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The Vikings front office and coaching staff got to work immediately last January to digest the 2018 season and start gearing up for 2019. Vikings players and coaches began the offseason program midway through April, which concluded midway through June. The entire organization kicked into full gear with the opening of training camp in late July.
It’s a concerted, intense preparation to produce a season in 2019 that will yield great dividends.
A key stretch in that preparation begins tonight against the Seattle Seahawks. It’s Week 2 of the preseason. Yes, it’s true that most starters will see less than two quarters of action. And no, this game doesn’t count in the standings. But tonight’s game will set the tone for the upcoming week. And the upcoming week is the preseason week that catches the most attention across the League.
The term “dress rehearsal” will get tossed around more times than you can count next week. The third preseason game is the one that, typically, sees the most action from the starters. It’s the preseason game that draws the most attention from fans. Fair or not, representative or not, it’s the game that generates the last significant narrative surrounding the team as it enters the ensuing regular season.
So, yea, the stretch of days from tonight’s preseason game through roster cutdown day on August 31 is key. It’s the last set of bricks to be laid in a foundation that dates back to January. And it kicks off at U.S. Bank Stadium at about 7:10 p.m. CT.