After most professional sporting event, participants need and are granted a cooling off period before the media is allowed to enter the locker room and interview them. It’s because emotions are raw and the players need some time to collect themselves before talking to the media/public. Well, following the Vikings lost to the Los Angele Rams in the Wild Card playoff game 27-9 last Monday night, Purple Nation needed a cooling off period before looking forward to next season . . . again. And the writer of this piece counts himself among them.