Players who have been in the league long enough know every offseason brings changes to the locker room. Sometimes changes are good, like when the Vikings were able to hit on so many free agents to the degree of more than doubling the projected win total placed on the team by outsiders before the season.
“That’s what I think makes it so much more emotional, because no team is the exact same the next year,” said linebacker Blake Cashman, who completed his first season with his home state squad. “We know how this business works. A lot of it is out of the players’ control, but this was a special group of guys, and for everybody in this locker room, a lot of close relationships. That’s why we had so much joy, and I think people saw it when they watched us play, just excitement.”
Greenard blended appreciation for his first season in Purple with determination to change the narrative.
“Great year, man, I’m not going to lie, 14 wins, I didn’t expect. I knew we were going to come to the playoffs and compete, but 14 wins in my first year here is a blessing,” Greenard said. “It was a blessing to make it through a full season for the first time.
“[The loss] makes what is said on the outside look like it’s true, ‘Can’t win the big one.’ We’re going to do it. We’re going to get over the hump. The thing is, we’ll just keep our head down and work.
“We’ve just got to be more. More is required,” added Greenard when asked what is needed to get over the hump. “At the end of the day, that’s what I’m living by, because no matter what, we can do a lot or just enough, but more is required, especially where we’re at.”
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