Vikings Stock Market Report: Week 11

Just like old times, right everyone? This loss to the Broncos falls in line with most of the other Vikings’ losses on the season; the turnovers doomed them. The defense did all they could, keeping the Broncos out of the endzone after all three Vikings’ turnovers, but ultimately, the Vikings couldn’t get out of their own way, and squandered their own scoring opportunities by turning the ball over, resulting in a loss. It wouldn’t be so bad if this was an isolated incident, but all five losses can be attributed to bad turnovers. By my calculation, in the five losses, the Vikings have lost the turnover battle 13-2. That’s right, the Vikings have given the football away 13 times in five losses. Considering the way they’ve played in their victories, it’s not unreasonable to say the Vikings could be considered one of the top three teams in the NFC right now, and in the running for the top playoff seed if they hadn’t turned the ball over so much and won three or four of the games they’ve lost. But, naturally, the Vikings will Viking, and here we sit, still in the playoffs, but humbled as the win streak ends at five. Here’s an SMR.

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