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In the previous two seasons that the Vikings have started 2-2, Minnesota ended up winning the NFC North both times.
In 2015, the Vikings turned a 2-2 start into an 11-5 campaign and Zimmer’s first division crown.
And in 2017, Minnesota split its first four games but lost just once the rest of the way, going 13-3, winning the NFC North and advancing to the NFC title game.
Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen was on both of those division-winning teams. He knows the recipe it takes to have success the rest of the way, starting with Sunday’s road game against the Giants.
“It will be a good test for us as a team and will really show what kind of people we have on this team, coming off a tough loss,” Thielen said. “‘How are we going to work in practice? How are we going to handle the frustration? Are we going to use that as a positive this week or go down in the dumps?’
“I think I have a good idea of what that response is going to be because we have so many great guys in this locker room,” Thielen added. “But we’ve got to go out and do it.”
As Zimmer mentioned above, the Vikings only trail by one game in the win column in the NFC. San Francisco, which had a Week 4 bye, is the conference’s lone unbeaten team at 3-0, while six teams (including Chicago and Green Bay) are 3-1.
Detroit sits at 2-1-1, ahead of five teams, including the Vikings, that currently sit at 2-2.