John Shipley: With chance to change narrative, Vikings fail to show up

PHILADELPHIA — And so the darkness of another long winter settles on Minnesota. It has taken longer than usual, but it arrives nonetheless. The Vikings are done, and reality has swept in like a bracing slap to the face.

So close, again. As the broken bard of Minnesota once sang, “I can live without your touch, but I’ll die within your reach.”

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