While the Vikings’ current Super Bowl dreams — after signing Kirk Cousins for $84 million — might echo the ones they harbored nine years ago after signing Brett Favre, there’s at least one big difference between the 2018 season and the all-in bids of 2009 and 2010:
The age of the players on their roster.
The 2009 Vikings used 10 players in their 30s and one in his 40s (Favre, who turned 40 on Oct. 10 of that season). In 2010, when they brought Favre back for one more shot after losing the NFC Championship Game to the New Orleans Saints, they used 15 players in their 30s along with 41-year-old Favre.