The Vikings are being really really slept on in my opinion. I feel like because the Vikings don't have a superstar QB, people just look past them. Also, the Vikings have a pocket passing QB. Oh, the horror. Everyone wants to see a ninja at QB nowadays, but Vikings' QB Kirk Cousins simply does his job as a QB, and that will always be first and foremost to PASS the ball.
Personally, I ranked Kirk Cousins as the 13th best QB in the NFL, which is decent and not easy to replace! Combine Kirk with the BEST receiver in the league in Justin Jefferson, that's a recipe for a lethal offense, and in 2022 it was! The Vikings will have to find a way to replace stellar running back Dalvin Cook, but they have a fairly experienced, but still young Alexander Mattison to hopefully have a career year and replace Dalvin.
The Vikings have struggled defensively since 2020 which is a bit odd considering from 2014-2019 the Vikings had a reliably solid and at times elite defense. The Vikings drafted three defensive players in 2023 and if they can somehow revive that once great defense, the Vikings should be just as good as they were last year when they went 13-4.
The trendy pick to win the NFC North is the Lions, but the Vikings just might remind everyone just how good they are.
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