Vikings still sore about 2009.
Thats why we have the ultimate high ground against them.
We have a title and they dont
But hey, when your franchise peak is a cool highlight from the divisional round that didnt amount to anything
(no offense to the sane Vikings fan that hangs out around here, yall cool)
I think the Vikings have quite a few all-time great highlight moments they can relish in besides the Minneapolis Miracle last-second Hail Mary-ish TD win in 2017 vs. us. I have had a few Viking buddies of mine tell me since then the team, to a certain extent, and mostly the fan base, sort of lost the plot a bit after such a exhilarating win, they forgot they had to travel to one of the most intimidating stadiums and fan bases in the NFL and go up against a pretty determined, hungry Eagles team that went on to win the SB vs. Patriots 2 weeks later. For most Vikings fans over the ages of 40-50, the one magical, miracle season THAT EVEN NOW bothers them, far more then anything that occured in 2009 NFCCG, and that was the 1998 season and how that year's NFCCG ended because the 1998 Vikings may have been, in terms of talent, depth, and momentum the best SB-caliber winning team since the legendary 1970's Bud Grant "Purple People Eaters" squads. Sure, they had some very good, over achieving teams in the mid-late 1980's with Jerry Burns and early 90's with a still-young, vibrant Dennis Green, but before 1998, Green's Vikings teams had only advanced past the 1st round of the NFL playoffs once (1997), and when they did make the postseason, a better, more experienced, dominant teams tended to out-match them.
But 1998 was supposed to very, very different. And it was extremely different, but it ended on such an anticlimactic, bitterly crushing way I don't think Green ever recovered and to a certain extent, it took Minnesota a long time to recover from that devastating, shocking loss. I'd like to blame and I'm tempted to put most of the blame on K Gary Anderson, but the fact of the matter is the Vikings defense, particularly its vaunted D-line, didn't have a great day and got torched by Falcons Jamal Anderson, their secondary dropped what couldve been the game-sealing INT in end zone on Falcons drive that ultimately tied it to sent it to OT, plus Green's over-cautiousness to not try and win the game by using his high-powered, prolific offense when they had the ball last in regulation didn't help. If Gary Anderson is going to be blamed for costing the Vikings their best chance at a SB appearance (and win), then there's quite a few others on his team who deserve to stand on the podium besides him to get eggs thrown at or be blamed for choking in the most crucial part of the game. 1998 is a season that still haunts Vikings fans in many more fundamental ways, at least older fans then how 2009 or even 2017 might affect their newer, younger generation of fans.