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Minnesota Vikings — 2021
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Team grade · 2021
56.2
Overall
53 pct
60.3
Offense
66
49.7
Defense
47
32.2
S. Teams
28
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
63
OL
50
Starting lineup
4-3 Base
FS
Xavier Woods
›
45.2
SS
Harrison Smith
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
Camryn Bynum
›
low volume
S
14
/ 11
441
77.8
98
2
Danielle Hunter
›
low volume
EDGE
7
/ 6
418
76.2
90
3
Justin Jefferson
›
WR
17
/ 17
1,014
72.4
93
4
Michael Pierce
›
low volume
iDL
8
/ 3
268
70.7
86
5
Cameron Dantzler
›
CB
14
/ 8
760
69.8
87
6
Kirk Cousins
›
QB
16
/ 16
1,087
64.4
67
7
Armon Watts
›
iDL
17
/ 11
705
62.8
77
8
Harrison Smith
›
S
15
/ 15
1,116
61.3
78
9
Everson Griffen
›
EDGE
9
/ 8
470
60.6
72
10
Kenny Willekes
›
low volume
EDGE
6
/ 1
229
58.8
69
11
Sheldon Richardson
›
iDL
17
/ 10
760
54.5
61
12
Nick Vigil
›
LB
16
/ 9
917
49.2
60
13
Eric Kendricks
›
LB
15
/ 15
1,113
48.8
58
14
Adam Thielen
›
WR
13
/ 11
759
47.1
47
15
Patrick Peterson
›
CB
13
/ 13
945
45.6
43
16
Tyler Conklin
›
TE
17
/ 17
925
45.3
41
17
Xavier Woods
›
S
17
/ 17
1,323
45.2
37
18
Anthony Barr
›
LB
11
/ 11
814
44.9
44
19
Dalvin Cook
›
RB
13
/ 12
608
44.4
47
20
D.J. Wonnum
›
EDGE
17
/ 16
1,036
41.9
42
21
Jordan Berry
›
P
17
/ 0
160
41.4
39
22
Dalvin Tomlinson
›
iDL
16
/ 13
721
38.8
34
23
K.J. Osborn
›
WR
17
/ 16
809
36.6
18
24
James Lynch
›
low volume
iDL
13
/ 2
313
35.7
31
25
Sean Mannion
›
low volume
QB
1
/ 1
51
33.9
33
26
Alexander Mattison
›
RB
16
/ 4
423
31.7
17
27
Greg Joseph
›
K
17
/ 1
172
28.3
25
28
Kris Boyd
›
low volume
CB
15
/ 12
405
26.6
9
29
Mackensie Alexander
›
CB
16
/ 12
761
13.8
1
30
Brian O'Neill
›
OL
17
/ 17
1,219
—
—
31
Ezra Cleveland
›
OL
17
/ 17
1,219
—
—
32
Olisaemeka Udoh
›
OL
17
/ 16
1,153
—
—
33
Garrett Bradbury
›
OL
13
/ 13
894
—
—
34
Christian Darrisaw
›
OL
12
/ 10
703
—
—
35
C.J. Ham
›
RB
17
/ 12
630
—
—
36
Blake Lynch
›
LB
16
/ 15
560
—
—
37
Mason Cole
›
OL
14
/ 7
537
—
—
38
Rashod Hill
›
OL
16
/ 5
410
—
—
39
Troy Dye
›
LB
17
/ 17
380
—
—
40
Josh Metellus
›
S
16
/ 16
352
—
—
41
Luke Stocker
›
TE
12
/ 5
316
—
—
42
Dede Westbrook
›
WR
15
/ 1
268
—
—
43
Dan Chisena
›
WR
11
/ 11
224
—
—
44
Ryan Connelly
›
LB
12
/ 10
216
—
—
45
Chris Herndon
›
TE
16
/ 0
205
—
—
46
Andrew DePaola
›
LS
17
/ 0
160
—
—
47
Myles Dorn
›
S
9
/ 6
140
—
—
48
Ben Ellefson
›
TE
5
/ 0
125
—
—
49
Blake Brandel
›
OL
13
/ 0
124
—
—
50
Harrison Hand
›
CB
9
/ 4
117
—
—
51
Kene Nwangwu
›
RB
11
/ 0
108
—
—
52
Patrick Jones II
›
EDGE
9
/ 0
103
—
—
53
Ihmir Smith-Marsette
›
WR
8
/ 1
101
—
—
54
Chazz Surratt
›
LB
9
/ 2
98
—
—
55
Wayne Gallman
›
RB
8
/ 1
92
—
—
56
Tashawn Bower
›
EDGE
6
/ 0
71
—
—
57
Tye Smith
›
CB
5
/ 0
57
—
—
58
Parry Nickerson
›
CB
4
/ 1
52
—
—
59
T.Y. McGill
›
iDL
2
/ 0
33
—
—
60
Wyatt Davis
›
OL
6
/ 0
28
—
—
61
Dakota Dozier
›
OL
6
/ 0
