I'm not sure I agree with this line of thinking. I am enjoying this season greatly, but the Vikings have earned much higher expectations than what we thought in August. Now it's fair to expect 12 wins and making some noise in the playoffs... As long as the team remains as healthy as they've been this season. I expected the Twins to win a low 80s amount of games pre-season, but that didn't make the last 6 weeks of the season collapse hurt any less. I'm not heading into this winter thinking yep, the Twins met expectations no reason to make any changes.