Perhaps no team is as perennially hard to pin down as the Minnesota Vikings, however. The Vikings finally pivoted away from the "sure thing" at quarterback last offseason, favoring a lottery-ticket gamble on Sam Darnold rather than an expensive commitment to the aging Kirk Cousins.

The interesting decision GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and the Vikings will have to make on Thursday night is whether the

Despite going 14-3 last season, the Vikings finished as the 5th seed in the NFC and lost at home against the Rams in the Wild Card.