The History of the Minnesota Vikings | show | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Jon Bois and Alex Rubenstein, creators of "The History of the Seattle Mariners" and "The History of the Atlanta Falcons, | dHNfSjJhUU9abzNFUUk

Transcript

00:00 Two years ago, while telling the story of the Atlanta Falcons, we inevitably encountered

00:04 the Minnesota Vikings. We could have gone on and on and on about them, and we really wanted to,

00:11 but instead I said, "But that's a story for another time." This is that time.

00:16 It's the first round of the playoffs, January 15, 2023. Quarterback Kirk Cousins, who fans say is

00:28 not as good as his numbers would indicate, has led these Minnesota Vikings, who fans say are not as

00:32 good as their numbers would indicate, down the field in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.

00:37 They find themselves at fourth and eight, needing a touchdown to force overtime. Cousins drops back,

00:43 his pocket is very quickly falling apart, his receiver Justin Jefferson streaks downfield and

00:48 finds himself in double coverage, but Jefferson, perhaps the NFL's top playmaker, is a magician

00:54 who has made the impossible happen many times. Cousins' move here is to throw at Jefferson's way

00:59 and hope for the best, right? Give him a chance to make a play. Millions of Vikings fans on the

01:04 other side of the television are begging and pleading for exactly this. But when you're

01:09 staring down all these decades of history, when you're the lone steward of every last hope and

01:14 dream and expectation and ambition, it can be just a little bit overwhelming.

01:31 So,

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