Minn Vikings – Sunday didn’t go the way the Vikings envisioned it. Minnesota fell 20-17 to Tampa Bay to open 2023 as mistakes seemed to keep having a multiplier effect.

Three turnovers (Minnesota was minus-3 in the margin) loomed large because of the opportunities they erased twice with the Vikings in scoring position and once in setting up the Bucs at the Minnesota 18-yard line. Tampa Bay kicked a field goal to end that drive that netted 0 yards.

Thus, there’s something metaphorical here in U.S. Bank Stadium to write about mistakes a couple of hours after the game ended while the turf scrubbing machine hums and whines as it erases NFL Kickoff and Vikings Classic branding from the turf.

We have a short week ahead, so going try to get to as many of these before we turn our content toward Philadelphia for Thursday’s Week 2 game.