Colin Cowherd thinks Vikings will double their win total
"I believe the team that will double their win total will be the Minnesota Vikings."
That's what Colin Cowherd said on his daily Fox Sports talk show The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Friday, though one must question if he knows that the Vikings won eight games last season because doubling that would be ... *grabs calculator* ... 16 wins.
Only one team in the history of the NFL has won 16 games in a season, and that was the 2007 New England Patriots, who wound up losing to the Giants in the Super Bowl.
Cowherd chalked up his prediction based on Sean McVay disciple Kevin O'Connell replacing Mike Zimmer, coupled with the Green Bay Packers losing star wide receiver and Aaron Rodgers' go-to-guy Davante Adams.
"I think the Minnesota Vikings, the coach Mike Zimmer and Kirk Cousins had a really bad relationship. Now they bring in a McVay guy, who's supposed to be, they say a taller version of McVay. So Kirk Cousins is ... probably going to have an elevated season," Cowherd said.
"Green Bay does not have the weapons they had last year. They're bringing in rookie receivers and past-their-prime receivers, so I think Green Bay takes a big pull back. Minnesota gets a big pick up, and by the way they meet Game 1 of the season. I think Minnesota is a 4-point dog, take the Vikings and the points."
For what it's worth, Cowherd accurately predicted the Vikings to fall off a cliff from 2017 to 2018. Minnesota went 13-3 and reached the NFC title game in 2017, only to fall flat with an 8-7-1 record in 2018.
You can watch Cowherd make his prediction beginning at the 4:03 mark of this video.
The 2022 Chargers = 2021 Bengals...@ColinCowherd lists 7 reasons why pic.twitter.com/tjk2SreNLs
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) June 10, 2022
Title: Bring Me The Sports co-owner, editor Email: joe@bringmethenews.com Twitter: @JoeBMTN Education: Southwest Minnesota State University Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Expertise: All things Minnesota sports Nelson has covered Minnesota sports for two decades, starting his media career in sports radio. He worked at small market Minnesota stations in Marshall and St. Cloud before joining one of the nation's highest-rated sports stations, KFAN-FM 100.3 in the Twin Cities. There, he was the producer of the top-rated mid-morning sports show with Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen. His radio experience helped blossom a career as a sports writer, joining Minneapolis-based Bring Me The News in 2011. Nelson and Adam Uren became co-owners of Bring Me The News in 2018 and have since more than tripled the site's traffic and launched Bring Me The Sports in cooperation with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation umbrella. Nelson has covered the Super Bowl and numerous training camps, NFL combines, the MLB All-Star Game and Minnesota playoff games, in addition to the day-to-day happenings on and off the field of play. Nelson also has extensive knowledge of non-sports subjects, including news and weather. He works closely with Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard to produce a bevy of weather and climate information for Minnesota readers. Nelson helped launch and manage the Bring Me The News Radio Network, which provided more than 50 radio stations around Minnesota with daily news, sports and weather reports from 2011-17.