The Sins of Rick Spielman, Part 2: Building the Minnesota Losing Company
There isn t a worse kept secret in the world of Minnesota sports: The Vikings offensive line is bad, and has been for some time. Judging offensive line play is more difficult than other players and units due to a complete lack of usable statistics, but the eye test tells us the last time the Vikings had a good offensive line was way back in Adrian Peterson s remarkable 2012 season. For those of us who struggle with math (or obscenely long stretches of time), that was a full eight seasons ago. So what happened? How does a unit spend eight seasons in some degree of disrepair without turning it around? Let s dig in.