The team's anticipated holes in the secondary could hurt their need to fix the offensive line.
The Vikings’ final loss of the season felt familiar and welcome as a recurring credit card charge.
In the NFC Championship Game following the 2017 season, the final game of the 2018 season and Saturday’s playoff loss to San Francisco, the Vikings have been outscored by a combined 85-27.
Their offensive woes in those games are troubling. Their defensive lapses are startling, because coach Mike Zimmer was hired on the strength of his reputation as a defensive savant, the franchise spent most of its assets in his early years building his defense.