Every team makes mistakes each season. But in 2018, it seemed like the Minnesota Vikings made them more often than not and it ultimately led to them missing out on a spot in the playoffs.
One of the Vikings’ mistakes this time around was the decision to hire John DeFilippo as their offensive coordinator. Minnesota was hoping that DeFilippo would be able to build from the offense’s success in 2017 and that just didn’t end up happening.
His play-calling tended to lean heavily on the Vikings’ passing attack and that was not something head coach Mike Zimmer was comfortable with.