Call it the Toper Bowl. The Minnesota Vikings came into Week 17 against the Detroit Lions with little to play for as a team, something that the Kirk Cousins era purple haven’t been accustomed to.
Last season, the Vikings rested some players going into their locked in Wild Card playoff game against the Saints. In 2018? They were a win-and-in game against the Chicago Bears away from… Losing to the Bears in the first round of the playoffs.
For much of Sunday, a game which marked the 7th-straight win for the Vikings over the Lions, it appeared the the defenses of both teams were aware of just how close the off-season was.