Facts have become an affront to the Vikings.
Coach Mike Zimmer reveled in how his team's convincing 28-19 victory at Detroit Sunday allowed him to thumb his nose at all the nattering nabobs of negativity, whoever they are.
The Vikings' first road win in three tries this season also was Zimmer's first NFC North road win as a head coach, and improved Minnesota to 3-15-1 in away games since the start of 2013.
Team videographers captured Zimmer in the visitor's locker room at Ford Field waving his arms sarcastically as he recounted how the nonbelievers said the Vikings couldn't win a division road game.