A team without hope is a team that’s soon to lose interest from its fans. So much of what Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has been trying to do is to put together a roster that offers yearly hope. Or, put differently, the kind of team that can contend annually, similar to what the San Francisco 49ers have accomplished.
So far, the 2023 season looks to be falling short of that goal. But, of course, we must remember that Adofo-Mensah is only in Year 2 of his (in)famous competitive rebuild. Next year, the Vikings’ abundant cap space is going to play a starring role in the GM’s efforts to push the Vikings toward perpetual contention.