Minnesota Vikings: 3 Lessons learned from Super Bowl 54

2. Another example of why Vikings need to fix secondary

There’s no question that this offseason will be an interesting one for the Minnesota Vikings, with a handful of player personnel decisions likely to take place prior to the start of the 2020 campaign. Some of that movement and personnel changes around the team might come on the defensive side of the ball and specifically within the Vikings secondary.

Minnesota struggled to some extend throughout the course of the 2019 season in the secondary, especially in the passing game and defending the pass against opposing offenses.

As we saw in the Super Bowl showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night in Miami, the talent in the secondary and being able to ultimately limit a high-caliber passing game on the other side of the line of scrimmage is huge and can be the difference between winning an NFL championship or going home empty-handed.

That reason is why the Vikings should be focused on fixing their secondary and addressing that glaring issue on defense before the new season starts this upcoming year.

In the Super Bowl on Sunday, Kansas City’s ability to air things out in the second half and more specifically in the fourth-quarter comeback — mixed with San Francisco’s inability to limit that passing game — was the difference maker in the Chiefs winning a ring and the 49ers holding off a high-powered offense on their defensive end of the field.

Kansas City finished the game with a total of 286 yards passing through the air, and Patrick Mahomes and company had their way in the passing game especially in the fourth quarter to score 21 unanswered points in the final quarter to take the game away from San Francisco.

Another lesson that Minnesota should have learned in the game between the Chiefs and 49ers in the final game of the season in Miami was the fact that it needs to try and fix its secondary in order to ultimately come out on top when things matter most.