The Minnesota Vikings’ competitiveness

St.Dan said
We in the Who Dat Nation have some of our fandom lineage through that 1987 team, as they spanked us in the wild card round in our first-ever playoff game.

I'd say that 1987 offense was a bit better than just "okay" for its time, with better overall team speed on both sides of the ball than Mora's bunch that year. The Vikes lost all three replacement games (games played by the "scabs" while the regular players were on strike), which skewed that final record downward. The "regular" Vikes were 8-4 and likely would've seriously challenged that era's Bears for the division title had it not been for the strike. And I'd venture to say that from '87 through '89, Anthony Carter was every bit Jerry Rice's equal as an elite receiver.

If memory serves, y'all were a dropped pass by Darrin Nelson inside the 1-yard line in the NFC title game vs. the Redskins from having a fresh set of downs with about 30 seconds to play?

I thought the same thing when I read his post. I was only in kindergarten or first grade at the time, but that 1987 season was my first full season watching, and I had that game and that entire season on VHS and probably watched it all at least 10 times growing up, including the heartbreaking end. I actually still have the tapes, just don’t have anything to play them on and the tape would probably pop even if I did at this point. lol

That Vikings offense was really good IMO; and you’re right, Anthony Carter was a beast, and he may very well be on the Mount Rushmore of “Hall of Very Good” players that didn’t quite do enough to get to Canton.

24.3 YPR that year, 922 yards total, and that was in a strike season in which he only played 12 games.

Baller.