When an NFL team hits a 1-4 record, has its best player on injured reserve, and the quarterback is on an expiring contract, folks wonder if a fire sale is afoot.
All of those criteria fit the Minnesota Vikings at the moment, as the club travels to Soldier Field this weekend for a showdown with the Chicago Bears.
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Both teams are 1-4 through five weeks.
And if the Vikings lose that game or the next at home against the mighty San Francisco 49ers, most believe the Vikings may indeed shapeshift into sellers by the league’s trade deadline, October 31st.