The Minnesota Vikings have an offseason task list that is unbending due to the stakes. The franchise is at a crossroads as head coach Mike Zimmer enters year eight of his tenure, and 2020 was a sour campaign. The pandemic had lofty standards because the team employs a rather expensive quarterback in Kirk Cousins and inked halfback Dalvin Cook to a sizable deal just before the season began.
Even with the departures of several notable defensive players – and wide receiver Stefon Diggs – pundits expected the Vikings to win north of nine games. They didn’t.
2020 was the fall of the defense, the prolonging of offensive line woes from a pass-protection perspective, and gruesome special teams output.