Kwesi's Gamble: What Needs to Happen?

The trade deadline has come and gone and the Vikings came out relatively even in assets gained or lost, trading away the now redundant Cleveland for a 6th round pick, and trading for Josh Dobbs and a conditional 7th for a 6th.  This, despite losing their starting QB two days before the trade deadline and being 4-4.  The Vikings had assets to trade and KJ Osborn, Harrison Smith, Hicks and the biggest trade asset, Danielle Hunter will most likely walk or be cut next season for nothing.  They had an opportunity to gain at least a 2nd for Hunter, plus some day 3 picks for the others, while also picking up cap space and getting valuable experience for the young players sitting on the bench behind them.  

Instead, management and this coaching staff seem to believe this team can succeed without its starting QB and that loss is not so significant that the season is lost.  They are gambling multiple picks, cap space and experience for younger players on the rest of this season being a success, whatever that might mean to them. Will that gamble payoff, and what exactly does success in the second half of this season look like?

For me, success changed when we switched to a 5th round rookie and/or career backups at QB.  I don't think it is reasonable to expect anything more than .500 for the rest of the season when the starter at the most important position in sports couldn't do better than .500 and a run in the playoffs seems even more unrealistic.  4 more wins or better would mean this team is a well coached team with potential if the GM could get him the talent and while I don't think that knowledge is as valuable as what the Vikings gave up hanging onto vets who have no future on the team (I would need at least one playoff win for that to be worth it) it is something.

So what about all of you?  What do you need to see out of this team going forward for Kwesi's gamble to payoff?