The Minnesota Vikings and their fans have had a tough start to the 2023 season. The Vikings are 2-4, and there are rumors of prominent players possibly being dealt away to jumpstart a rebuild.
However, their performance this season has been good enough to win all six games. At least, according to Pro Football Focus.
Robby Greer, a data analytics expert, stated that the Minnesota Vikings are “one of just three teams that have recorded a PFF team grade you’d normally expect to result in a win in all 6 of their games.”
The Vikings negative variance / mean reversion this season is even funnier than you’d think
They are are one of just 3 teams that have recorded a PFF team grade you’d normally expect to result in a win in all 6 of their games pic.twitter.com/ZkWiVcorWH
— Robby (@greerreNFL) October 17, 2023
The narratives surrounding this organization are well-known.
The football gods shone their light on the Minnesota Vikings for all of 2022, and the results were a magical season. It was a season that defied numbers, logic and reason. It was a season that I can only hope Vikings fans cherished because, as the old saying goes, what goes up must come down.
And it has gone down fast.
Minnesota can’t stop turning the ball over. If the passing game is effective, they can’t run the ball. If the offense moves down the field, the defense can’t get a stop, or vice versa.
This team needs to have a complete game. Badly.
There couldn’t be a better time to have it all come together than when the Super Bowl favorite San Francisco 49ers come to town.
