Minnesota general manager Rick Spielman made that clear when he addressed the media on Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium.
“We still haven’t reached all of our goals,” Spielman said. “We have to take the approach that we’re starting over.”
The Vikings will remain plenty hungry in 2016, especially after their season ended in such heartbreaking fashion, with a missed chip-shot field goal costing them a wild-card playoff victory over the Seahawks.
Spielman credited coach Mike Zimmer, who will be entering his third year, for changing the culture in Minnesota in a short time and developing a “true grit mentality” that was on display when the Vikings came into Lambeau Field in Week 17 and ended the Packers’ four-year reign atop the division.