MINNEAPOLIS -- For all that went wrong for the Minnesota Vikings on offense in 2016 -- the sudden shift at quarterback triggered by Teddy Bridgewater's seismic knee injury, the loss of Adrian Peterson for most of the year, the torrent of injuries on the offensive line -- there's an argument to be made the team would have returned to the playoffs if it had just turned a couple of short field goals into touchdowns.
After a 5-0 start, the Vikings lost six of their next seven -- and four of those losses were by 6 points or fewer.