Are the Vikings a playoff team?

If the season ended today, the Vikings would eke into the playoffs, as Brad Childress pointed out.

Check out his comments about the team's status at the midpoint of the season.
"Just talk about this football team, 4-4 at the halfway, which is average as average can be," Childress said. "At times good, at times bad, but what I just told our football team, at 4-4 right now if they were picking playoff teams we'd be the sixth playoff team.
"We would be a Wild Card team based on every tiebreaker there is," Childress said. "(We) understand there are eight more to play, but just in case somebody is putting that in a box and writing the Vikings off, we have everything to play for."

The Vikings haven't looked like a playoff team the past two games, and, based on their play, they would be a one-and-done team. The loss in San Francisco is inexcusable. Yes, they were whipped last year a few times. But each of those teams were legitimate playoff contenders. The last instance I can think of when the Vikings lost to such a poor team was the 2003 season finale, when they blew the division and a playoff spot with an 18-17 loss in Arizona.