Everybody could sense it. The Minnesota Vikings finished 13-4, but not a single person felt that record reflected the actual team they were. When you go 11-0 in one-score games, some call you resilient, but others call you lucky. It felt like the Vikings caught a ton of fortunate breaks during their run to the NFC North title. That is why many experts didn’t blink picking the 9-7-1 New York Giants to upset them in the wild card round. Plenty of Vikings fans were upset, feeling their team was being disrespected.
Things started well. Minnesota went right down the field on their first drive and scored. After that, it felt like the Giants controlled the game. Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley gave the Vikings defense fits. Towards the end of the 4th quarter, New York went ahead 31-24. Minnesota had two golden opportunities to tie the game with seven minutes left. They failed both times. The final image was Kirk Cousins on 4th and long throwing yards in front of the sticks to end the game. It was a fitting ending.
What made it 100 times better was the tweet the Giants’ Twitter fired off after the final whistle.
Nothing gets easier for the Minnesota Vikings.
They really sold out on competing for a championship in 2022. Not only will they start this off-season $22 million over the salary cap, but they currently have four picks in the draft. That doesn’t leave them much room to get better. Quite the opposite. It won’t be a surprise if they take a substantial step backward next season, paving the way for the Detroit Lions to take over the division until the Bears conclude their rebuild. Nobody is likely to be upset about that. Watching the Minnesota Vikings crash and burn is an annual tradition enjoyed everywhere.
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GM Ryan Poles said he wanted to blow up the roster when he interviewed for the Vikings job. He felt the team had run its course and needed a reboot, starting with Kirk Cousins. Ownership wasn’t comfortable with that. It is one of the critical reasons Poles chose to take over the Bears. Now the Vikings are stuck in purgatory while Chicago has a head start on them in rebuilding. Don’t be surprised if their next meetings have wildly different results compared to this season.
Poor Tommy sounds like he’s been doing naked squats in the cucumber patch again, boofukinghoo.
Although watching the Lions crush the Packers playoff hopes takes first, watching the underdog Giants take out the Viqueens yesterday was a good second.
I agree with much that the user “Tom Waddle” says regarding Poles and the rebuild. Now comes the hard part. At this point, we don’t even know if Eberflus and his staff are the right mix to lead the Bears forward.
@Tom Waddle I’m sorry you’re unable to understand anything about football. I really feel for you. To think you actually don’t understand the mess Pace left. To think you somehow thought the Bears could be anything but mediocre with that mess, so gutting the team and tanking was the best choice. It must be awful to be you my friend. Maybe you should consider not watching football anymore. It really seems above your head man. Good luck to you.
I’m a Bears fan, you dolts. Except that, contrary to the vast majority of Bears fan meatball twits, I don’t live in a land of delusion like those losers on those very accurate SNL skits, nor do I live my life celebrating other people’s failures instead of celebrating my own achievements, nevermind that those teams’ “failures” still represent a much more successful season than the 3-14 Bears had.