That was not the case, of course. I've really been holding out some hope for this kid, but he's not fulfilling it. I doubt it's only me who's noticed that Kubiak has been calling a lot more intermediate depth passes for everyone this year than we saw the last two seasons, even if that wasn't much in evidence with the rest of Rudy's game yesterday. Minnesota Vikings 2021 free agency and NFL Draft preview . Jones, RG1 – 77.6, up from 75.3, and now the highest on the offensive line, and fifth highest on the offense as a whole. I saw Smith pull a "Sendejo" on Gladney near the end of the game; almost looked like he'd knocked Jeff out altogether. Established in 2015. 0. Here’s what it said about the Vikings wide receiver: So, here be the PFF Season Grades for the Minnesota Vikings as of Game 11 (Week 12) of … Some players have already done that. PFF Grades. Maybe coming up one-yard short of making a first down three times yesterday – two on 2nd and long, once on 3rd and 4 - was why REVENGE4KLUWE described his play as "M'eh" after the game. Going 7-for-7 with four first downs and a TD obviously must have off-set the muffed punt and false start. The latest NFL news for the Minnesota Vikings with game schedules, projected box scores and PFF grades. Until then, it helps to look at who played well, even in a disappointing defeat. Image courtesy of Vikings.com. Latest Minnesota Vikings News; PFF top FA list, what does it mean for the Vikings? I’ve been tough on the needle, but he’s greatly improved and deserves his own recognition before we get into the meat of the article. Stephen, NT1 – 68.4, up from 67.3, and the nose tackles were the only D linemen to see their season grades increase this week. Tweet on Twitter . Though the game made Minnesota look bad in certain areas, there were some bright spots on both sides of the ball. Knock on wood, NFL Network will be re-airing it this week. Pro Football Focus delivered a jolt of perspective to the Minnesota Vikings longstanding offensive line conundrum this week. PFF has the Vikings’ situation clocked at about that. There's no disputing it: Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman knocked Day 1 of the 2020 NFL Draft out of the park. Abdullah and Boone – holding steady at 67.4 and 64.8, respectively, as both were limited to special teams snaps only this week. It helps to look at PFF’s player grades to see what went wrong. Seven offensive snaps, and he didn't catch the one pass targeting him. Not enough, Herc. Led by rookies Cameron Dantzler and Jeff Gladney, the Vikings had five corners log at least 125 coverage snaps this season. This game featured Cousins' first game winning drive after the two-minute warning as a Viking, one of only five fourth quarter comebacks or game winning drives engineered by Captain Kirk in his nearly three seasons and one post-season in the purple and gold. Some of that can be contributed to his missed tackles and poor run defense. NFL fans woke up thinking it was Christmas on Friday. So, here are the PFF Season Grades for the Minnesota Vikings as of Game 13 (Week 13) of the 2020 season, during which we hosted the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars, and I … Minnesota will have to recalibrate and prepare for the next game, when it takes on New Orleans on Friday. The Daily Norseman's Minnesota Vikings Twitter List, The Complete Minnesota Vikings Draft Pick Database, Xavier Rhodes Named NFC Defensive Player Of The Week, Minnesota Vikings Power Rankings Roundup: Week 12, A Look At Minnesota Vikings Thanksgiving History, NFL Week 12: Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions. Zimmer and Co. not replacing Johnson and Dye with Watts and Davis, respectively, on running downs. After the game, Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer had this to say: “Yeah, this is a bad defense,” Zimmer said, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN. purplePTSD – Local Minnesota Vikings News, Dak Prescott’s $160M Deal Impacts Kirk Cousins, A New NFC North OT Emerges in Free Agency, “Zimmer Guy” with Impressive History Hits Free Agent Market, Bleacher Report Says ‘No’ on Current Vikings Free Agent, Bleacher Report Takes a Turn at Rookie QB for the Vikings, The Vikings have ignored the O-Line, just not how they used…, This Russell Wilson/Bears news should terrify Vikings fans…, Danielle Hunter’s