Even after losing two games by a total of three points before their bye week, the Vikings will return from a week off holding one of the wild-card spots in a mediocre NFC. Before they navigate a five-game finish that begins with two AFC road matchups and ends with three division games, they have a series of big decisions to make.
The most important is at quarterback, where coach Kevin O'Connell said the Vikings will "look at everything" following Joshua Dobbs' four interceptions in Monday's loss to the Bears. But the Vikings also have issues to sort out with their run game, and will pair Justin Jefferson with a new quarterback for the first time in his career.