During the off-season before the start of the 2020 season, the Vikings made a blockbuster deal with the Buffalo Bills. They traded away star wide receiver Stefon Diggs in exchange for the Bills first round selection for the 2020 NFL Draft, 25th overall that the Vikings used on to pick star wide receiver Justin Jefferson. The 2020 season did not start out as planned, with a 1-5 start. Then the Vikings start a 6 game stretch of going 5-1, including a 3 game win streak to start the 6 game stretch of beating all 3 divisional opponents. The Vikings then had a 6-6 record and held a wild card spot in the NFC standings. What happened next is something Vikings fans will hope to forget someday. They lost there next two games. The First on the road against the eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in which kicker Dan Bailey Missed 3 Field goals and an extra point, a total of 10 points lost in a 12 point, 26-14 loss. And a sad loss at home to the Bears, where they gave up two David Montgomery rushing touchdowns in a 33-27 loss. Heading into Christmas Day, bad memories of 2005 danced into Vikings fans heads as the Vikings were one loss away from elimination from the playoffs again, this time they played on the road against the Saints, hungry for revenge from last years wild card round loss to the Vikings in the playoffs. The Vikings defense would put up a performance worse than 2005, giving up 6 Alvin Kamara rushing touchdowns, tying the singe game record from 1929, losing 52-33. With the loss, the Vikings were eliminated from the playoffs, clinching their first losing season since 2014 and only the second under head coach Mike Zimmer. After winning the last game of the season against the Lions, the Vikings finished 7-9. Not all of the season was bad though, as Justin Jefferson would put up on a rookie record, 1,400 season receiving yards, providing the trade was very good.