When the schedule is loaded with tough games at the start of the schedule, it sends a message to the team that it must be ready to compete hard as the season gets

Sam Darnold has started 58 games across seven years with four teams. Only one of those teams, the 2019 New York Jets, won more than four of the games Darnold started. The 2024 Minnesota Vikings are already halfway there.

So it would have been reasonable for outside observers to cringe at Sam Darnold's wild flip of the ball toward running back Aaron Jones Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, not only because it threatened to turn a busted play into a massive turnover,

It's no secret that the Minnesota Vikings are one of the most surprising teams in the league after their 2-0 start to the season. While many could have predicted the Vikings got off to a 1-0 start with a game against the New York Giants,

All is right with the Minnesota Vikings after two games. They are a perfect 2-0, having defeated the New York Giants in the season opener and the defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers in Week 2.