Stumbling Vikings searching for remedy to post-bye funk (Yahoo Sports)

The bye week is usually met with eagerness by NFL teams, that rare in-season opportunity to let the body heal and rest and give the mind a brief break from the game-planning and pressure to win. The Minnesota Vikings might as well have passed on theirs this year. After taking the league's only perfect record into the week off, looking every bit the Super Bowl contender they've been gearing up to be, the Vikings have been dismantled in consecutive defeats by Philadelphia and Chicago on the road.