The Minnesota Vikings went into their Week 14 game against the 7-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers knowing they would most likely need to end the year 3-1 in their final four contests to make the postseason. The good news is that they can still do that, the bad news is that they’ll have to both be perfect the rest of the way while being perhaps the most imperfect team in the league.
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That may sound like an exaggeration, as teams like the New York Jets exist, but let me explain the context of what I’m saying.