Contract Needs Attention, Jones should replace Dozier @ LG when Cleveland Returns, Daily Fantasy Sports: The Best Lineup for Your Daily Fantasy Needs, Jefferson’s Rookie of the Year odds an ABSOLUTE joke, How Good Is Your Team’s Punter? Boyd, CB2 – 55.6, down from 57.8. Could someone please tell me why he is playing in three-LB sets when we have an experienced run-stuffer like Todd Davis on the bench with a PFF season grade of 70.2? Bradbury, C1 – 65.4, down by a good chunk, again, from 69.1. J. Johnson, DT1 – 44.0, down from 45.7, and for the fourth week in a row. Barring anything unexpected Minnesota will be going with Kirk Cousins at quarterback next season. My guess is that his coverage was close enough to ward off any targets when Bridgewater did bother to look his way. I guess there were no third and longs while Cook was briefly out of the game following his fumble, which would explain why Abdullah saw no O snaps. Metellus, SS2 – exactly as I wrote last week, "holding steady at 40.3, I assume because all of his snaps came on special teams.". He earned a PFF grade of 71.4. MOCK like we don't address anything in Free Agency... Rick Spielman says Danielle Hunter hasn’t asked for a raise or a trade, The Daily Norseman Mailbag, March 3rd, 2021, Norse Code Podcast Episode 367: Bees Above Replacement. … The three-way combination of Pat Elflein (he was released), Dakota Dozier, and Dru Samia netted the Vikings three PFF grades below 50.0 respectively. NFL Week 3 grades: Vikings get an 'A-' for blowing out Raiders, Dolphins avoid another 'F' Here are the Week 3 grades for every team that played on Sunday and Monday . LT Riley Reiff – 11 games played ( 53.6 ), 0 sacks allowed, 2 false starts, 0 holding penalties. After 10 defensive snaps against the Lions, his PFF season grade stands at 61.9. But I'm not going to call it a "bad fumble" when it's lost while Cook was in a scrum of players and had not one, not two, but three Panthers trying to strip the ball out of his arms while he was falling to the ground. Although, Bridgewater’s play since that time has been inconsistent. Kirk's contract countdown...... 10 days!!! Here are the highest graded Vikings on both offense and defense, according to PFF… Fantasy . Following the Vikings 33-27 loss to the Bears, CBS Sports' John Breech gave an "A" grade to Chicago while handing a "D" to Minnesota. The Vikings came into their Week 14 game as being underdogs on the road against the Buccaneers. Mattison, RB2 – 71.9, down a smidge from 72.2 on two carries for six yards. The lack of a pass rush is killing us back there; Dantzler, Jones and Hand were the only DB's to see their season grades improve this week. Mata'afa, LDE2 – 58.9, down from 61.5, and for the second week in a row. Dye, WLB2 – 29.4, down from 31.2, and for the fourth week in a row. How long has his shoulder been bothering him? Cleveland, RG2 – Holding steady at 56.5 since he was inactive, of course. Cook broke 68 tackles on the ground and generated a 90.0-plus PFF rushing grade. Bridgewater’s Vikings career was marred by a gruesome leg injury, so it’s probably unfair to really grade this pick in isolation of that. With all the issues the Vikings have had on the offensive line, letting one of … PFF thinks, in hindsight, it wasn’t the best call. +. Without further ado, here are the 2020 PFF Season Grades for the Minnesota Vikings as of Game 9 (Week 10), our annual visit to Soldier Field, the home of … With a younger roster and worse injury luck, Minnesota … Who knows what will happen down the stretch! Editor's note: All of PFF's grades and advanced stats from this game will be finalized and made available to ELITE subscribers within 24 hours of the final whistle. No jumbo packages? Behind the new and improved Minnesota moving company, the Vikings offense ranks:. on Dec 1, 2020, 8:14am CST Ham and Conklin are starting to worry me. Davis, Nickerson and Connelly all held steady at 70.2, 29.0 and 30.3, respectively, as they were all limited to just special teams play in this game. In the lead-up to the start of free agency on March 17 and the opening day of the … No splash plays this week, and at least some of the other commentators here reported that the Panthers were targeting him in the running game, which wouldn't surprise me, especially when combined with the DE's all seeing their grades dipping. There