An NFC North team that is all-in on 2021 but stumbled through a drama-filled offseason, only to arrive at Week 1 of the season hoping the slate would we wiped clean, had a humbling experience on Sunday.
But enough about the Vikings. Their penalty-fueled 27-24 overtime loss at Cincinnati was frustrating, but it wasn't even close to the level of what the Packers achieved against New Orleans.
In case you missed it — but I hope you didn't, if you are a Vikings fan who needed a salve for the noon kickoff wound — Green Bay lost 38-3 to the Saints, who were displaced from their home by a hurricane and were playing in a half-empty stadium in Jacksonville.