MINNEAPOLIS -- How the Minnesota Vikings went from 5-0 to 8-8 in 2016 is a question probably too complex to pin on a single cause.
Injuries caused the team to use eight offensive line combinations. The identity of the Vikings' offense, after the acquisition of Sam Bradford, the loss of Adrian Peterson and the resignation of coordinator Norv Turner, stood on shifting sands. And a single Blair Walsh extra point -- in a game rife with what-ifs -- would have prevented Matt Prater's game-tying field goal in what turned out to be a pivotal Nov.