Defensive end Jared Allen had a good answer prepared when asked if the Vikings can win four straight to finish 10-6, which is what they most likely have to do to make the playoffs.
"Anybody can," he said.
Anybody?
Yep.
"Heck, look at Arizona," he said. "They were 4-0 at the start of the year."
Now, they're 4-8.
Although it's not mathematically estabilished that a 9-7 team wouldn't make the playoffs in the NFC, the Vikings (6-6) are wisely assuming that it's not going to happen.
"It's not desperation," Allen said. "It's a sense of urgency. We know what the deal is. We've talked every week that it's not a must win, but these are must-win games now. We've let a couple slip through our hands and you can't do that. You never know what game is going to come back and bite you at the end of the year. We've won three straight. Now we got to run off four straight. There are a lot of teams that are in the same boat."
