So here come the Vikings again. What a difference seven weeks can make. When these two teams opened the season on September 13, the Vikings were favored by three points and predicted by many to win the division.
Six games later, the Packers are 5-1, while the Vikings have stumbled to a 1-5 start, and now have begun trading off players (Yannick Ngakoue) for draft picks, indicating they may have thrown in the towel on this season and shifted into full blown rebuilding mode.
How did this happen?
Flashback to 2017. The Vikings finished 13-3, and had advanced all the way to the NFC championship game, losing to the eventual champion Philadelphia Eagles.