Vikings' road to the playoffs just got more treacherous
To date the Vikings' 5-2 record is far more impressive than their pedigree. They haven't beaten a team that currently has a winning record since opening night.The 2017 Vikings haven’t accomplished anything yet. Not the front office, not the quarterback, the coaching staff or the defense. Not the franchise as a whole, which hasn’t won a playoff game since Brett Favre appeared in the Metrodome in the Old Things About To Collapse Bowl.
This team is 6-2 and leads the NFC North by two games. Any semblance of competence over the next five weeks should earn a division title and a winnable playoff matchup, if there is such a thing for a franchise that has won one postseason game since 2004.
What this year’s team has to prove is that it can perform competently against strong competition because to date the Vikings’ record is far more impressive than their pedigree.
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Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Washington is 4-4. The teams it has lost to are a combined 25-8. The teams it has beaten were 15-10 at the time. Washington has played the NFL’s toughest schedule, its opponents having won 61 percent of their games.
Injuries to the offensive line led to the Vikings’ collapse last year, beginning with a rotation of tackles in Philadelphia after the bye whose play made Bradford look like a speed bag.
The post-bye portion of the schedule begins this season in another historic East Coast city against another problematic opponent, and this time it is right tackle Mike Remmers who may not be able to play against a defensive front that tormented Russell Wilson last week.
These are the circumstances that try the souls of Vikings fans, but there is upside to this matchup and the month ahead:
If the Vikings prove themselves worthy over the next five weeks, they’ll play at least one home game in U.S. Bank Stadium in January.
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