"Most likely, Minnesota will choose to [franchise] tag Darnold or allow him to hit the market, and things could go either way," Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report wrote on Saturday, Feb. 8.

Despite limping to the finish, the future in Minneapolis is bright. Both head coach Kevin O’Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah have secured contract extensions, and the team is bringing back most of its key pieces next fall. The biggest question the Vikings likely face is what to do at QB.