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The Truth In Minnesota

From a fantasy perspective, the Minnesota Vikings are projected to be, well, perfect! But in this forum, I will explain why it is smart to lower expectations for the reigning NFC North champions. Projections for the Vikings offense for 2018 are optimistic, but let's analyze just how optimistic. At the quarterback position, we have Kirk Cousins, who without having played a regular season snap in purple and gold, is being drafted as the 7th quarterback off the board. At the wide receiver position, we have Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen, being drafted as the 11th and 14th wide receivers respectively. In the backfield, we have Dalvin Cook as the 11th back taken off the board. And to top it all off, Kyle Rudolph is being drafted as the 8th overall tight end. But before I just flat out tell you that it is highly improbable for this to all come to fruition, I will back up my arguments with multiple years of statistics. I'm going to go back 4 years, and see if even the best offenses