All offseason long, the Minnesota Vikings have been classified as a lucky team from 2022 that will probably cliff-dive per wins and losses in 2023.
The Detroit Lions are tabbed by oddsmakers and NFL pundits to emerge and snatch the NFC North, while the Vikings play second fiddle in the division.
Vikings Maintain ‘Meh’ Power Ranking, per NFL.com
And nothing epitomized the mediocre or middling opinion regarding the Vikings more recently than NFL.com’s latest power rankings. Minnesota lived at No. 16, smack dab in the middle of the league. Exactly average.