The Minnesota Vikings’ competitiveness

jasonsw said
The vikings have never been great the past 33 years I have watched football. Just good and sometimes very good.

They never have had a true franchise qb. No, Culpepper doesn't count he had Moss and a great run game support

I'd argue Kirk Cousins has been the closest thing to a true franchise QB since Tarkenton and no, you can't discount Culpepper just for having Moss and a great running game. You know who also had great, Pro.Bowl WR's and good running games during their stints as Vikings starters? Fran Tarkenton and Kirk Cousins. Cousins had Dalvin Cook, Stefon Diggs, Justin Jefferson and TE T.J. Hockenson. Tarkenton had Chuck Foreman, Ahmad Rashad, Sammy White, John Gilliam--all those offensive players made multiple Pro Bowl invites during their careers. If Foreman hadn't been injured late in the 1977/early 78 season, like Lydell Mitchell and later on, Billy Sims, he would be in Canton right now. You can't discount Culpepper's achievements because he wasnt the only Viking QB who looked good or great with Moss in the lineup. So was Randall Cunningham and Jeff George.

From 1973-78, there was probably few multi-purpose, talented purely athletic NFL RB's than Chuck Foreman. He was partly the reason why Minnesota's offense improved significantly in early-to-mid 70's along with Bud Grant's play-calling becoming little more creative as to why Vikings made 3 SB appearances over a 4 year period (1973-76). If Foreman had continued to play at a MVP-caliber Saquon Barkley level for another 3-4 seasons, easy no-brainer first-ballot HOFer.