The Minnesota Vikings arguably played their worst game of the season against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, but they found a way to win by a score of 19-13.
The defense played really well against the Bears. They sacked Justin Fields and Tyson Bagent five times with Danielle Hunter getting his seventh and eighth sacks of the season.
The defense also matched their takeaway total from the season, including scoring their second touchdown of the season on a scoop-and-score. Josh Metellus got his first sack of his career and even slowed down to allow Jordan Hicks to scoop up the football.
The PFF grades for the defense are in and they aren’t quite what you expect.
Top 5 overall grades
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 76.3
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 74.5
- S Josh Metellus: 74.4
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 73.4
- S Harrison Smith: 68.7
Bottom 5 overall grades
- OLB Marcus Davenport: 35.7
- S Camryn Bynum: 54.1
- ILB Brian Asamoah II: 55.5
- NT Harrison Phillips: 59.0
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 59.1
Top 5 run defense grades
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 79.4
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 72.9
- CB Akayleb Evans: 70.2
- S Josh Metellus: 68.1
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 67.7
Bottom 5 run defense
- OLB Marcus Davenport: 34.6
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 44.8
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 47.0
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 49.1
- ILB Brian Asamoah II: 51.2
Top 5 pass rush grades
- S Josh Metellus: 87.3
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 69.9
- ILB Brian Asamoah II: 69.8
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 69.0
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 65.0
Bottom 5 pass rush grades
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 51.7
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 53.5
- S Harrison Smith: 53.8
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 55.8
- NT Harrison Phillips: 56.3
Top 5 coverage grades
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 79.4
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 72.9
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 72.7
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 70.4
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 67.2
Bottom 5 coverage grades
- CB Akayleb Evans: 55.1
- S Camryn Bynum: 56.7
- S Theo Jackson: 59.7
- CB Mekhi Blackmon: 60.0
- S Josh Metellus: 60.5
Top 5 tackling grades
- S Harrison Smith: 78.14
- S Josh Metellus: 77.7
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 76.4
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 75.8
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 75.5
Bottom 5 tackling grades
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 22.2
- ILB Brian Asamoah: 24.8
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 41.0
- CB Akayleb Evans: 46.1
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 51.5
