Vacation is over. A dose of impending reality greeted the Vikings upon returning to work this week.
Dak Prescott. Lamar Jackson. Justin Herbert. Aaron Rodgers.
All in a row.
Sorry, there are no Sam Darnolds in that group of quarterbacks on the horizon.
"I think we're good, too," Vikings defensive coordinator Andre Patterson said.
Don't remind Patterson of what lies ahead. He knows but can't see past Sunday's prime-time matchup against the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL's highest-scoring offense.
To expend time and energy focusing on anything else would bear witness to the NFL's powerful seduction, which Patterson likened to a soap opera's daily cliffhanger.