The regular season is now over for the Minnesota Vikings. They finished with a 7-10 record after a 30-20 loss to the Detroit Lions ended their chances of making the playoffs.
The game went about as well as anyone could have predicted. The Lions’ offense could move with relative ease on a Vikings’ defense that was devastated with injuries. They scored four touchdowns en route to beating the Vikings.
The offense wasn’t too bad. They outgained the Lions by 67 yards but two turnovers and untimely penalties put them behind the eight-ball consistently
The Pro Football Focus grades are out and the defense had some real standouts and some duds.
Top 5 overall grades
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 83.1
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 79.3
- OLB Andre Carter II: 69.6
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 68.7
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 62.2
Bottom 5 overall grades
- CB Joejuan Williams: 28.5
- CB Akayleb Evans: 32.4
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 34.7
- S Harrison Smith: 46.3
- S Josh Metellus: 47.0
Top 5 run defense grades
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 66.2
- S Harrison Smith: 66.0
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 65.5
- S Camryn Bynum: 65.0
- S Josh Metellus: 63.5
Bottom 5 run defense grades
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 30.0
- CB Akayleb Evans: 32.4
- NT Harrison Phillips: 56.8
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 56.1
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 56.1
Top 5 coverage grades
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 81.7
- S Jay Ward: 67.4
- ILB Anthony Barr: 62.6
- OLB Pat Jones II: 62.2
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 62.1
Bottom 5 coverage grades
- CB Joejuan Williams: 27.8
- CB Akayleb Evans: 30.2
- S Josh Metellus: 36.2
- S Harrison Smith: 42.9
- CB Jaylin Williams: 43.5
Top 5 pass rush grades
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 79.0
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 70.8
- S Josh Metellus: 70.3
- OLB Andre Carter II: 67.2
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 64.4
Bottom 5 pass rush grades
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 49.5
- NT Sheldon Day: 53.0
- NT T.J. Smith: 53.3
- ILB Anthony Barr: 53.9
- S Harrison Smith: 54.7
Top 5 tackling grades
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 82.1
- S Josh Metellus: 80.2
- S Harrison Smith: 78.3
- S Jayu Ward: 75.2
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 73.0
Bottom 5 tackling grades
- OLB Pat Jones II: 21.5
- CB Akayleb Evans: 21.7
- CB Jaylin Williams: 25.9
- S Camryn Bynum: 29.8
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 35.3
