In his first year with the Vikings, the team went 9–7 in the regular season, winning a Wild Card berth in the playoffs, before losing the divisional round to the San Francisco 49ers.
[3] The Vikings went 15–1 this year, but lost to the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Conference Championship, becoming the first 15–1 team to not reach the Super Bowl.
The next year, Sharpe would become the All Time NFL leader in Passes Caught by a Tight End and would earn a spot in the Pro Bowl.
[10] He helped makeover the tight end position that the previous year saw a major drop-off in productivity following the retirement of Tony Gonzalez.
In the 2016 season, Harman and the Falcons reached Super Bowl LI, where they faced the New England Patriots on February 5, 2017.