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The Minnesota Vikings suffered yet another disappointing loss on Monday night falling 21-7 to the surging Seattle Seahawks that has brought even more questions concerning their offensive game plan.
It marked the second straight game that the Vikings simply could not get anything going on that side of the ball that put their team at a significant disadvantage to tumble toward another discouraging defeat that has put their playoff chances in question. With that in mind, quarterback Kirk Cousins voiced that he believes the offense is quite capable of being among the best units in the league if they took the same mental approach in weeks past prior to their recent struggles, according to Courtney Cronin of ESPN.
Added Cousins: “I don't know what the scale [of frustration] is for that level, but certainly when you're not putting as many points on the board as you know you're capable of or you've shown in past games, it's disappointing,” Cousins said. “I think the added piece of the disappointment is when your defense is playing so well. Our defense, I feel the last couple weeks or the last several weeks, has played playoff football, high-level football, and put us in a position where we should and can be in the playoff conversation as a result of the way they are playing defense. You know that if our offense would bring it that way that we brought it in the earlier weeks of the season, we would be pretty dangerous.”
There have been some glaring weaknesses in the running game despite Dalvin Cook now being healthy, but it has been their passing attack that has carried them throughout much of the season. This has simply not been the case in the last two weeks as Cousins has struggled to throw the ball with effectiveness.
This has put tremendous pressure on their defense to continue to play at a high level to keep the team in the game, which they had done against the Seahawks, holding them to just a field goal midway through the fourth quarter. It had come down to their offense being unable to get going as their two star wideouts in Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs haven't been able to be playmakers in the passing game.
If Minnesota hopes to turn it around, it will need them to find more balance in their attack that will require their running game led by Cook to be more effective. In the meantime, the Vikings are still searching to break through in the last three games of the regular season in order to secure a playoff spot.
