4 Bold Predictions for the Remainder of the Vikings’ Season
The Minnesota Vikings remain in the league’s Top 6 Super Bowl odds, outfitted with a +1700 moneyline through 14 weeks, the same probability as the Green Bay Packers.
4 Bold Predictions for the Remainder of the Vikings’ Season
That’s the advantage of an 11-2 start. Minnesota has won six straight after a two-game, post-bye losing skid and is absolutely back on track.
So, with four regular season games to go and the postseason afoot, these are four bold Vikings predictions for the season’s remainder.
1. The Jordan Addison Ignition Continues
Jordan Addison has popped off in the last few weeks, which was Minnesota’s plan all along when it drafted him 20 months ago.
Addison is on pace for 926 receiving yards this season — despite missing two games to an ankle injury — and he’ll hit the 1,000-yard mark in Week 17 or Week 18.
He might even hit 1,100 yards. The 22-year-old will also tally 10 total touchdowns or more.
2. Aaron Jones Doesn’t Fumble Again
Heading into last weekend, fans were skittish about ball security, as Aaron Jones had already tabulated a career-high (5) for fumbles in a season.
Then, he showed up against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday and protected the rock.
Jones is not a career-long fumble merchant or anything of the sort. It would always make sense that he would figure out the fumble bug before letting it ravage the rest of his 2024 campaign with a new team.
No more fumbles for Jones. Those are done.
3. Kevin O’Connell Wins Coach of the Year
This is a tight race at the moment, but Kevin O’Connell will prevail.
Award voters love handing the COTY trophy to an “against all odds” candidate, and men like Mike Tomlin and Dan Campbell — the other frontrunners — don’t fit the criteria.
Via very narrow vote, O’Connell will win the NFL’s Coach of the Year honor.
4. The Vikings Beat TB or ATL in Round 1 of Playoffs, Lose to PHI in Round 2
Probably not a popular prediction, Minnesota will topple the NFC South winner in five weeks and might do so handily. The Vikings are more than good enough to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or Atlanta Falcons on the road.
Thereafter, reality will set in. The Packers will travel to Detroit for battle with the Lions. Minnesota will embark onward to Philadelphia for a Divisional Round showdown. The Eagles’ offensive and defensive trenches will be too much for Minnesota, and the would-be storybook season will conclude.
Philadelphia will beat Detroit in the NFC Title Game.
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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 MIN 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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