Minnesota’s schedule came out this month, and it’s gearing up to be a tough one.
The Vikings have the 10th most-difficult schedule, in terms of the teams’ winning percentages from 2019. However, the past success of the Vikings’ opponents do not tell the full story.
For instance, the Buccaneers and Colts are gearing up to be different on offense. There’s also the Texans, a team that was good last year but may have fallen off in the offseason.
So Vikings Wire decided to do a power rankings of the best teams that Minnesota will be facing. I based some of it off past success, but I took it with a grain of salt as well, determining which teams progressed or regressed in the 2020 offseason.
Here are the picks:
1. Packers
Green Bay might not have gotten better through the draft, but the team still went 13-3 in the 2019 regular season.
I could honestly see Rodgers having a year where he’s more motivated than usual, due to his team drafting quarterback Jordan Love. That doesn’t bode well for the Vikings. Also, Minnesota struggled a lot with Green Bay’s defense in 2020.
I think the Packers are still really good, and the team came relatively close to a Super Bowl berth in their head coach’s first year. They could very well be as good or better.