As he reflected on the big blunders that have cost the Vikings over the past few weeks, special teams coordinator Matt Daniels had a pretty straightforward assessment of the unit as a whole.

“We have to stay out of our own way,” Daniels said. “That’s really what it is.”

The most frustrating part for Daniels is that he feels like the Vikings have been beating themselves on special teams more than anything else. It’s a careless mistake here or a missed assignment there.

“That’s really what the conversation has been,” Daniels said. “It’s not the opponent necessarily beating us.”

Though it’s not fair to say special teams has singlehandedly lost the Vikings games over the past few weeks — the offense has certainly contributed to the cause — but that unit has played a fairly significant role

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