The Minnesota Vikings were supposed to win at least nine games in 2020. Las Vegas gambling entities said so. Hell, the Packers and Vikings were bedfellows for projected wins.
Vegas was wrong — to the tune of six or seven wins.
And so were most folks that intently follow the Vikings. Unforeseen was injury to Danielle Hunter, Michael Pierce (coronavirus opt-out), Anthony Barr, Mike Hughes, and Eric Kendricks (down the stretch). No matter how one spins the discussion, those injuries had a colossal impact on the 2020 Vikings. Indeed, the team probably should have squeezed out victories versus Tennessee, Seattle, Carolina, and Dallas regardless of injured personnel, but the defense failed to close out those contests.