NFL '17 Dread News - Week 20

All they did was delay the inevitable. All they really did was make it easier for their opponent. All the Minnesota Vikings did when they miraculously defeated the New Orleans Saints in the 2nd round of the NFC Playoffs was give their fans false hope. Anybody who saw the improbable ending of that game and concluded that the Vikings must be some sort of "team of destiny" obviously hasn't followed them long enough. One week later, with a chance to become the first team ever to play in a Super Bowl on their home field, the Vikings turned back into who we thought they were - the same old Vikings. The ones that always find a way to break their fans' hearts. This time it was in the form of a no-doubt-about-it 38-7 beatdown by the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 21. DE Vinny Curry (photo above, raising the George Halas Trophy) and RB Jay Ajayi (first photo below) were just a small part of the huge celebration going on after the Eagles clinched the franchise's first NFC crown in 13 years.