The Minnesota Vikings are coming off a disappointing finish to their 22-23 season.

Despite going 13-4, the Vikings lost a home playoff game in the first round to the New York Giants.

But, how they got to 13-4, is a credit to the job done by the first-year General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah.

He stepped in as GM with a lot on his plate but made all the right moves.

The biggest move might have been hiring Kevin O’Connell to be their head coach.

In one season, O’Connell turned the franchise around and got them back to the playoffs.

Adofo-Mensah deserves plenty of credit for the moves he made to turn the Vikings back into contenders.

So Kwesi;

Hired the winningest Vikings coach in history

Traded for TJ Hockenson

Got Za’Darius Smith in the building while the Packers paid him more

Had a good first draft with solid depth and an elite punter

Got Brian Flores as DC over a HC job. #LetsGoKwesi #Skol

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Even though the moves made during the season did not result in any postseason success, the Vikings are headed in the right direction.

The most recent move by Adolfo-Mensah was hiring Brian Flores as the team’s new defensive coordinator.

Flores’ name was floating around as a potential head coach candidate before the Vikings scooped him up.

Minnesota had a terrible defense last season, giving up the second-most yards per game (388.7).

Their season was capped off by getting exposed by Giants quarterback Daniel Jones in the playoffs.

Flores has experience leading good defenses and should be an immediate upgrade in Minnesota.

The next step for Adolfo-Mensah will be to nail this upcoming NFL draft.

As most GMs are usually praised or criticized for how well they draft.

If he can continue to bring in good young talent for the Vikings, they should once again compete in the NFC next year.

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One of the most talked about storylines around Super Bowl is Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid facing his former team.

Reid was the Philadelphia Eagles’ head coach from 1999-2012.

Over those 14 seasons, Reid had a record of 130-93-1, making him the winningest coach in Eagles history.

Reid led the Eagles to one Super Bowl in those years, which was a loss to the New England Patriots in 04-05.

Despite never winning the big game in Philadelphia, he is still beloved by many Eagles fans.

Now Reid is looking for his second Super Bowl title with the Chiefs with his former team standing in the way.

He joins a list of five coaches facing their former teams in the Super Bowl.

Andy Reid faces his former team in #SuperBowlLVII on Sunday

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— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) February 7, 2023

The last time we saw it was in 2015.

When Pete Carroll’s Seahawks faced the New England Patriots.

That game was played in Arizona, just like the one we will see this weekend.

Carroll’s team heartbreakingly lost that game, and Reid is hoping to avoid a similar outcome.

Plenty of pressure will be on Reid in this game, being the offensive guru of the Chiefs.

He will need to come up with a great game plan to slow down an elite Eagles pass rush.

Kansas City had the top offense in the NFL this season.

Leading the league in both yards (413.6) and points per game (29.2).

The Chiefs will have to put forth another scoring outburst if they hope to come out on top.

Reid has plenty to gain from this game when it comes to his coaching legacy.

With a win, he moves to 2-2 in Super Bowls, but a loss drops him to 1-3 and questions will arise about his ability to win the big game.

Reid is one of the top coaches of all time, be he needs to win this game to further cement his legacy.

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Yesterday, Trent Dilfer went viral across NFL media for his comments about Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady.

Brady and Rodgers are often touted as two of the top-ten quarterbacks in NFL history, yet, Dilfer had a contrarian opinion about those two.

However, one analyst quickly called out Dilfer, citing his career statistics as a major talking point.

From '01 thru '07, Dilfer had 29 starts, 31 TDs and 38 picks. He'd been in the league 7 yrs when Brady made his 1st start.

Brady had 197 TDs /86 picks in 110 starts over the same span. Those were his first 7 years as a starter. When it was "harder," Brady was still outrageous. https://t.co/LUF8sKwyBF

— Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) February 7, 2023

Dilfer played in the league for 14 seasons, with his most notable achievement coming in 2000, when he led the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl victory.

However, his career stats are significantly less impressive than that of Rodgers and Brady, which has made many members of the NFL media question his journalistic integrity.

In 14 years, Dilfer threw for 20,518 yards, 113 touchdowns, and 129 interceptions.

To put this into perspective, Rodgers has played in the league for 17 seasons, and he has thrown just 104 career interceptions, a full 25 less than Dilfer, who started in 110 fewer games than Rodgers has.

Brady, on the other hand, played in the NFL for 23 seasons and threw 212 career interceptions in 333 games.

That means, that, on average, Brady threw an interception every 1.5 games.

For context, Dilfer averaged one interception in each of his games and had a negative touchdown to interception ratio.

As one might imagine, many are throwing these statistics back in Dilfer’s face, citing that he played in the league when Brady and Rodgers did but was unable to achieve similar success.

Dilfer’s credibility is being called into question, but this certainly isn’t the first time.

Will he continue to be an NFL media personality moving forward?

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