The Minnesota Vikings found a way to lose a game the Los Angeles Chargers by a score of 28-24. It’s a truly remarkable how they out Chargered the Chargers.
The outlook for the 0-3 Vikings is pretty bleak. Only 2.4% of teams that have started 0-3 have made the playoffs in the Super Bowl era with the latest being the 2018 Houston Texans.
Buy Vikings TicketsAs we look at this team, there are multiple angles that you can look at in both a positive and negative way. What we are going to do is start by looking at the micro and work towards the macro.
After taking a look at the offensive PFF grades, here are the defensive grades for the Vikings via Pro Football Focus.
Top 5 overall grades
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 89.2
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 85.2
- S Josh Metellus: 76.2
- S Harrison Smith: 73.9
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 72.2
Bottom 5 overall grades
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 41.1
- DE Dean Lowry: 47.6
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 49.7
- OLB Patrick Jones II: 50.4
- CB Mekhi Blackmon: 53.4
Top 5 run defense grades
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 80.7
- DE Jonathan Bulalrd: 77.8
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 76.1
- CB Akayleb Evans: 74.6
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 71.5
Bottom 5 run defense grades
- S Harrison Smith: 29.5
- DE Dean Lowry: 51.2
- S Josh Metellus: 59.4
- CB Mekhi Blackmon: 62.0
- NT Harrison Phillips: 62.5
Top 5 pass rush grades
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 75.3
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 71.8
- S Josh Metellus: 65.7
- OLB Andre Carter II: 54.8
- NT Harrison Phillips: 52.7
Bottom 5 pass rush grades
- OLB Patrick Jones II: 46.6
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 49.6
- S Harrison Smith: 50.9
- OLB D.J. Wonnum:52.1
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 52.5
Top 5 coverage grades
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 90.5
- S Harrison Smith: 85.5
- S Josh Metellus: 77.3
- CB Akayleb Evans: 68.3
- S Camryn Bynum: 67.0
Bottom 5 coverage grades
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 37.0
- S Theo Jackson: 45.9
- CB Mekhi Blackmon: 51.4
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 55.4
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 59.3
Top 5 tackling grades
- S Josh Metellus: 81.7
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 81.2
- CB Mekhi Blackmon: 78.9
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 77.4
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 733
Bottom 5 tackling grades
- NT Harrison Smith: 25.1
- S Camryn Bynum: 32.9
- S Harrison Smith: 48.0
- CB Akayleb Evans: 66.8
- DE Dean Lowry: 68.4
