Week 5 overreactions: Vikings legitimate Super Bowl contenders? NFC East champ to have losing record?

Plus, is it time for the Commanders to fire Dan Quinn? The Minnesota Vikings have the longest active winning streak in the NFL. Yes, those Minnesota Vikings, who just made the Saints the latest victim of the Brian Flores torture chamber defense. This is a team that's now won 10 straight games dating back to last year. In Flores' latest masterpiece, the Vikings held Tyler Shough to 96 passing yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions. Minnesota basically doubled New Orleans in time of possession and owned a 364-142 yardage advantage. In this column, I try not to get overboard too quickly — it's still early, yada yada — but it's time to really project forward, and the Vikings might be the least-talked-about 5-0 team in NFL history.
Flores is the best coordinator in the NFL. We already knew this defense was excellent, but it was encouraging to see Kyler Murray play his best game with the Vikings yet. He completed 24 of 30 passes (80%) for 229 yards and a touchdown to Justin Jefferson, and he ran the ball seven times for another 54 yards, excluding three kneeldowns. They aren't absurdly good numbers, but they don't need to be if the defense is going to be this dominant. Here's the stuff Murray can do to take this team to another
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