Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Jonathan Greenard offered his thoughts after the season ended with a loss in the NFC Wild Card.

It’s a good time to look back on last offseason considering how much money the Vikings have to spend this offseason.

In the end, the Minnesota Vikings’ 2024 season looked a lot like their 2022. That year Kirk Cousins, a transplant veteran quarterback, led them to 13 wins on the back of an 11-0 record in one-score games. It all came crashing down in their first playoff game, scuttling the championship hopes of a longtime franchise that’s never won a Super Bowl.

This season didn’t begin for the Minnesota Vikings in September. It began in January.  Last January. At a children’s playdate.  Brian Flores’s daughter, Liliana

The Los Angeles Rams’ defense seemed to be starting somewhat from scratch when it began this season with a rookie coordinator and without retired superstar Aaron Donald.

However, that play would be ruled a forward pass — something that annoyed former eight-time Super Bowl winner, current North Carolina head coach and all-time defensive savant Bill Belichick as he watched from his post on ESPN’s alternate Manningcast.

Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Jonathan Greenard engulfs Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs for a major tackle for a loss on third down in the opening minutes.

The Minnesota Vikings made a big play for the future when they traded up for both J.J. McCarthy and Dallas Turner in the 2024 NFL Draft. They took McCarthy to be the future at the quarterback

The end just happened so quickly. The Minnesota Vikings went from battling for the #1-overall seed to bounced out of the playoffs in a span of eight days. The sudden ending brought a palpable sense of disappointment and frustration in the postgame locker room after the season-ending loss in Arizona,