In a way, it was the perfect ending to the 2018 Minnesota Vikings season.
It had all the tropes we had grown accustomed to over the past four months, especially when facing a talented opponent. The defense allowed an easy early score, then did well enough to keep the Vikings hanging around for most of the game. We kept waiting for Kirk Cousins and all the talented skill position players to get going, but the offensive breakthrough never happened. (On Sunday, not even for the patented garbage time drives that made the overall numbers look respectable.