Rewriting the Narrative: The Vikings’ New Story

NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 11: Will Reichard #16 of the Minnesota Vikings kicks a field goal against the New Orleans Saints during an NFL football game at Cesars Superdome on October 11, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) | Getty Images Narrative is a funny thing in the NFL. Sometimes I question where all of the different storylines come from or why the media focuses on certain aspects over others. Not to be a conspiracy theorist (even though it’s sometimes a hobby for me), but I am sure the NFL marketing department sends information out to certain insiders to cover the stories they want to be prevailing storylines. Maybe that’s not true, but there are no definitive facts that could convince me that there isn’t a possibility that most NFL storylines portrayed in the mainstream media are contrived from somewhere inside an NFL VP or executive suite. A new narrative that could pick up steam after this weekend is that the Vikings “chose the wrong quarter