Why not a win streak? Vikings' hot offense, soft schedule spark holiday optimism

Dalvin Cook and the Vikings have won two in a row. If the team takes care of business in its next four winnable games, that streak will grow to six.This is the holiday season, and Vikings fans suddenly have plenty to be thankful for.

The Purple on Sunday knocked off the division-leading Green Bay Packers behind a masterful performance by Justin Jefferson and aerial artistry of Kirk Cousins. The 5-5 Vikings will spend Turkey Day sitting in an NFC wild-card spot.

One holiday prior, the Vikings had just come undone against Dallas and went to bed Halloween night at 3-4. They lost again the following week in Baltimore and the job security of head coach Mike Zimmer and his coaching staff were in…