The Vikings won 14 games often through Sam Darnold’s arm this season. Yet on the biggest stage so far, Darnold’s arm fell flat during Sunday night’s 31-9 loss to the Lions. Players and coaches say the critiques should begin with their failures in the red zone,

Darnold played poorly on Sunday night against the Lions. His resilience will determine the Vikings' postseason fate in the coming weeks.

The Vikings head into the playoffs off the back of their worst loss of the season. It was a demoralizing defeat in Detroit that they'll be hearing about all week leading into Monday night's wild-card round finale against the Rams.