Vikings face reality check on lofty expectations after latest stumble.


MINNEAPOLIS_The problem with starting 5-0 is all subsequent games are looked atthrough the lens of that initial success,no matter how skewed it may have been.


It happened to the Atlanta Falcons last season and it’s happening now to the Minnesota Vikings, whose 22-16 overtime loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday extended their skid to three, further tightening an NFC North race that was never going to turn into a rout.