were way too many pats on the back for Bradbury after the Bears game, and this is now his lowest season grade since after our Game 3 loss to Tennessee. The Vikings finished inside the top ten in both sites' rankings. As you can see, the Vikings young defense had a (surprisingly) good game Sunday. His videoed reactions towards the end of the game graded 90 out of 100, too. Team Stats. His season 80% catch rate is the second highest of his career, and his 9.5 yards per target is almost two whole yards more than his previous highpoint, which helps to explain why his 11.9 ypc is also the highest of his career by a full yard-and-a-half. Can the passing game, especially behind this offensive line, overcome seeing our running game corralled for more than one game at a time? Again and again, the lack of a pass rush. by Anthony Treash • 1 day ago . PFF has the Vikings’ situation clocked at about that. is totally off base, as both Jaleel Johnson and Troy Dye, just among the other starters, are both worse than Dozier. Vikings promote Weatherly, waive Hillman; is the return of Adrian Peterson next? He really needs to turn things around over the next five games. His agent probably should have asked for Sharpe to be released after the trading deadline on the off chance that, like Elflein, someone else might sign him, and might actually get him some more snaps and targets. Now, Jefferson has yet another honor given to him by PFF. Wonnum, RDE2 – 53.9, down from 57.0. It'd be easy to pile on top of him, but if what we saw from Beebe and Johnson yesterday is any indication, he probably just needs to get a bunch of targets so he can get into a rhythm. Not as bad as Harris' tumble, but still not good. As always, a reminder that I do not have access behind the great PFF paywall, so I can only see the overall season grades for our Vikings, not their weekly ones, nor their grades for specific tasks like running, receiving and blocking. Gladney, CB1 – 52.6, down from 54.4, and down now for the third week in a row. Holmes, LDE1 – 60.4, down from 62.2. Kendricks, MLB1 – 82.6, up a bit from 81.8, and his new season high. O'Neill, RT1 – 75.2, down a bit from 76.4. Vikings team pass block grade and rank since 2014: 2014: 72.4 (23rd) 2015: 67.9 (28th) 2016: 64.7 (30th) 2017: 71.9 (17th) 2018: 63.6 (27th) … Despite the lack of stakes, certain players can go out and impress the coaching staff before the 2020 NFL season is over. Minnesota had departures in free agency, but some of those players struggled for the team in 2019. The outlet gave the Vikings a “POOR” grade for their pick of Bradbury. Boone is our "break glass only in an emergency" back-up running back, which is why I predict he tries to get the team to let him walk after the season instead of slapping a RFA tender on him. Went from playing 76% of the defensive snaps against the Cowboys to 58% this week, some probably due to the Panthers throwing the ball at a higher rate than Dallas did relative to their rushing attempts, but some were also lost to Lynch, the only IDL guy who saw his snap count increase this week, not that those extra snaps helped young Master James. Eric Kendricks has backed up last season's excellent work with another strong showing for Minnesota and has a PFF coverage grade of 90.7. Unquestionably the team's defensive MVP for 2020. Fortunately, Minnesota doubled down on this position of … Some players have already done that. This would be a notable acquisition for Minnesota as the franchise’s guard play was brutal in 2020 before auditioning rookie Ezra Cleveland at the position later in the season. purplePTSD.com, along with our sister-sites VikingsTerritory.com/PurpleTERRITORYradio.com, is part the purpleTERRITORY Media LLC Network. Herewith my latest weekly review of Pro Football Focus' SEASON grades for each member of the Minnesota Vikings. The outlet also pretty consistently gave him high grades for his individual performances. He's not making much of a case for himself to pick up more defensive snaps, and he didn't show up in the game stats at Pro Football Reference at all. Top #Vikings grade from #JAXvsMIN:Offense• Reiff: 81.4• Thielen: 78.3• O'Neill: 76.9• Cook: 73.0• Jefferson: 72.5• Cleveland: 71.4Defense• Dantzler: 93.0• Odenigbo: 85.8• Harris: 85.6• Smith: 80.1• Yarbrough: 70.8• Hand: 66.1. No amount of broken tackles and yards after the catch