Vikings Statistical Rankings Through Week 16: Offense
Josh Frey
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Vikings fans did not get an early Christmas present from their football team this weekend as Minnesota fell to the Detroit Lions by a score of 30-24.
With the loss, Minnesota took a tumble down the NFL standings, and much of their struggles once again had to do with turnover troubles on the offensive side of the ball.
With the weekend behind us, today we will be breaking down the Vikings statistical rankings on offense through Week 16 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 per Game: 20.9 (T-21st)
- Total Yards per Game: 350.2 (10th)
- Plays per Game: 63.3 (18th)
- Yards per Play: 5.5 (10th)
- First Downs per Game: 20.2 (10th)
- Turnovers per Game: 2.00 (T-30th)
- Penalties per Game: 5.00 (T-3rd)
- Third-Down Conversion Percentage: 40.0% (14th)
- Fourth-Down Conversion Percentage: 62.5% (T-3rd)
- Red Zone TD Percentage: 48.9% (T-24th)
- Overall PFF Grade: 78.8 (9th)
- EPA/play: -0.04 (16th)
Four turnovers on Sunday means the Vikings are back to averaging a pair of turnovers per game, and they remain among the bottom three teams in the NFL in that category. They did move slightly up the board in yardage categories, but otherwise, this team continues to be a consensus “middle of the back” group on offense heading into the final two weeks of the season.
Passing Offense
- Completions per Game: 25.1 (3rd)
- Pass Attempts per Game: 37.0 (4th)
- Passing Yards per Game: 257.1 (3rd)
- Net Yards per Attempt: 6.5 (8th)
- Passing First Downs per Game: 13.0 (4th)
- Passing TDs per Game: 1.80 (T-3rd)
- Interceptions per Game: 1.07 (T-27th)
- Passing PFF Grade: 77.8 (T-12th)
- Pass Blocking PFF Grade: 78.7 (1st)
- Receiving PFF Grade: 77.1 (7th)
- EPA/pass: -0.00 (19th)
Rushing Offense
- Carries per Game: 23.7 (28th)
- Rushing Yards per Game: 93.1 (27th)
- Yards per Carry: 3.9 (24th)
- Rushing First Downs per Game: 4.8 (T-28th)
- Rushing TDs per Game: 0.47 (T-27th)
- Fumbles Lost per Game: 0.93 (30th)
- Rushing PFF Grade: 74.6 (24th)
- Run Blocking PFF Grade: 65.9 (9th)
- EPA/run: -0.16 (24th)
The Vikings were unable to replicate their rushing production this weekend, totaling a measly 17 rushing yards on their 11 carries. This brought them back down near the basement of the league in many rushing categories.
Meanwhile, Nick Mullens’ four interceptions on Sunday means the Vikings are averaging a full interception per game for the first time this season since Week 1.
Individual Players
RB Alexander Mattison
- Carries: 170 (T-27th)
- Rushing Yards: 659 (30th)
- Yards per Carry: 3.9 (30th)
- Rushing First Downs: 27 (T-43rd)
- Rushing TDs: 0
- PFF Grade: 62.3 (55th among 62 qualifying RBs)
RB Ty Chandler
- Carries: 80 (51st)
- Rushing Yards: 352 (T-55th)
- Yards per Carry: 4.4 (DNQ)
- Rushing First Downs: 16 (T-62nd)
- Rushing TDs: 3 (T-44th)
- PFF Grade: 74.6 (22nd among 62 qualifying RBs)
WR Justin Jefferson
- Targets: 76 (T-63rd)
- Receptions: 51 (T-63rd)
- Receiving Yards: 823 (33rd)
- Receiving First Downs: 40 (T-31st)
- Receiving TDs: 4 (T-45th)
- PFF Grade: 90.9 (3rd among 105 qualifying WRs)
WR Jordan Addison
- Targets: 95 (35th)
- Receptions: 63 (T-37th)
- Receiving Yards: 826 (31st)
- Receiving First Downs: 35 (T-41st)
- Receiving TDs: 9 (T-4th)
- PFF Grade: 70.1 (49th among 105 qualifying WRs)
WR K.J. Osborn
- Targets: 71 (T-72nd)
- Receptions: 46 (T-77th)
- Receiving Yards: 531 (75th)
- Receiving First Downs: 28 (T-59th)
- Receiving TDs: 3 (T-69th)
- PFF Grade: 55.0 (97th among 105 qualifying WRs)
TE T.J. Hockenson
- Targets: 127 (15th)
- Receptions: 95 (T-10th)
- Receiving Yards: 960 (24th)
- Receiving First Downs: 48 (T-17th)
- Receiving TDs: 5 (T-33rd)
- PFF Grade: 78.8 (4th among 46 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.