In a jubilant visitors’ locker room at the Superdome on Sunday, the voices of several Vikings veterans broke through the postgame celebration with a sobering reminder: There was another game to play in six days.
The Vikings will head into their NFC divisional playoff game with the 49ers on Saturday much in the same manner they arrived in the NFC Championship Game two years ago: following a touchdown on the last play of a game against the Saints to give the Vikings an emotional victory.
The manner by which they won two years ago — Stefon Diggs’ 61-yard touchdown as time expired — was more stunning than the overtime drive they put together in Sunday’s wild-card victory.