In the NFL, context matters. So many things happen over the course of the season, many of which we as fans, and even those in the national media, are not privy to. I don’t like to throw out overused internet fan tropes, but when the Minnesota Vikings aren’t doing well, the “armchair GM’s” get their moment in the sun. All of this talk of the team giving up, of Kevin O’Connell losing the locker room, of J.J. McCarthy not being ready, is all speculation. Many times, as fans, we are left to trust our guts and come to conclusions about why things do or do not go well over the course of a drive, game, or a season.

In my first season writing for the Daily Norseman, I have never been so entrenched in all of the different opinions and theories that people in the media and on the internet have abou

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