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NFL Winners and Losers: Mike Zimmer-Kirk Cousins era Vikings need a reboot after brutal loss

Bill Parcells' famous line, which stated you are what your record says you are, isn't completely accurate. But sometimes there's truth within it. Maybe we should have known the Minnesota Vikings weren't very good.

The Vikings were 5-6 coming into Sunday. They were under .500 but could hide behind a lot of close losses. It seemed like they were a team better than their record. Not any more.

After Sunday, everyone with the Vikings should be in survival mode. Being 5-6 with a ton of close losses wasn't ideal but understandable. Being 5-7 with a last-play loss to the previously 0-10-1 Detroit Lions is a fiasco.