The Vikings took their fans through a rollercoaster of a season, with the high hopes of an emerging defense and a promising quarterback momentarily dashed by a non-contact injury to Teddy Bridgewater during a late-August practice. A surprising trade for former first-overall pick Sam Bradford resulted in skeptical hope that quickly emerged into discussions of a Super Bowl berth after a 5-0 start. Their defense was arguably one of the league’s best, their special teams special, and Bradford was, by many of our measures, playing outstanding football. Eight losses in 10 tries later—and void of the first-round pick with which they parted ways to make room for Bradford—and the Vikings have an offseason full of angst and intrigue, to say the least, ahead of them.
How Vikings can win NFC North in 2017
