The Vikings Need To Win Or Start Over Next Year.
. With their third victory in a season-high five-game winning run, Minnesota’s 24-10 victory was their lone win by ten points this season and came at Lambeau. But Kirk Cousins had just torn his Achilles a week after tossing for 378 yards against the San Francisco 49ers, and that was why everyone was down.
With the victory, Minnesota fell to 2-5. Jordan Love completed 24/41 for 229 yards, including an interception and a touchdown. His QBR was 19.1. He was not competent. The Los Angeles clubs that Green Bay faced in the following five games were the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and Kansas City Chiefs.
Adofo-Mensah will continue to pursue a “competitive rebuild” until the Vikings consistently win. However, very few general managers would have destroyed Minnesota’s roster for 2022. Two years ago, the Vikings had to go 11-0 in one-score games in order to win 13-4. However, Vegas listed them as favorites in everything but the game they won in Buffalo. Up until they were defeated by the New York Giants in the postseason, the Vikings had won all of their games. Their record throughout the regular season made it worthwhile to reassemble Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman’s original core. Everything they did was thrown into question after their playoff loss.
Before the 2022 season, Adofo-Mensah said to USA TODAY, “I’ll be frank.” “The quarterback is the one asset where you worry about not burning it down.” Adofo-Mensah.
