As a seven-year member of the Vikings' 53-man roster, Adam Thielen was talking about the fine line between three teams that made the playoffs and four that fell short.
"Sometimes you make the playoffs for a couple years in a row … ," he said.
At that point, he caught himself. He changed his wording to "a few times in your career" because, well, he's never actually enjoyed making the playoffs two years in a row.
No current Viking can make that claim. To do so would mean they played under Brad Childress and alongside Brett Favre in 2009, a lifetime ago in NFL years.