The key to stopping the Minnesota Vikings offense is to stop their play-action and bootlegs. If the New Orleans Saints can do this, they will shut them down; if not, it will likely be a shoot-out.
Play-action usage has been rising steadily the last couple of years. There has been a lot of debate among the analytics community and the rest of the NFL community on the effectiveness of play-action and how frequently to use it.
There is a general consensus among the analytics community that teams should use play-action much more frequently than they currently do.