Vikings position-group breakdowns: Building a title-worthy defensive line
New York TimesIn January’s NFC championship game, the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles abused the Minnesota Vikings in part through their extraordinary defensive line depth and rotation — Case Keenum had a passer rating of 116.5 when kept clean in that game. Richardson has been winning a lot of one-on-one reps and creating big problems in the Vikings’ offensive run game in camp, but he hasn’t always been creating a significant amount of pressure or getting to the quarterback in 11’s. In the game that he played — against Denver — we saw Bower’s skills translate into a sack and two hurries as well as two run stops in 13 run snaps – all of which point to an excellent all-around defensive end. While he doesn’t get much pressure on the passer, he looks much better as a depth nose tackle than a lot of options — and better than fans may have initially assumed. This might be why he’s only earned 17 snaps throughout the first two weeks of the preseason, and he didn’t play particularly well in those snaps — generating one pass rush pressure and no production in the run game.
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