Vikings Statistical Rankings Through Week 12: Offense
Josh Frey
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Monday night did not turn out for the Minnesota Vikings as they lost to the Chicago Bears by a score of 12-10 and fell to 6-6 on the season.
With the weekend behind us, today we will be breaking down the Vikings statistical rankings on offense through Week 12 as a whole, and where individual players stand. Shout out to Pro-Football-Reference, Pro Football Focus, and nfeloapp.com for the numbers that went into this article. Stay tuned for the defensive rankings later today as well.
NOTE: Individual PFF Grades are sorted to include players with at least 20% of the league leader’s number of dropbacks, carries, or targets. In addition, with many of the teams now having their bye weeks behind them, we’ll be transitioning towards per game numbers for the team statistics.
Team Offense
Total Offense
- Points Scored per Game: 21.9 (14th)
- Total Yards per Game: 350.7 (10th)
- Plays per Game: 63.3 (17th)
- Yards per Play: 5.5 (9th)
- Turnovers per Game: 2.00 (2nd)
- First Downs per Game: 20.3 (12th)
- Penalties per Game: 4.83 (2nd)
- Third-Down Conversion Percentage: 40.3% (16th)
- Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage: 66.67% (T-2nd)
- Red Zone TD Percentage: 50.0% (T-22nd)
- Overall PFF Grade: 79.3 (9th)
- EPA/play: -0.04 (16th)
The Vikings offense as a whole did not play very well against Chicago. The turnover problems struck again for Minnesota, and once again, they are averaging a pair of turnovers a game. The only team with more turnovers per game than the Vikings is the Cleveland Browns.
Passing Offense
- Completions per Game: 25.8 (2nd)
- Pass Attempts per Game: 37.4 (4th)
- Passing Yards per Game: 258.6 (6th)
- Net Passing Yards per Attempt: 6.5 (10th)
- Passing First Downs per Game: 12.9 (6th)
- Passing TDs per Game: 1.92 (4th)
- Interceptions per Game: 0.83 (20th)
- Passing PFF Grade: 82.0 (6th)
- Pass-Blocking PFF Grade: 76.6 (1st)
- Receiving PFF Grade: 75.6 (7th)
Rushing Offense
- Carries per Game: 23.7 (28th)
- Rushing Yards per Game: 92.1 (29th)
- Yards per Carry: 3.9 (25th)
- Rushing First Downs per Game: 4.75 (28th)
- Rushing TDs per Game: 0.42 (26th)
- Fumbles Los per Game: 1.17 (32nd)
- Rushing PFF Grade: 70.6 (24th)
- Run-Blocking PFF Grade: 68.3 (8th)
On the bright side, the Vikings rushing offense was rather effective against a tough Bears defense. Alexander Mattison, in particular, had a strong game by carrying the ball 10 times for 52 yards. However, Minnesota simply could not move the ball through the air with Josh Dobbs, and it resulted in Minnesota taking a pretty sizeable tumble down some of the rankings.
Individual Players
QB Josh Dobbs
- Completions: 252 (8th)
- Pass Attempts: 394 (6th)
- Completion Percentage: 64.0% (23rd)
- Passing Yards: 2401 (18th)
- Yards per Attempt: 6.1 (29th)
- Passing First Downs: 121 (T-13th)
- Passing TDs: 13 (T-16th)
- Interceptions: 10 (T-4th-most)
- Carries: 72 (46th)
- Rushing Yards: 400 (T-39th)
- Rushing First Downs: 29 (T-23rd)
- Rushing TDs: 6 (T-8th)
- PFF Grade: 66.0 (25th among 40 qualifying QBs)
RB Alexander Mattison
- Carries: 158 (9th)
- Rushing Yards: 594 (20th)
- Yards per Carry: 3.8 (34th)
- Rushing First Downs: 24 (T-36th)
- Rushing TDs: 0
- PFF Grade: 60.1 (49th among 58 qualifying RBs)
WR Jordan Addison
- Targets: 82 (T-23rd)
- Receptions: 54 (T-24th)
- Receiving Yards: 686 (27th)
- Receiving First Downs: 29 (T-34th)
- Receiving TDs: 7 (T-5th)
- PFF Grade: 69.5 (T-51st among 102 WRs)
WR K.J. Osborn
- Targets: 55 (T-66th)
- Receptions: 36 (T-73rd)
- Receiving Yards: 418 (T-70th)
- Receiving First Downs: 20 (T-64th)
- Receiving TDs: 2 (T-69th)
- PFF Grade: 54.1 (95th among 102 qualifying WRs)
WR Brandon Powell
- Targets: 34 (T-128th)
- Receptions: 25 (T-118th)
- Receiving Yards: 269 (115th)
- Receiving First Downs: 16 (T-85th)
- Receiving TDs: 1 (T-114th)
- PFF Grade: 64.3 (67th among 102 qualifying WRs)
TE T.J. Hockenson
- Targets: 108 (10th)
- Receptions: 80 (5th)
- Receiving Yards: 786 (14th)
- Receiving First Downs: 42 (T-11th)
- Receiving TDs: 5 (T-16th)
- PFF Grade: 79.5 (4th among 41 qualifying TEs)
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Josh Frey is a Class of 2020 graduate of The College of Idaho and managing editor of PurplePTSD.com. When he’s not writing about the NFL, Josh enjoys running, gaming, or rooting for the Milwaukee Brewers and Bucks. Check out his Twitter account: @Freyed_Chicken.