Many people thought the Minnesota Vikings were in for a tough 2011 season long before it kicked off in September against San Diego. But not quite so many saw the bottom completely falling out from underneath a team that was seconds away from going to the Super Bowl just two years ago.
The challenges get bigger in 2012, as well, with Adrian Peterson recuperating from an ACL tear and gaping holes on the offensive line and in the secondary. Dan Zinski, lead writer at TheVikingAge.com, took some time to share his insights on what went wrong in 2011 and where the team should go from here.
Zoneblitz: I think most people went into the season expecting the Vikings to have their issues in 2011, but I don’t know that many saw 3-13 coming. What made this whole thing fall apart?
Dan Zinski: At best this was a 6-10 team going into the season. What could’ve given them three more wins? Finishing off a couple of those games early when they had leads. Those losses were on the offense which nev...
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PLAYERS:
Adrian Peterson,
Donovan McNabb,
Christian Ponder,
Vincent Jackson,
Matt Kalil,
Charlie Johnson,
Cedric Griffin,
Chris Cook,
Kevin Williams,
E.J. Henderson,
Toby Gerhart,
Leslie Frazier,
Bernard Berrian,
Zygi Wilf
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers, USC Trojans
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers, USC Trojans
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