Remember when people were confident in the 2020 Vikings?
NFL.com no longer is. Minnesota ranked 27th in the outlet’s recent power rankings. Here’s what the outlet said about the choice to put them there:
“We wondered if the Vikings would get off the mat after that stomach-punch loss to the Seahawks on Sunday night of Week 5. Nope. They barely showed up in Week 6 and limped out of their own building after a 40-23 whipping by the previously winless Falcons. Following the loss, a game in which Kirk Cousins threw three interceptions for the second time in six weeks, the quarterback acknowledged he’s playing at a level that could get him benched. It makes you wonder if general manager Rick Spielman is experiencing buyer’s remorse on that two-year extension handed to Cousins back in March. On a bye now, a trip to Lambeau Field in Week 8 looms as a potential knockout punch.”
I wish I could disagree with this ranking, but I really can’t. The Vikings are off to a 1-5 start, which includes a loss to a terrible Falcons team. It’s as simple as this: Minnesota is bottom half in many of the power rankings released this week, because that’s where the team belongs at the moment.
