The Minnesota Vikings continued their storybook season by beating the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, setting up a Week 18 matchup with the Detroit Lions with both the NFC North and No. 1seed in the conference on the line.
One would need to look far and wide to find someone who believed Kevin O'Connell's team had any shot at posting a 14-2 record and clearly being one of the NFL's elite teams going into the season, especially with Sam Darnold under center. And anyone bold enough to imagine such a scenario would deserve any victory lap they felt compelled to take here at the end of 2024.
