Last season, I ventured into the topic by publishing a Super Bowl checklist.
The goal was to try to capture – if only in a perfunctory, haphazard manner – some of the basic components of what a Super Bowl team aspires to have.* The Super Bowl checklist – version 2.0 – is making another appearance as we consider whether the team can truly be considered a contender. Don’t be fooled: Minnesota’s desire is to contend in 2023 (though trading Danielle Hunter would cast a long shadow of doubt).
Rather than venture into recent examples from Super Bowl-winning teams, I instead make a judgment call on whether the Vikings possess the ever-critical part of the checklist.