6 months, 2 weeks ago

What 5 numbers tell us about the Vikings’ impressive start to 2024 season

How do you describe what the Vikings have accomplished in two games? Here are five magic numbers, why they’re important and what they tell us about the Vikings’ 2-0 start: Magic number: 27 This is the number of snaps per game that the Vikings use a four-man pass rush. Magic number: 4.34 This is the average yardage between the Vikings’ wide-receiver target and defender at the time of catch, according to Next Gen Stats. Head coach Kevin O’Connell’s Vikings teams are 19-0 the last three seasons when they have broken even or won the turnover margin. Suffice it to say: The Vikings are staying on schedule as well as they have in O’Connell’s time as the head coach when they’ve run the football this year.

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3 months ago

Russini’s what I’m hearing: Vikings want Darnold back in 2025, Watson’s new deal, Brady’s big role

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Vikings’ playoff hopes (and Super Bowl dreams?) may come down to these concerns

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EAGAN, Minn. — Crunchtime is upon us. The Minnesota Vikings are one of the NFL’s darlings, but their visions lie well beyond that. With head coach Kevin O’Connell and quarterback Sam Darnold rightfully receiving ample credit, it’s worth taking a look at some of the factors that must go in the Vikings’ favor for the team to continue winning down …

4 months ago

Vikings’ latest victory against Cardinals conjures thoughts of 2022 playoff team

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Vikings Reassess Darnold Amidst Turning Tides

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Vikings Reassess Darnold Amidst Turning Tides

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Despite some costly turnovers, the Minnesota Vikings are enjoying a surprising season of revival. Quarterback Sam Darnold has been a bright spot for the team, leading the league in interceptions and completing at a high rate. The Vikings' offense has also been effective, with wide receiver Justin Jefferson consistently making catches. However, Darnold has also had some costly turnovers, and …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

The story behind the Vikings’ 5-0 start: Between chemistry and scheme, it’s just ‘different’

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In April, Josh Metellus keyed into the Minnesota Vikings’ facility, snaked through the back hallway and climbed the steps up to the third floor. – Brian Flores pic.twitter.com/Ikkw2Jr96I — Minnesota Vikings October 15, 2024 Once his eyes dislodged from the whiteboard, Metellus listened to Flores’ vision of him as a player. GO DEEPER How Brian Flores and the Vikings built …

6 months, 1 week ago

Sam Darnold is thriving with the Vikings while getting the most support he’s had in the NFL

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MINNEAPOLIS — The knee injury that sent Sam Darnold to the sideline late in the third quarter was deemed minor enough by the Minnesota Vikings for him to return to the field after missing just one play, when the U.S. Bank Stadium crowd roared with approval and relief upon the sight of him jogging back to the huddle. “The fans’ …

11 months ago

Minnesota Vikings NFL Draft picks 2024: Grades, fits and scouting reports

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The Minnesota Vikings entered the 2024 NFL Draft on April 25 with nine picks over the three-day event. NFL Draft 2024 tracker: Live blog, picks and analysis Big board best available: Who’s left from Dane Brugler’s Top 300? Draft pick grades: Round 1 | Rounds 2-3 Full draft order: Team picks for all 257 selections GO DEEPER Vikings 2024 NFL …

1 year, 2 months ago

At what positions do the Vikings most need help this offseason? And how can they get it?

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That’s not to say the Minnesota Vikings aren’t focusing on their Week 18 matchup with the Detroit Lions. GO DEEPER For Vikings, tanking for a better draft pick is a more difficult proposition than it seems Interior defensive line Why this is a need: If you’re reading this, you’ve likely watched the games. Or maybe, just maybe, the Vikings take …

1 year, 5 months ago

The Vikings started 0-3. Now they’re 4-4 and really in crisis without Kirk Cousins

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EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have already endured the frustration of opening the season by losing three straight one-score games, an 0-3 start that has preceded an appearance in the playoffs only six times in the history of the NFL. They’ve already played three of the four teams that reached the conference championships last season and two of their …

1 year, 5 months ago

Vikings at the NFL trade deadline: Teair Tart, Chase Young and 6 others they could target

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The Athletic has live coverage of the NFL trade deadline including the latest deals, rumors and analysis. Doesn’t hurt to dream Teair Tart, DT, Titans The interior of the Vikings’ defensive line deserves praise for the way it has stopped the run this season. The first hurdle is that this would entail Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles’ trading within …

1 year, 5 months ago

How the Vikings look after 4 games: Team MVP, top rookie, toughest remaining tests

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The Minnesota Vikings are 1-3 with a point margin that is better than their turnover margin. Notably, the Vikings have also improved in yards per play allowed, going from 30th in 2022 to 10th this season. Top rookie: Jordan Addison Four of the Vikings’ 2023 draft picks have played thus far: wide receiver Jordan Addison, cornerback Mekhi Blackmon, defensive tackle …

1 year, 5 months ago

The Vikings’ defense finally gets the job done, after a rough start to the season

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MINNEAPOLIS — For all the firepower the Minnesota Vikings possess on offense, the straightest path to their first victory was always going to travel through the defense. The timing of Smith’s strip-sack and Wonnum’s scoop-and-score was also just right, after the Vikings punted on their first drive of the second half and the Panthers had converted six first downs and …

1 year, 6 months ago

The Vikings offense is doing everything it can through three games, but it’s not enough

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EAGAN, Minn. — Kevin O’Connell looked and sounded exhausted. “We just didn’t make a couple of those plays,” he said, “and I’ve got to have a couple of better calls.” Juxtaposing these mishaps with the bigger picture — the fact that the Vikings offense has been one of the NFL’s most explosive — is a reflection of where his team …

2 years ago

Vikings 7-round mock draft: Two trades add three picks as Minnesota remakes defense

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The closer we get to the 2023 NFL Draft, the more information we have to help project it accurately. GO DEEPER Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell, owner express confidence in QB Kirk Cousins Using all of the recent activity as context, let’s lay out a roadmap for how things could go in the draft. GO DEEPER Vikings NFL Draft 2023 guide: …

2 years, 3 months ago

Vikings defense struggles mightily against Lions, raising broader concerns for future

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DETROIT — From high above the Ford Field turf Sunday afternoon, the men wearing Honolulu blue inside the cavernous stadium looked like an experienced colony of ants. GO DEEPER Lions stay in playoff hunt with win over Vikings Late in the fourth quarter, down on the field, Vikings first-year coach Kevin O’Connell stood alone. “Everybody has to do their individual …

5 years, 1 month ago

Why the 2020 Vikings defense might be Mike Zimmer’s biggest challenge yet

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Vikings enter one of the most difficult offseasons the team has had in recent memory, stuck between the capability and desire to win more immediately and the possibility of tearing down the scaffolding to rebuild for the future. That part is always about personnel.” Early in Zimmer’s tenure with the Vikings, there was speculation that the team …

5 years, 8 months ago

Vikings Training Camp Guide: Kirk Cousins and the quarterbacks

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