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Here’s How the Vikings Can Clinch a Playoff Spot
The team now has a 99.8% probability of reaching the postseason per ESPN’s Football Power Index, which is quite remarkable because Minnesota was scheduled to win six or seven games, according to sportsbooks, when the season began. Too, the Vikings have conducted the winning ways without players like J.J. McCarthy, Christian Darrisaw, and Mekhi Blackmon.
Adversity has not flustered the Vikings, and the prize for their perseverance is a magic number. Minnesota needs three events to occur this weekend — or basically whenever — to stamp a ticket to the postseason.
Here’s the latest scenario for this weekend.
A Win over ATL
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<p>The most intriguing game on the Vikings’ 2024 schedule because of the Kirk Cousins personal “revenge” storyline, Minnesota takes on the Atlanta Falcons this Sunday and is favored to win by six points.</p>
<p>The Falcons have experienced a rough patch, led by Cousins on the billboard, who has amassed 6 picks and zero touchdowns in the last three games. Vikings fans know Cousins rarely has <em>four </em>awful games in a row, so Brian Flores’ group better be ready. </p>
<p>The Vikings can take care of business in the early afternoon window on Sunday and then relax and monitor the following two magic number items. But they have to beat the Falcons first. </p>
<h2>SEA Win over ARI</h2>
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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL.
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