The Minnesota Vikings weren’t supposed to win 13 games in 2022. Not by a longshot.
Sportsbooks spent most of the spring and summer of 2022 declaring the Vikings an 8.5-win team. When the regular season neared, oddsmakers nudged the win-loss over-under to 9.5 wins, and that was the revised forecast.
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Incidentally, for curious minds, Vegas is formulating the exact forecast for the Vikings this year, too, pegging Minnesota for 8.5 wins. Wash, rinse, repeat. We shall see if O’Connell proves them wrong in back-to-back seasons.