Minnesota Vikings Defense Receives Glowing Description in Recent Prediction

The Minnesota Vikings are 5-0 heading into a game against the Indianapolis Colts (2-4). The Vikings are winning with defense.

Minnesota may not have an all-time defense that will finish better than the likes of the 1985 Bears, 2000 Ravens, 2013 Seahawks or 2015 Broncos. Only time will tell whether or not that can happen. They do have a defense that can win them any game.

If there's one thing that can lead a playoff run, it's a dominant defense. One analyst is talking about where they may rank at the year's end.

Cole Smith of Vikings Wire discussed what the Vikings historic defense could look like by season's end. Here's some of what he had to say on the topic.

"Questions remain about how good Minnesota's offense can be. They rank 27th in yards per game and are tied for 24th in EPA/play. But as long as the defense keeps performing as well as it has, the Vikings have a chance to contend in the NFC.

That could put Minnesota's defense in historic company. On Check The Mic, Sam Monson speculated that the Vikings have the potential to be mentioned among the greatest defenses in NFL history.

'It's interesting because it's the most extreme scheme in the NFL, but it's doubly interesting because it is suddenly producing what is on pace to be an all-time great defense,' Monson told co-host Steve Palazzolo last week. 'All these defenses, [the] 2000 Ravens, 2015 Broncos, whatever, like all the defenses you can think of that have been amazing, 2013 Seahawks, [the] Vikings are currently on pace to be better than them, right? So, this is the reason that Flores is getting so much focus, is that it's the most extreme scheme in the NFL, and it is also all of a sudden producing like the best defense we've seen in the last 30 years.'"

Good defenses don't hold quarterbacks to under 100 passing yards that routinely pass for 300 yards. Great defenses do that.

The trend of far suppressing an opponent's usual offensive output is becoming the norm for Minnesota as the year goes on. Perhaps that will continue against the Colts.

Wherever they end up ranking among the NFL's best defenses by season's end, it is certain that if this team makes the postseason and continues its winning streak that the defense played a huge role. They will hope to stay a factor as we move toward the middle of the season.