ESPN writer selects Minnesota Vikings to play in Super Bowl 52
By Adam Patrick
A recent article predicting what would happen in the 2017 NFL season has the Minnesota Vikings playing in the Super Bowl at their own stadium.
On Monday, members of the Minnesota Vikings organization celebrated that the very next Super Bowl will be played in their home at the beautiful U.S. Bank Stadium.
Well late Sunday night, an article was published on ESPN.com that predicted the Vikings to play in that game and become the first team to ever play in a Super Bowl at their home stadium. ESPN staff writer Dan Graziano wrote the piece that was centered around what craziness he thought may happen during the 2017 NFL season.
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Yes he did predict Minnesota to play in next year’s Super Bowl, but he does not have them ending the season on top. Instead he sees the Vikings losing in their normal late-game fashion by three points to the Indianapolis Colts, “after Andrew Luck throws a go-ahead touchdown with 1:45 left and Sam Bradford checks it down to a running back with time expiring at the Colts’ 15-yard line.”
He is certainly aware of the history of heartbreak that has been associated with Minnesota since their existence as an NFL franchise. Especially since the outcome he predicted would surprise absolutely no one who has rooted for the Vikings if it ended up becoming a reality.
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To put Graziano’s prediction into a bit of perspective, for next season he also picked the Los Angeles Rams to win 10 games, Tony Romo to sign with the Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to be named MVP, and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown to broadcast an entire game on Facebook Live with the help of a GoPro camera.