Vikings Pack Up, Reflect On Lost 2016 Season After 5-0 Start

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) — As Vikings players packed up their things, the question continued to hang like a cloud over the locker room: After a 5-0 start, how in the world did it all fall apart?

“When you get off to a good start like we did, and you kind of just skid out of control,” guard Alex Boone said, “it’s one of those, ‘What was the problem?’ And you can never really put your finger on the problem so it kind of drives you nuts.”

Defensive end Brian Robison said it isn’t as easy as simply blaming injuries.

“Even when we faced that adversity of not being healthy, we’ve got to make the plays,” Robison said. “We’ve got to tackle better, we can’t commit stupid penalties, we’ve got to keep…