25
—
—
62
T.J. Smith
›
iDL
1
/ 0
21
—
—
63
Eddie Yarbrough
›
EDGE
4
/ 0
21
—
—
64
Tuf Borland
›
LB
2
/ 0
19
—
—
65
Jake Bargas
›
RB
1
/ 0
5
—
—
66
Kellen Mond
›
QB
1
/ 0
3
—
—
67
Bryan Mills
›
CB
1
/ 0
1
—
—
68
Myron Mitchell
›
WR
1
/ 0
1
—
—
69
Bisi Johnson
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
70
Cameron Smith
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
71
Irv Smith
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
72
Zeandae Johnson
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
73
Kyle Hinton
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
74
Chad Beebe
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
75
Blake Proehl
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
76
A.J. Rose
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
Damion Ratley
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
Timon Parris
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Kyle Sloter
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
Jordan Scott
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Janarius Robinson
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Whop Philyor
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Garrett Groshek
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Nate Stanley
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Zach Davidson
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
Jaylen Twyman
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Cole Banwart
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Britton Colquitt
›
P
0
/ 0
—
—
—
89
Trishton Jackson
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
90
Hale Hentges
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
54
RB
40
TE
45
Defense
EDGE
54
CB
42
LB
48
S
55
iDL
52
Special teams
K
28
P
41
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
61.3
LB
Troy Dye
›
—
LB
Blake Lynch
›
—
LCB
Patrick Peterson
›
45.6
EDGE
Anthony Barr
›
44.9
iDL
Michael Pierce
›
70.7
iDL
Dalvin Tomlinson
›
38.8
EDGE
Chazz Surratt
›
—
RCB
Cameron Dantzler
›
69.8
WR1
Justin Jefferson
›
72.4
SLOT
Dan Chisena
›
—
OL
50.2
LT
Darrisaw
LG
Cleveland
C
Bradbury
RG
Udoh
RT
O'Neill
TE
Tyler Conklin
›
45.3
WR2
Ihmir Smith-Marsette
›
—
QB
Kirk Cousins
›
64.4
RB
Wayne Gallman
›
46.9
*
Special teams
K
Greg Joseph
›
28.3
P
Jordan Berry
›
41.4
Offense
QB
Kirk Cousins
›
64.4
RB
Wayne Gallman
›
46.9
*
WR1
Justin Jefferson
›
72.4
WR2
Ihmir Smith-Marsette
›
—
SLOT
Dan Chisena
›
—
TE
Tyler Conklin
›
45.3
Offensive line
Team grade
50.2
LT
Darrisaw
LG
Cleveland
C
Bradbury
RG
Udoh
RT
O'Neill
Defense
EDGE
Anthony Barr
›
44.9
iDL
Michael Pierce
›
70.7
iDL
Dalvin Tomlinson
›
38.8
EDGE
Chazz Surratt
›
—
LB
Special teams
K
Greg Joseph
›
28.3
P
Jordan Berry
›
41.4
Troy Dye
›
—
LB
Blake Lynch
›
—
LCB
Patrick Peterson
›
45.6
RCB
Cameron Dantzler
›
69.8
FS
Xavier Woods
›
45.2
SS
Harrison Smith
›
61.3