The Vikings new headquarters stands roughly six miles from the two hotels that housed the Super Bowl teams last week. That distance felt more like 6,000 miles two weeks ago.
Laying a 38-7 egg in the NFC Championship Game doesn’t inspire confidence that a team is on the cusp of something grand. The Vikings looked out of their league against the Philadelphia Eagles in prime time.
A stinker of that magnitude tends to distort the picture. You’re left wondering, are the Vikings really that close?
In reflecting on the state of the organization as a whole, the answer is yes.