Expectations for the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Mike Florio and Chris Simms take a dive through where the Vikings fall into the NFC mix entering the 2024 season. #NBCSports #ProFootballTalk #NFL #minnesotavikings

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Evaluating expectations for the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

[martinolson]

Having "Low expectations" has gotten me through 50yrs of being a Vikings fan!

[robe]

Funny how the Lions and Packers get credit for pushing the 49ers close, yet the Vikes were the only NFC team to beat the 49ers in a meaningful game, (and without Jettas) and they get nothing.

[oterordRD]

All teams will have to deal with injuries, as the season moves along, everything expected thing will be a different story. Minnesota will compete, and Sam will show people who he is, Go Vikings!

[MonsoonGeek]

Just coming here in December to say SKOL.

[ChristopherWiedenhoft-ho]

Being a hard core Vikings fan can be a very stressful situation

[josephcapra]

Last year's "Clash of the Titans" was GB and SF in the playoffs. The Vikings beat BOTH of those teams week last season. Now, the Vikings are going to be the underdogs in every game.

[RaymondWard-cy]

The losses have already stacked up against the Vikings. Player injuries, first round pick failures and the worst with the tragedy of the loss of Khyree Jackson.

[cjvirnig]

The Vikings have a high quality roster at almost every position group except QB (especially after adding Gilmore on D). I would expect MN to be right in the thick of the wild card race. It wouldn't be even slightly surprising if they nabbed a WC spot OR if they fell a game or two short.

[joewlaschin]

Vikings 3rd most wins since Superbowl Era = No Superbowl rings. That should sum up what we Vikings fans have already been though. So many up's so much potential always ending in tears.😢

[TKFOH]

You can easily make a case for them not finishing in the basement. They improved their defensive personnel and got the likely Defensive ROY. They have a healthy Justin Jefferson. Despite all of their injuries last year, they were 7-10 and had the Lions on the ropes twice with Nick Mullens at QB. And then look at the other teams.

Detroit was good, not great last year. They got their first taste of success, and IMO peaked and are likely to regress this year. They were also the only team in the division that stayed largely healthy last year. Reminiscent of the 2017 Jaguars, who had a great run when every other team in their division was banged up, then surprise, they fell back to earth in 2018.
Green Bay had a good run to end the year, a run in which their offense ran through Aaron Jones, who is now in Minnesota.
Chicago is certainly better on paper, but they're all in on a rookie QB who struggled in the biggest of spots in college.

Minnesota, with an improved defense, improved running game, and consistency at QB (vs the Dobbs, Hall, Mullens carousel), will be improved over last year.

[eduardoseguen]

This might be Sam best position beside 49ers and should do well. He’s a fun slinger. Has weapons and good o line

[brethenkel]

If Arnold is good and the injury bug does not keep biting them I could see 12 or 13 wins if Darold is bad and the injury bug hits them I could see six wins

[ethananthony]

What clicked for the Packers was Aaron Jones

[aarondrake]

Been a vikes fan for 37 years unfortunately..but what they added on d..a couple pieces on offense..they finish 2nd in div make playoffs

[tjayd]

What I’m most confused by is the pass darnold keeps getting. Ppl keep saying he can have a baker mayfield resurgence but the thing is… Baker as a rookie actually showed promise. He threw 27 td passes, a then rookie record. Then he got saddled w terrible Freddie kitchens and baker isn’t good enough to overcome a complete clown of a head coach. But under hue Jackson & interim Greg Williams he showed he could play. 2020 under normal head coaching stefanski they won a playoff game where baker was a major catalyst in that effort. Then he blew up his shoulder, the Browns did Browns things and replaced him w a borderline grapeist. And baker got caught in the grey area of the league so he bounced around to 2 teams. But when he signed with Tampa, a team many ppl picked to be in the running for Caleb Williams…baker comes in wins the job, stays healthy, has a career year with a normal roster, normal coach, just normal stuff.. not clown show hue Jackson or Freddie kitchens, and the Bucs win a playoff game pretty much off the back of baker cuz the Bucs can’t run the ball a lick. So how does darnold get compared to baker when darnold hasn’t done 1/10th of what baker has done in arguably a worse situation than darnold…again 1-31 hue Jackson was baker’s first head coach.

[RobertSeemann]

Vikings are playing in the toughest division in the NFL. I'm thinking 7-10 or even 6-11.

[sharonreel]

JJ was healthy all throughout college and gets hurt during training camp. The turf is my number one suspect.

[ragnar]

He got hurt in Penn State game. Played against Maryland looked hurt. Current injury is from that??

[jeff]

Normally "looking forward to next year" comes a little later in the year. 😊

[lanediver]

please just let us get a good pick if we don’t make the playoffs…don’t just miss the playoffs