INDIANAPOLIS — Before Sunday, the Vikings had played the Colts only one other time in Mike Zimmer’s tenure as head coach, losing 34-6 in 2016 at U.S. Bank Stadium that ranked as one of their most bewildering efforts of a season where they went from 5-0 to missing the playoffs.
The Vikings team that lost 28-11 to the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday is not yet in a position where the postseason is at stake, and it might not get to that point with efforts like the one it turned in on Sunday.
For the first time in Zimmer’s seven-year tenure, the Vikings are 0-2, starting at three consecutive games against 2019 playoff teams.