Vikings Statistical Rankings Through Week 15: Offense
Josh Frey
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The Minnesota Vikings had a decent day on the offensive side of the ball on Saturday, but it ultimately wasn’t enough as they fell to the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime, 27-24.
With the weekend behind us, today we will be breaking down the Vikings statistical rankings on offense through Week 15 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.
Team Offense
Total Offense
- Points Scored per Game: 20.7 (21st)
- Total Yards per Game: 347.4 (11th)
- Plays per Game: 64.1 (T-15th)
- Yards per Play: 5.4 (11th)
- First Downs per Game: 20.3 (10th)
- Turnovers per Game: 1.86 (30th)
- Penalties per Game: 4.79 (2nd)
- Third-Down Conversion Percentage: 40.3% (15th)
- Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage: 65.2% (3rd)
- Red Zone TD Percentage: 47.7% (T-26th)
- Overall PFF Grade: 79.1 (8th)
- EPA/play: -0.06 (16th)
Just as the Vikings were climbing out of the depths of the turnover rankings, they fell back down to 30th after Saturday’s performance. Nick Mullens threw a pair of ugly interceptions in the first half, and they were a major reason why the Vikings were unable to pull out a win.
Once again, Minnesota had a bit of trouble converting on late downs as well, converting just five of their 13 attempts on third or fourth downs. They remain in the middle of the pack on third downs.
Passing Offense
- Completions per Game: 25.3 (2nd)
- Pass Attempts per Game: 37.1 (4th)
- Passing Yards per Game: 248.8 (7th)
- Net Yards per Pass: 6.3 (11th)
- Passing First Downs per Game: 12.9 (T-5th)
- Passing TDs per Game: 1.79 (T-7th)
- Interceptions per Game: 0.86 (T-22nd)
- Passing PFF Grade: 81.4 (8th)
- Pass-Blocking PFF Grade: 78.5 (1st)
- Receiving PFF Grade: 75.3 (T-8th)
- EPA/pass: -0.02 (20th)
Rushing Offense
- Carries per Game: 24.6 (25th)
- Rushing Yards per Game: 98.6 (23rd)
- Yards per Carry: 4.0 (22nd)
- Rushing First Downs per Game: 5.07 (26th)
- Rushing TDs per Game: 0.43 (T-28th)
- Fumbles Lost per Game: 1.00 (T-30th)
- Rushing PFF Grade: 75.7 (20th)
- Run-Blocking PFF Grade: 65.8 (10th)
- EPA/run: -0.16 (26th)
Ty Chandler did a great job of helping drag the Vikings rushing offense out of the cellar on Saturday, totaling 132 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries. Minnesota still sits among the bottom 10 in the league in terms of rushing yards per game, but another big showing against the Lions could finally get them out of that group.
Ironically, PFF seems to believe that the Vikings offensive line has not been holding up their end of the bargain in terms of run-blocking, and they fell down to 10th this week, a season-low for the group.
Individual Players
Another note: We’ll be skipping the QB position this week as Nick Mullens only has one start this season.
RB Alexander Mattison
- Carries: 168 (22nd)
- Rushing Yards: 660 (28th)
- Yards per Carry: 3.9 (33rd)
- Rushing TDs: 0
- PFF Grade: 62.6 (53rd among 61 qualifying RBs)
RB Ty Chandler
- Carries: 72 (T-55th)
- Rushing Yards: 335 (53rd)
- Yards per Carry: DNQ
- Rushing TDs: 2 (T-52nd)
- PFF Grade: 77.4 (T-13th among 61 qualifying RBs)
WR Justin Jefferson
- Targets: 66 (T-66th)
- Receptions: 45 (T-69th)
- Receiving Yards: 682 (42nd)
- Receiving First Downs: 35 (T-36th)
- Receiving TDs: 3 (T-59th)
- PFF Grade: 90.2 (5th among 102 qualifying WRs)
WR Jordan Addison
- Targets: 91 (T-33rd)
- Receptions: 62 (31st)
- Receiving Yards: 824 (27th)
- Receiving First Downs: 35 (T-36th)
- Receiving TDs: 9 (T-4th)
- PFF Grade: 70.8 (45th among 102 qualifying WRs)
WR K.J. Osborn
- Targets: 64 (T-72nd)
- Receptions: 41 (T-80th)
- Receiving Yards: 436 (83rd)
- Receiving First Downs: 23 (T-72nd)
- Receiving TDs: 2 (T-91st)
- PFF Grade: 52.2 (97th among 102 qualifying WRs)
TE T.J. Hockenson
- Targets: 123 (12th)
- Receptions: 91 (T-8th)
- Receiving Yards: 902 (22nd)
- Receiving First Downs: 47 (14th)
- Receiving TDs: 5 (T-30th)
- PFF Grade: 78.8 (6th among 42 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.