Something the Vikings might want to do besides decreasing giveaways:
Increase takeaways.
In some ways, new defensive coordinator Brian Flores is running neck-and-neck with legendary mentor Bill Belichick through five games. And not in a six-Super-Bowl-winning good way.
The Vikings have only three takeaways. Belichick's Patriots have two.
The Vikings have only one interception, a league-low effort shared by the Patriots and four others.
The Vikings have a league-low minus-9 turnover differential. The Patriots are minus-8.
So, yeah, takeaways — or a serious lack thereof — are also playing a sizeable role in the Vikings and Patriots sitting at 1-4, a league-worst 0-3 at home and smack dab in the middle of the Caleb Williams sweepstakes.