from a bubble screen will earn a quarterback a better grade, even though his passing stats may be getting padded. Editor's note: All of PFF's grades and advanced stats from this game will be finalized and made available to ELITE subscribers within 24 hours of the final whistle. Also, please do keep in mind that I was only able to watch the last one minute and fifty-one seconds of the game, when it was broadcast nationally after two other early games had ended. Additionally, Minnesota’s pass protection was the fourth worst league-wide in 2020, per PFF. According to Pro Football Focus, the Vikings offensive line ranked 29th in the league in 2016. Reasons for continued pessimism on the defense – There was a whooole lot of defensive bending in this game, even if the D didn't break that much. Daily Norseman, a Minnesota Vikings community, By cka2nd By Ben Linsey Mar 3, 2021 • Minnesota Vikings. Cousins, QB1 – 89.5, up from 86.0, and for the third week in a row. PFF's Ben Linsey breaks down how the Minnesota Vikings should utilize free agency and the 2021 NFL Draft, which includes a serious look at the offensive line and secondary. He was good with the Saints, but he may have lost his starting job with the Panthers after an up-and-down 2020. Reasons for cautious optimism on the defense – Besides Kendricks, not a lot, even with Stephen and Watts improving their season grades in front of him, and Dantzler, Jones and Hand behind and to the outside of him. The win was saved by a blocked field goal attempt and by a straight up missed FGA. The outlet tabbed Minnesota as a team in the medium tier of quarterback need. I'd love to see that deep left incompletion of his from the first quarter. I am the owner/founder of purplePTSD.com and owner of VikingsTerritory.com, as well as purpleTERRITORYradio.com. Alabama's Christian Barmore goes to the Minnesota Vikings and Miami's Gregory Rousseau heads to the New York Jets. O. Johnson, WR4 – 68.3, waaaaay up from 61.2, and his highest season grade since after the season opener against the Pack (and apparently his single highest graded game of the season). I wouldn't bet on it, and Jones is probably bound for the bench when Cleveland returns, but it's at least imaginable for me now given the trajectory of Jones' season grade. Whether it was as a runner or receiver, the Vikings running back put the offense on his back. Odenigbo, RDE1 – 59.7, down from 62.6, and for the fourth game in a row. I'm assuming Cleveland gets the job back once his ankle heels, but if Dozier stumbles badly at all over the next few weeks, the team could bench him in favor of Jones, like they did to Brandon Fusco late in the 2016 season and Jeremiah Sirles for the 2017 playoffs. - Where Does the Vikings Defense Stand. He [Dozier] is just straight garbage." Tampa Bay had the better record, the better defense and quarterback Tom Brady is still capable of making opposing teams look bad. Thanks, Mrs. T. Jefferson, WR2 – 90.1, down just a smidge from 90.6. Minnesota had its share of standouts, even playing well on offense and defense at times. Conklin, TE3 – 46.1, down some from 48.3 after going 1 for 2 for only five yards. Home. ... Minnesota Vikings Total picks: 15 ... per PFF. The fact that we could only shut the Panthers' running game down for two quarters and not the whole game was worrisome, especially since they were missing Christian McCaffrey. There are pieces of this defense that give us hope for 2021 and beyond, but with some major starters missing and all of the youngsters still finding their way, it looks like it will be an insurmountable struggle just to get to average this year. Once again, it was the interior of the offensive line where most of the issues popped up. He gave up just one sack in 2020, per PFF. 4th in total offense (375.7 YPG) 8th in rushing yards per game (124.5) It was actually National Alvin Kamara Day. 1 for 1 for six yards, so maybe he threw some nice blocks in there on his eight offensive snaps? Sharpe, WR5 – 46.3, a substantial drop from 53.5. PFF Grade. This FanPost was created by a registered user of The Daily Norseman, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the staff of the site. “Minnesota’s cornerbacks were as expected this season: Not good. Fantasy Football: Top 12 RB Rankings for Best Ball Leagues .

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