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[Midwest Spy]

Your Vikes at least had a few good runs, even if they were a long time ago.

Dominated the NFC during the '70's, but lost all 4 Super Bowl appearances (none of them were close).

Had pretty good teams during the late 80's, including an NFC Title Game appearance against the Skins. Lost 17-10. Skins went on to rout the Broncos 42-10.

The 90's brought Denny Green to town as the head coach. Many playoff appearances, but the loss in the 1998 Championship game against the Falcons will be long remembered as the biggest choke in franchise history.
That team boasted Cris Carter, Randy Moss, Robert Smith, Daunte Culpepper, John Randle, Randall McDaniel, etc.

The Vikes made the NFC Championship game twice in the '00's. Getting embarrassed by the Giants, and losing yet another heartbreaker to the Saints in '09. That game forced league officials to rewrite overtime rules because the Vikes never got a chance to get the ball. Vikes turned it over 5 times, including a botched handoff at the Saints 3 yard line between Favre and Peterson.

Yes, the Vikes have had good teams and good players, but they've never won the big one, and it's tough.