Fansided

While the Minnesota Vikings were one of the biggest surprises of the 2024 NFL regular season, going 14-3, they were also one of the biggest disappointments of the postseason. In losing a winner-take-all matchup with the Detroit Lions in Week 18 to decide the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the conference, the fifth-seeded Vikings were forced to go on the road to take on the NFC West champion Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card Round. And while the Rams didn't get a true home game, as the contest was moved from SoFi Stadium to State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, due to the wildfires in the Los Angeles area, the Vikings couldn't take advantage and took an embarrassing 27-9 defeat. Minnesota now heads into one of its most interesting offseasons in recent memory, with GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell facing a ton of tough decisions, one of which is obviously whether to bring back quarterback Sam Darnold or move ahead with J.J. McCarthy, who the Vikings took with the 10th overall pick in last year's NFL draft.