Kyle Rudolph Jersey , with the Vikings regressing from a final four team to one of the 20 franchises that watch the playoffs from home. In a recent visit to the set at the Super Bowl, Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs was asked to make the case for patience to Vikings fans.¡°First year,¡± Diggs said. ¡°New system, new quarterback, new receivers. Everybody¡¯s new. Still got to adjust, and you know there¡¯s a lot of room for improvement. We¡¯ve had a lot of sparks. We had some good games. Some things that you saw that we could be really special. And doing it on a consistent basis is something that¡¯s going to come with time. You can¡¯t look forward to time. It¡¯s not working against us, it¡¯s working with us.¡±Time is the key word Linval Joseph Jersey , in multiple respects. The Vikings need to improve their offensive line, in order to give Cousins more time to find open receivers. While Case Keenum had the ability to scramble away from pressure, buying time until a receiver popped open, Cousins never got far from the pocket because he can¡¯t.Then there¡¯s the issue of Cousins¡¯ performances in prime time and other big spots. The narrative has taken on a life of it own, and the best hope for the Vikings, frankly, will be to have as few night games as possible in 2019 Kirk Cousins Jersey , something that is far more likely given the fact that the Vikings lost much of their luster in 2018.At some point, however, Cousins will have to win a game that starts at night or otherwise carries with it some significant consequence. Last year, Cousins and the Vikings lost on a Thursday night to the Rams, a Sunday night to the Saints, a Sunday night to the Bears, and a Monday night to the Seahawks. Cousins and the Vikings also lost high-profile 4:25 p.m. ET games to the Patriots and Bears.In fairness to quarterback and team Adrian Peterson Jersey , Minnesota won a Sunday night game against the Packers, and a 4:25 p.m. ET game at Philly. (In fairness to fairness, both of those teams were struggling at the time the Vikings played them.)So that¡¯s a record of 2-6 in games that mattered the most, and that¡¯s not the kind of performance that will get the Vikings to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1976, or even remotely close to it. We will have the full injury reports for the Minnesota Vikings and the Arizona Cardinals leading up to Sunday¡¯s contest later today, but we¡¯ve already gotten one significant piece of news on that front.While talking with the media on Friday, Vikings¡¯ head coach Mike Zimmer declared that starting left tackle Riley Reiff would not play on Sunday against the Cardinals.Reiff has been battling a foot injury for several weeks now John Randle Jersey , and left the Vikings¡¯ victory over the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday early in the second quarter. The injury is now, apparently, to the point where the team has decided that he needs at least a week off to rest.In light of this, the most likely offensive line configuration for the Vikings will be the one that we saw after Reiff departed last week¡¯s game. Rashod Hill, who normally starts at right tackle, will flip over to the left side. That means that rookie Brian O¡¯Neill, the team¡¯s second round pick in April¡¯s NFL Draft Alan Page Jersey , is in line to get his first ever NFL start at right tackle.Again, we will have the full injury reports for both sides when they are officially released. However, this piece of news is important enough to have it¡¯s own story on here.