Carson Wentz tries to become yet another veteran to revive his career in Minnesota

Flashback: This trend started during the Dennis Green era, when the Vikings rode a string of journeyman quarterbacks to the playoffs.

• 34-year-old Jim McMahon went 8-4 in 1993. The next year, 38-year-old Warren Moon went 9-6. Both lost in the wild card round.
• The two most memorable: Randall Cunningham, who was 35 in 1998 when he finished second in MVP voting and Brett Favre was 40 when he had his best season ever. Both were one key play away from making the Super Bowl.

Don't forget Jeff George, whose career was ugly aside from 1999, when he took the Vikings to the playoffs and even won a game.

• More recently, Case Keenum came in for an injured Sam Bradford to lead the Vikings to the NFC Championship in 2017 and Sam Darnold went 14-3 last year before falling apart in the playoffs.

Between the lines: The common thread: Great wide receivers. It's easy to look good when you're throwing to Cris Carter, Randy Moss, Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson.

Yes, but: It's not always a success story. Donovan McNabb flopped in 2011.

• And more importantly, not one of them reached the Super Bowl.