Vikings Territory: Vikings Get Middling 2021 Projection On ‘Never Won Super Bowl' List

Press release from Vikings Territory:

July 10, 2021

The Houston Texans and Detroit Lions are two out of 12 NFL teams that have not yet won a Super Bowl — and it will stay that way in 2021 if early projections are accurate. Teams that are Super Bowl-less that have the most reasonable chance to win it all in February include the Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, and Tennessee Titans.

who broke down the probability of all such teams

The Minnesota Vikings nestle in between the Texans and Bills of the gridiron world, tapped as the fifth-most likely franchise to win Super Bowl LVI of those have not won one to date. Per Kerr, the Vikings are more likely to break through than the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars but less likely than the Arizona Cardinals.

Kerr elaborated on his Vikings pick at #5 of the 12 winless Super Bowl teams:

Out of all teams regardless of Super Bowl history, Minnesota is the 19th-most likely team to win the Super Bowl in 2021 season, earning the same wagering odds as the Pittsburgh Steelers at a +4000 moneyline per VegasInsider.com.

The offseason for the Vikings is a prosperous one. Oodles of defensive free agents signed on the dotted line, generating depth for a unit that lacked breadth in 2020. The Vikings plunge to one of the NFL’s worst defensive teams singlehandedly caused last year’s team to miss the postseason. The offense ranked third in yards gained and 11th in points scored — two marks unexpectedly sumptuous for a head coach in Mike Zimmer that is pegged to obsess over defense rather than preach offense. The only metric in which the 2020 Vikings excelled on defense was 3rd Down efficiency. With the league’s fourth-worst defense via points allowed, the Vikings boasted the ninth-best 3rd Down opponents’ conversion percentage. Figure that one out. Bend, don’t-bend, break.

Super Bowl LVI will take place on February 13, 2022, in Inglewood, California.

This press release was produced by Vikings Territory. The views expressed here are the author’s own.