups in front of them. But it's a massive hole to be in. Since 1990, only four of 138 teams to start 0-3 have made the postseason . Most of that time period featured 16 games and six playoff teams per conference, so the odds are slightly better now that there are 17 and seven, but you get the idea.
The Vikings almost certainly need to go at least 9-5 the rest of the way to have a shot at the playoffs, and that might not even be enough. It's theoretically doable for a team with an explosive passing attack like Minnesota clearly has, but the Chiefs, 49ers, and Bengals are still on the schedule, not to mention two games against both Green Bay and Detroit. It's going to be awfully tough.
Let's check in on the national power rankings to see where the Vikings fall to this week. Is this rock bottom?The Kirk Cousins trade watch is on. At 0–3, the Vikings should be in strategic free fall for their next quarterback option.
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