Not much about this season for the Vikings has gone well, certainly....but it's funny how the media was using the 'but look who they've had to play' line to explain that the Texans were better than their record, but said nothing about the Vikings' schedule.
Their 1st 4 losses were to Green Bay, Indianapolis, Tennessee, and Seattle. Two of those losses were by 1 point. Those 4 as of right now are a combined 18-3. Even tho they stunk it up against Atlanta for loss #5, Atlanta is another team that had been viewed as a big disappointment and they came in with a game plan the Vikings couldn't really plan for because of the coaching change...and Julio coming back as well.
So yeah, they brought in Yannick in part because they lost Everson, but also because Hunter was hurt. Well he's now done for the season and there was always question about how to re-sign Yannick. Now they don't have that concern and got picks back. Yes, they lost some on the deal, but not as much as they could have.
The biggest problem is that they recommitted to Cousins to be basically stuck with him at least thru 2021. The Cousins 'experiment' has resulted in blowing thru the window of a very talented team but not having the cap (or willingness) to put a better OL in front of him.
gotta love 'referential' treatment