The commenter emails are some of the best parts of these articles.

Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Minnesota Vikings:

Gary Anderson signed a photo for me at the Festival Foods in Chanhassen during the 1998 season. I recently found it in my basement. I believe holding on to this cursed talisman has directly contributed to every Vikings choke in the years since. May God have mercy on my soul.

The only thing this team has reliably produced since 1961 is trauma.

We’re so fucked this year. And I get to watch my son suffer through the pain of coming off such a good season only to be completely shit the next season. He shall suffer as I have. And I’m going perversely enjoy watching his dreams die and wonder of life dim from his eyes. Never have dreams, son. And never want for things. This is the life you were born into.