Minnesota came into the two-game stretch against Chicago and New Orleans with plenty of promise.
If the Vikings won against the Bears, the team might not even have to beat the Saints to make the playoffs. Of course, that didn’t happen: Minnesota lost both games.
Now, at 6-9, the Vikings are looking for answers to what went wrong this year. Oftentimes, it’s not too hard to find them. The defense struggled in multiple phases of the game, the special teams were sloppy and the offense was inconsistent in the first half of the season.
Here is the stock up, stock down from the Saints game: