5 best Minnesota Vikings moments of the past decade

1. Minneapolis Miracle

Was there really anything else that could be at the top of this list?

Minnesota had a bunch of accomplishments during the last 10 seasons, but none of them come even close to being as memorable as what went down during the final seconds of the 2017 divisional playoff game inside U.S. Bank Stadium.

Trailing the New Orleans Saints by a point with 25 seconds left in the matchup, the Vikings were hoping to just get enough yards to attempt a game-winning field goal. But Case Keenum and Stefon Diggs had other plans.

On 3rd-and-10 from their own 39-yard line with 10 seconds remaining on the clock, Keenum fired a pass to the right side of the field in the direction of Diggs. Time seemed to stand still as the ball hung in the air and the entire stadium waited to see what was about to happen.

Diggs ended up catching the pass and instead of stepping out of bounds to stop the clock, he had a clear path to the end zone thanks to Saints safety Marcus Williams whiffing on a tackle attempt.

Diggs crossed the goal line, chucked his helmet, and celebrated the win with the rest of his teammates as the crowd inside the stadium erupted with a deafening cheer of excitement.

What makes this moment so special is that things like this typically don’t ever happen to the Vikings. Minnesota is usually the team on the opposite end of a play like this. But this time, the Vikings were the ones doing the unthinkable and coming up with one of the most miraculous plays in the history of the NFL.