In assessing NFC teams’ free agency moves thus far, NFL.com’s Gregg Rosenthal said that there weren’t many especially splashy moves in the conference, but teams have worked to strengthen weak areas on their rosters.
With the NFL Draft just two weeks ago, Rosenthal set up a “conference hierarchy” in which he grouped teams according to how he expects them to finish in 2017.
Rosenthal placed the Vikings in “the fat middle” category along with the Panthers, Giants, Cardinals, Buccaneers, Saints, Lions, Redskins and Eagles. He wrote:
The difference between 6-10 and 10-6 in the NFL is overstated.