The Vikings’ 2024 season began with a five-game win streak that left them as the NFC’s last unbeaten team and vaulted them into national conversation as the surprise story of the season, before two losses in five days to the Lions and Rams squelched the delirium.

It's fairly stunning how quickly and painfully the jubilant vibes of a 14-win season and nine-game winning streak can come crashing down in just nine days.

The Los Angeles Rams' defense seemed to be starting practically from scratch when it began this season with a rookie coordinator and without retired superstar Aaron Donald. The Rams knew they would have to endure all of the mistakes and setbacks required to rebuild a once-solid unit.

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Sam Darnold didn't finish the 2024-25 NFL season the way he or the Minnesota Vikings would have liked. It doesn't sound like he did much damage—if any—to

Sam Darnold played poorly in his final two games of the season, but Vikings legend Chuck Foreman says Darnold did enough to be the Vikings' starter for the future.