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Minnesota Vikings — 2018
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Team grade · 2018
64.6
Overall
69 pct
41.8
Offense
38
83.7
Defense
97
33.1
S. Teams
31
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
39
OL
53
Starting lineup
4-3 Base
FS
Harrison Smith
›
80.4
SS
Anthony Harris
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
Danielle Hunter
›
EDGE
16
/ 16
1,023
82.7
98
2
Harrison Smith
›
S
16
/ 16
1,095
80.4
99
3
Tom Johnson
›
low volume
iDL
14
/ 3
407
70.9
85
4
Trae Waynes
›
CB
14
/ 10
743
70.4
88
5
Anthony Harris
›
S
15
/ 9
866
69.9
90
6
Jayron Kearse
›
low volume
S
16
/ 10
443
64.8
86
7
Sheldon Richardson
›
iDL
16
/ 16
779
62.4
79
8
Mackensie Alexander
›
CB
15
/ 12
593
58.6
63
9
Adam Thielen
›
WR
16
/ 16
1,017
55.9
66
10
Xavier Rhodes
›
CB
14
/ 14
771
54.6
56
11
Matt Wile
›
P
16
/ 0
142
52.5
56
12
Kyle Rudolph
›
TE
16
/ 16
997
51.0
64
13
Eric Kendricks
›
LB
14
/ 14
946
50.7
62
14
Eric Wilson
›
low volume
LB
16
/ 12
603
50.1
60
15
Andrew Sendejo
›
low volume
S
5
/ 5
361
43.3
39
16
Everson Griffen
›
EDGE
11
/ 11
635
42.4
36
17
Dalvin Cook
›
RB
11
/ 10
491
41.4
38
18
Stefon Diggs
›
WR
15
/ 15
874
41.0
30
19
Stephen Weatherly
›
EDGE
16
/ 5
652
40.2
32
20
Aldrick Robinson
›
low volume
WR
14
/ 4
282
39.1
24
21
Latavius Murray
›
RB
16
/ 6
462
39.1
27
22
Kirk Cousins
›
QB
16
/ 16
1,051
38.6
29
23
Mike Hughes
›
CB
6
/ 4
332
36.7
26
24
Anthony Barr
›
LB
13
/ 13
875
34.8
8
25
Jaleel Johnson
›
low volume
iDL
16
/ 0
294
32.4
23
26
Linval Joseph
›
iDL
15
/ 14
721
29.4
17
27
Dan Bailey
›
K
14
/ 0
128
23.1
17
28
Laquon Treadwell
›
WR
15
/ 9
581
20.8
4
29
Mike Remmers
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,081
—
—
30
Pat Elflein
›
OL
14
/ 13
892
—
—
31
Tom Compton
›
OL
14
/ 13
883
—
—
32
Brian O'Neill
›
OL
15
/ 13
862
—
—
33
Riley Reiff
›
OL
13
/ 12
836
—
—
34
Ben Gedeon
›
LB
15
/ 15
643
—
—
35
Holton Hill
›
CB
16
/ 10
634
—
—
36
Rashod Hill
›
OL
16
/ 7
587
—
—
37
C.J. Ham
›
RB
15
/ 14
411
—
—
38
George Iloka
›
S
16
/ 11
354
—
—
39
Tyler Conklin
›
TE
16
/ 2
299
—
—
40
Brandon Zylstra
›
WR
16
/ 12
279
—
—
41
Danny Isidora
›
OL
14
/ 3
278
—
—
42
David Morgan
›
TE
11
/ 0
252
—
—
43
Brett Jones
›
OL
14
/ 3
250
—
—
44
Marcus Sherels
›
CB
12
/ 9
219
—
—
45
Kentrell Brothers
›
LB
12
/ 11
207
—
—
46
Kevin McDermott
›
LS
16
/ 0
140
—
—
47
Devante Downs
›
LB
11
/ 2
125
—
—
48
Ameer Abdullah
›
RB
10
/ 3
116
—
—
49
Roc Thomas
›
RB
5
/ 1
88
—
—
50
Mike Boone
›
RB
8
/ 1
62
—
—
51
David Parry
›
iDL
3
/ 0
58
—
—
52
Jalyn Holmes
›
iDL
5
/ 0
58
—
—
53
Tashawn Bower
›
EDGE
5
/ 0
56
—
—
54
Chad Beebe
›
WR
3
/ 0
55
—
—
55
Craig James
›
CB
3
/ 1
25
—
—
56
Ifeadi Odenigbo
›
EDGE
1
/ 0
7
—
—
57
Storm Norton
›
OL
1
/ 0
3
—
—
58
Josiah Price
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
59
Aviante Collins
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
60
Cole Hikutini
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
61
Terence Newman
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
62
Cayleb Jones
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
63
Cedrick Lang
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
64
Cornelius Edison
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
65
Trevor Siemian
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
66
Nick Easton
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
67
Reshard Cliett
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
68
Tavarres King
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
69
Ryan Quigley
›
P
0
/ 0
—
—
—
70
Brian Robison
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
71
Jacob Judd
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
72
Kobe McCrary
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
73
J.P. Quinn
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
74
Mike Needham
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
75
Brett Taylor
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
76
Johnny Stanton
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
Jake Wieneke
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
Korey Robertson
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Peter Pujals
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
Trevon Mathis
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Hercules Mata'afa
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Tyler Hoppes
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Curtis Cothran
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Jeff Badet
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Ade Aruna
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
Luke McNitt
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Kareem Are
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Adam Bisnowaty
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
89
Kyle Sloter
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
90
Jalen Myrick
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
42
RB
40
TE
51
Defense
EDGE
60
CB
58
LB
44
S
70
iDL
49
Special teams
K
23
P
53
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
69.9
LB
Eric Wilson
›
50.1
LB
Kentrell Brothers
›
—
LB
Devante Downs
›
—
LCB
Trae Waynes
›
70.4
EDGE
Anthony Barr
›
34.8
iDL
Sheldon Richardson
›
62.4
iDL
Linval Joseph
›
29.4
EDGE
Ben Gedeon
›
—
RCB
Holton Hill
›
—
WR1
Stefon Diggs
›
41.0
SLOT
Brandon Zylstra
›
—
OL
52.6
LT
Reiff
LG
Compton
C
Elflein
RG
Remmers
RT
O'Neill
TE
Kyle Rudolph
›
51.0
WR2
Chad Beebe
›
—
QB
Kirk Cousins
›
38.6
RB
Mike Boone
›
—
Special teams
K
Dan Bailey
›
23.1
P
Matt Wile
›
52.5
Offense
QB
Kirk Cousins
›
38.6
RB
Mike Boone
›
—
WR1
Stefon Diggs
›
41.0
WR2
Chad Beebe
›
—
SLOT
Brandon Zylstra
›
—
TE
Kyle Rudolph
›
51.0
Offensive line
Team grade
52.6
LT
Reiff
LG
Compton
C
Elflein
RG
Remmers
RT
O'Neill
Defense
EDGE
Anthony Barr
›
34.8
iDL
Sheldon Richardson
›
62.4
iDL
Linval Joseph
›
29.4
EDGE
Ben Gedeon
›
—
LB
Special teams
K
Dan Bailey
›
23.1
P
Matt Wile
›
52.5
Eric Wilson
›
50.1
LB
Kentrell Brothers
›
—
LB
Devante Downs
›
—
LCB
Trae Waynes
›
70.4
RCB
Holton Hill
›
—
FS
Harrison Smith
›
80.4
SS
Anthony Harris
›
69.9