One other playoff season has come and gone for the Minnesota Vikings with out success. The NFL’s greatest common season staff continues to battle when the video games matter probably the most, and that manifested on Monday evening with a blowout loss to the Los Angeles Rams that made it seem like the Vikings by no means belonged within the playoffs.
It was additionally a loss that cemented the Vikings in historical past as soon as extra. Minnesota is now the one staff in NFL historical past to win 14 video games within the common season, then lose within the Wild Card Playoff spherical. It’s a horrible file to personal and we’d want to attend a very long time for it to be damaged.
We all know this as a result of the one 13-win staff to lose within the Wild Card Spherical is additionally the Minnesota Vikings. This mark was set in 2022 with Kirk Cousins, when the Vikings misplaced to the Giants on a day Daniel Jones performed a number of the greatest soccer of his profession. Shedding within the Wild Card with 14 wins requires having a stellar common season (clearly), with out being adequate to earn a first-round bye within the playoffs.
If anybody is able to this distinctive stage of postseason failure it’s the Minnesota Vikings. A staff so exquisitely gifted at discovering ache within the playoffs that Secret Base’s “Historical past of the Minnesota Vikings.”
There are another wild info that happened from the loss on Monday evening.
- The Vikings now have 22 seasons with 10+ wins with out a Tremendous Bowl win
- Minnesota’s 4 losses this season solely got here towards two opponents with two losses to the Rams and two losses to the Lions
Congratulations to Minnesota for making historical past as soon as extra.
