Drew Brees-led New Orleans has a passing game that can shred apart a struggling secondary.
Mike Zimmer asked, “Why not us?”
After being matched with the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the first round of the playoffs, the Vikings’ proper motto might be, “Why us?”
The Vikings drew the worst possible matchup in the first round of the playoffs — a 13-3 team with a pronounced home-field advantage, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, the most prolific receiver in the league, most of its key players healthy and an offense capable of highlighting Minnesota’s greatest weaknesses.