MINNEAPOLIS -- With their win against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings climbed to two games over .500 for the first time since they last reached the playoffs in 2012. It's a modest achievement that probably shouldn't trigger playoff talk yet, but we're going to make an egregious jump of the gun and go there anyway.
According to Five Thirty Eight, the Vikings improved their chances of reaching the playoffs to 46 percent with Sunday's win, and right now sit in the NFC's final playoff spot as one of only six teams with a winning record.