The offensive line performance by the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1 was lackluster, and the spirit of that sentence has been typed by this website almost weekly amid the last seven years.
The “difference” this season was supposed to be a revamped rendition of trenches, fortified with youth and homegrown commodities. While the youngsters and drafted-our-guys mentality may still come to fruition, nothing of the sort was on display versus the Bengals.
Riddled with penalties, the Vikings offensive line was not good, allowing quarterback Kirk Cousins to hit the ground via sack five times. Too, Cousins did hold the ball too long on a few plays, so he is not absolved from fault.