Is Minnesota For Real?

I strongly lean no on this one, but I won't rule them out.

It's true luck is part of any championship team, but the Vikings have burned thru an insane amount of luck already. DAL and PHI beat them easily. I think they get shown up in the playoffs a similar way to the 2010 Falcons (another very lucky team in the regular season, albeit not as insanely lucky as MIN this year). But hey, luck's weird and maybe they truly are just having a magical season to end all magical seasons (plus Jefferson is having a mind-blowing year).

I think a championship team needs to prove they can dominate a playoff team, find that other gear against quality opponents like the 2009 Saints did vs. PHI & NE in the regular season and AZ in the playoffs. MIN is a team that needed a double doink missed field goal and a TD drive created almost entirely by terrible officiating calls to beat Dennis Allen & Andy Dalton. That's not a team I trust and I can't say I trust Cousins too much in big moments, either.