There has been a good deal of attention in the press lately to two NFL teams who had successful 2022 seasons but didn’t even make their conference championship game, much less the Super Bowl: The New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings. It’s easy to see why - there are numerous parallels between the teams:
- Both hired first-time “hotshot” analytics-oriented general managers and offensively-minded head coaches after disappointing previous seasons.
- Both have had question marks at the quarterback position.
- Both performed above expectations in the first year of their new regimes.