The Vikings have a lot more work to do to turn their season around, but this is how it had to start.
At 0-4, they would've been dead in the water. Now Kevin O'Connell's team has some life. The Vikings continue to be an efficient, explosive offense — ranking third in the NFL in yards per play at 6.2 — that just needs to take care of the football. Defensively, they were able to fluster rookie QB Bryce Young, sacking him five times and scoring a touchdown on a scoop-and-score.
This week presents a much, much greater challenge. Patrick Mahomes and the defending champions are coming to Minneapolis for a late-afternoon showdown at U.S. Bank Stadium. If the Vikings are going to upset the Chiefs, it'll require their best game of the season in all three phases. Let's check in on the national power rankings to see how much this one win caused the Vikings to rise.I saw Kirk Cousins get hit twice in this game—once amid a Jeremy Chinn sack and once as he tried to make a tackle on his pick six—harder than some skill position players get hit all year. This is, ultimately, emblematic of the Vikings’ season: everything is hard, nothing is beautiful and even the wins leave scars. I still believe the Vikings should not entertain keeping Cousins.
They won their first game at Carolina, but it sure wasn't pretty. They have to cut down on the mistakes as the Chiefs come to town.The coin that always landed on heads last year finally got back there again.On paper, the Vikings went on the road and covered the spread to stop their losing streak. But if you watched this game, you know it didn't look anywhere near that good.
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