The Vikings are 4-1, having won three straight one-possession games against teams with losing records. They fell behind by 14 points at home in the first one, missed multiple chances to pull away in the second one and gave up 19 straight points after taking a 21-3 lead in the third one.
They will head to Miami this weekend with a chance to reach 5-1 before their bye week. Between now and then, they will provide plenty of fuel for a content machine that loves to run on this question especially:
"Are the (insert team name here) really that good?