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With 13 wins possible, Vikings success shouldn't be taken lightly... - purplefaithful - 12-16-2017
The Vikings are coming off a loss in which their quarterback erred and their injuries mounted, their receivers dropped passes and their run defense looked uncharacteristically lax.
Time to panic?
Might just as well be time to celebrate.
Every week, hundreds of statistics about the Vikings are spewed by reporters and social media, and yet perhaps the most important and remarkable statistic about this season has been largely ignored.
If the Vikings win their last three games, this would become the second team in franchise history to reach 13 victories.
The only Vikings team to have done so: the spectacular if ill-fated 1998 edition, which finished 15-1.
Context is required. Many of the best teams in franchise history played fewer than 16 games, making 13-win seasons impossible or unlikely.
But the 16-game schedule has existed since 1978. The 2009 Vikings were good enough to win a Super Bowl and enjoyed perhaps Brett Favre’s most efficient season as a pro, yet won “only” 12 games.
The 2017 Vikings have a chance to win 13 games with a backup quarterback who went undrafted, a backup running back, an overhauled offensive line and a leading receiver who went undrafted.
http://www.startribune.com/vikings-success-shouldn-t-be-taken-lightly/464637333/
With 13 wins possible, Vikings success shouldn't be taken lightly... - Guest - 12-16-2017
These Vikings have beaten good teams, won tough games on the road and won games with two different quarterbacks. And they just won four of the five games that were presumed to be a season-defining test.
If the Vikings could have played 2016 with a functional left tackle, they’d be on a three-year run of double-digit victories featuring three different primary starting quarterbacks.
When the Vikings were 5-0 last season, I wrote that they had the best roster in the division and were set up to win big. Their collapse made that assessment look silly.
I’ll double down. The Vikings have the best roster in the division, as proven by Detroit’s mediocrity and Green Bay’s inability to function without Aaron Rodgers.
Presuming a modicum of health and a little better luck with kickers, Spielman and Zimmer have set up the Vikings to win consistently, and perhaps in a big way.
With 13 wins possible, Vikings success shouldn't be taken lightly... - Guest - 12-16-2017
As many have said through-out this season, enjoy the ride...I do hope we end-up with home-field and a deep playoff run, will be disappointed if we don't. But it's been a fun season to-date, thats for sure.
With 13 wins possible, Vikings success shouldn't be taken lightly... - Guest - 12-17-2017
I think this team is set up for a long run at being very good every year
With 13 wins possible, Vikings success shouldn't be taken lightly... - Guest - 12-17-2017
Quote: @Viking1987 said:IF you have the front-office/coaching staff in sync, decent coaching staff, a good to great qb, you're in pretty good shape.
I think this team is set up for a long run at being very good every year
Every year there will be attrition that can F up a season, but having the rest can give you a fighting chance.
If the Vikings make the right call @ QB this offseason? I would agree with you...
With 13 wins possible, Vikings success shouldn't be taken lightly... - Guest - 12-17-2017
Quote: @purplefaithful said:
Agree completely. The only thing that will keep Minnesota a year in-year out consistent contender is finding a QB that they can stick with. They have the rest of the formula.@Viking1987 said:
I think this team is set up for a long run at being very good every year IF you have the front-office/coaching staff in sync, decent coaching staff, a good to great qb, you're in pretty good shape.
Every year there will be attrition that can F up a season, but having the rest can give you a fighting chance.
If the Vikings make the right call @ QB this offseason? I would agree with you...