The stink bomb the Vikings lit on their own field in the most important game of their goofy season Sunday night brought an unmistakable reminder that the organization has more than just a Kirk Cousins conundrum to address shortly.
There are a lot of holes in the roster.
The Cousins decision — the 35-year-old quarterback soon will be a free agent — directly impacts the business of fixing that. To put it more bluntly, if the organization re-signs Cousins, then General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah better improve his drafting acumen because money will be tight.
The complicated web the organization finds itself in calls to mind something Adofo-Mensah shared at the trade deadline.