It seems way too early to call Sunday’s game in Carolina a must-win for the Vikings, but let’s be realistic. A loss to the Panthers would drop the Vikings to 0-4 (the same number of losses they had the entire 2022 regular season).
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And with the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes coming to town the following Sunday, the Vikings would be staring at a likely 0-5 record, which is almost certainly too big of a hole to climb out of and make the playoffs.