What the Vikings can do to make the play off
According to an analytics firm, the Vikings still stand a 61% chance of making the playoffs.
The Minnesota Vikings didn’t lose the game on Saturday in Cincinnati, but it made them much more vulnerable with three weeks left in the regular season.
Sunday’s results weren’t all around great for the Vikings (7-7). Yes, the Packers (6-8) lost to the Buccaneers (7-7) at home, and the Falcons (6-8) lost to the pathetic Panthers (2-12), but the Rams (7-7) and Saints (7-7) prevailed.
Assuming Minnesota loses at home next Sunday to the Lions (roger that), not exclusively will their NFC North title trusts be run yet they could likewise end up outwardly searching in at the NFC season finisher field.
On the off chance that the end of the season games began for the current week, the Vikings would crush in as the No. 6 seed and the Rams would be No. 7. The Saints are 4-5 in the conference, while the Vikings are 6-3 in the NFC, while the Rams are 5-4.
If the Seahawks beat the Eagles on Monday night to move up to 7-7, things could get more complicated. Seattle is 5-5 in meeting play so a success would get them to 6-5 against NFC enemies.
Excepting a tie, either the Holy people or Slams will be 8-7 so on the off chance that the Vikings lose they would drop to 7-8 and be the seventh seed with about fourteen days to go.
In the event that the Birds of prey, Packers, Seahawks and Vikings are every one of the 7-8 after the following week, Minnesota will claim the sudden death round because of no holds barred prevails upon the Hawks and Packers and a preferable meeting record over the Seahawks. Yet, that would make way for a line fight for the ages on New Year’s Eve among Minnesota and Green Narrows.
Another thing to keep in mind is that if the Vikings and Buccaneers tie for the final playoff spot, the Bucs will win it because they beat Minnesota in the season opener. That is the reason it is best for the Vikings assuming the Bucs win the South and avoid the Special case discussion.
As per Tankathon, the Vikings have the fifth-hardest leftover timetable in the NFL. In any case, the information from SumerSports says they have a 61% opportunity to make the end of the season games.
The chances are still in support of Minnesota, yet they have no ifs, ands or buts entered the risk zone.
On Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O Connell calls a play during the third quarter of a Week 15 NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Cincinnati Bengals. In overtime, the Cincinnati Bengals prevailed 27-24.
The loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 15 hurts the Vikings’ chances of making the playoffs. According to the NFL playoff simulator of the New York Times, the Vikings had a 69 percent chance of making the playoffs this season going into this weekend’s game against the Bengals.
Following their misfortune on Saturday, Minnesota’s possibility making the 2023 postseason has now diminished to 57 percent. So not an enormous change, but rather still one that the Vikings would have jumped at the chance to stay away from, particularly since their season finisher chances would have expanded to 84 percent with a success over Cincinnati.
The good news is that the result of Saturday evening’s matchup between the Denver Broncos and Detroit Lions won’t have much of an impact on Minnesota’s current playoff chances.
Something that will surely fundamentally affect the Vikings’ possibilities making the postseason will be the aftereffect of the following matchup on their timetable, which makes them go facing the Lions next Sunday inside U.S. Bank Arena.
Thus, while the misfortune to the Bengals on Saturday stings, Minnesota currently needs to exploit their additional day off and give their best for get ready for a gigantic divisional standoff against Detroit one weekend from now.
