Yes, we are living in a world where the Minnesota Vikings are 12-3. No, it’s not a Christmas miracle, it’s our actual reality.
In the first 15 games, the Vikings have been up and down in getting to an .800 winning percentage. The one thing that they have done is break records.
The Vikings continued that on Saturday against the New York Giants and broke multiple records in the final home game of the 2022 regular season.
Dec 24, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18) celebrates the win after the game against the New York Giants at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports
One of many records that superstar wide receiver Justin Jefferson has broken this season came in the 15th game and he surpassed Hall of Famer Randy Moss in doing so. In 2003, Moss had a tremendous season with 1,632 yards and Jefferson broke that on his first catch of the day. He is on pace to break Calvin Johnson’s receiving yards record of 1,964. He currently has 1,756 yards on the season and is less than 250 yards away from the first-ever 2,000-yard season.
Dec 17, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18) celebrates the win against the Indianapolis Colts after the game at U.S. Bank Stadium. With the win, the Minnesota Vikings clinched the NFC North. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports
The Vikings have a tremendous lineage at the wide receiver position and Jefferson is already proving to (potentially) be the best of them all. He caught his 123rd pass on the season, breaking the 122 receptions that Cris Carter hauled in during both the 1994 and 1995 seasons. Carter went to social media after the game to congratulate Jefferson on his accomplishment.
Congrats @JJettas2 on breaking the @Vikings single season receptions record
— Cris Carter (@criscarter80) December 24, 2022
Dec 24, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell celebrates the win after the game against the New York Giants at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports
There are quite a few metrics that are unsustainable and one of those is being successful in one-score games. It is something that many analysts and pundits have criticized the team for and have lauded the fact that it isn’t sustainable. I don’t think the Vikings care much about that, as they became the first…
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