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Vikings are third team start 4-0 while not scoring a TD in multiple games
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The Vikings have essentially co-opted the slogan of the team that beat Minnesota in its most recent Super Bowl appearance, 50 years ago.
Just win, baby.
Whatever it takes. However it looks. Only one stat matters — points scored vs. points allowed.
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And the Vikings did it on Sunday against the Dolphins with a quintet of field goals, two weeks after the Vikings won in Chicago with only three field goals.
Via Kevin Seifert of ESPN, the Vikings are now the third team to start 4-0 despite failing to score a touchdown in multiple games.
The first was the 1922 Chicago Cardinals. The second was the 1923 Chicago Cardinals.
There may be more no-touchdown games. The offense continues to underperform.
The good news, if there is any, is that the Vikings gained a season-high 336 yards against Miami. The Vikings hadn't gotten to 250 yards in any of the first three games.
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Also, tight end T.J. Hockenson took a knee at the Miami two-yard line when he could have scored. It allowed the Vikings to nail down the victory with three snaps in victory formation to clinch the win.
But he didn't, and the Vikings ultimately had no touchdowns, again. And they won, again.
