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Jordy McElroy

Adam Schefter sees an opening for Vikings winning NFC North

The landscape is changing in an NFC North division that is owned, year in and year out, by the Green Bay Packers. But brace yourselves, Minnesota Vikings fans, for the light to finally shine at the end of the long, darkened tunnel.

An aging Aaron Rodgers, who could be nearing retirement, will be playing without his best receiving weapon, Davante Adams in 2022. And while the Vikings are doing more of a refurbishing than an actual rebuild, they’ll still be coming into the season with that new car smell with first-year general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and first-year head coach Kevin O’Connell.

There’s legitimate hope that a changing of the guard could soon be on the horizon. ESPN analyst Adam Schefter was asked to give his thoughts on the state of the Vikings after key offseason signings of Za’Darius Smith, Harrison Phillips and Chandon Sullivan.

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