They’ve lost their franchise quarterback and All-Pro running back to injuries, but the undefeated Vikings are looking like one of the NFL’s best teams
If a season-ending injury to prospective franchise quarterback Teddy Bridgewater didn’t sufficiently temper expectations for the Minnesota Vikings in 2016, then surely the loss of All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson, out until at least mid-November with a meniscus tear, and left tackle Matt Kalil, done for the year with a torn labrum, left even the team’s most optimistic supporters in lament.
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