The promises were plentiful Monday at Winter Park. Four days after absorbing a dispiriting 36-17 home loss to Tampa Bay, the Vikings returned to work with refreshed minds and a vow to clean up the fundamental flaws that proved so embarrassing last Thursday.
In many ways, the Buccaneers' all-too-easy victory seemed to expose the Vikings as a team with every symptom of a playoff pretender -- costly turnovers, missed tackles, blown assignments, silly penalties, quarterback inconsistency.
But at the moment, the Vikings are certain their errors are all quickly correctable.
They even had a few straightforward slogans ready to pave the way toward the season's second half.
It is, after all, campaign season.
"We'll get it fixed," coach Leslie Frazier declared.
Added receiver Percy Harvin: "We're going to get it right."
Frazier and the coaching staff used Friday and Saturday to do a detailed self-evaluation. And they returned Monday to oversee a rare extra practice for Week 9, a 90-minute session that asked players to zero in on cleaning up basic techniques.