

Pardon Cook if he might be looking a bit ahead. The Vikings play their next three games at home, with Cleveland on Oct. And then when you win that, you’ve got to go play better the next week and win.”

… The bottom line is this: You’ve got to go play Sunday, better than Seattle, and win. “Teams that are 0-2 have this kind of percentage to make the playoffs. “You see all kinds of stuff,” Patterson said. In the first 13 such seasons, they made the playoffs just once, going 10-6 in 2008 and winning the NFC North. Minnesota started 0-3 in 2020 before finishing 7-9.įor now, the Vikings are off to the 14th 0-2 start in team history. The Vikings are obviously hoping there won’t end up being one similarity between last year and this season. “At this stage, it’s time to get some wins,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. After no tickets were sold for any games last season because of the coronavirus pandemic, it will mark the first regular-season game at U.S. Next up for the Vikings is Sunday’s home opener against Seattle. But you can’t get caught up in all of the could-have, would-have, should-haves.” You’ve got to live with it, you’ve got to accept it, and you move on and go to the next one.

Some people say, ‘You’re one fumble and one missed kick away from being 2-0,’ right? But we’re 0-2. They lost 34-33 at Arizona last Sunday when Greg Joseph missed a 37-yard field goal on the final play. The Vikings fell 27-24 in Week 1 at Cincinnati after Cook lost a fumble at the Bengals’ 39 late in overtime. Patterson said it doesn’t matter that the two losses have been close.
