FULL Minnesota Vikings 2024 Preview: Win Total Floor & Ceiling

we greedy we star we W on Minnesota Vikings 7- 10 in 2023 2024 win line is a mere 6 and A2 we're figure it out we'll work through whatever issues we have Vikings had to run out four different quarterbacks last year Kurt Cousins went down for the season Achilles he's done jiren Hall came in Joshua do it's kind of been that game folks Nick Mullins Mullins sacked by BJ Hill the ball comes out no shock they finished 22nd in points per game 28th in the Red Zone intercepted pass at the goal line dang it not good on third down I was late Captain Kirk ain't captaining the ship anymore either tomorrow's a mystery they still have Hall and they brought in Sam darnold tight window toss it is a touchdown to Ronnie Bell darnold was Brock P's backup last year this is his fourth team in Seven Seasons he fumbles the balls loose and holy Good Times They added another J J to their roster McCarthy their future but is the future now incredibly accurate on roll out P passes and that could be some old school uh Mike Shanahan Gary kubak boot action stuff under Center because he has played in the Pro style offense there in Michigan whoever Chucks it for them though can't blame a lack of weapons to work with Jefferson wide open caught at the Bucks 45 tears to the 30 starts with kid dinomite Justin Jefferson only played 10 games last year touchdown still put up a th000 plus yards and he is gone 1K Plus in each of his four years in his career JJ went up and got it he is good enough to make plenty of average QBs look good touchdown he's doubled turned to Jordan Addison he isn't a rook anymore [Applause] touchdown where does he go from here after putting up 911 yards and scoring 10 times touchdown Vikings oh and to tight end TJ hawson top five at his position Hawk led the team with 95 catches had over 900 yards five trips to paint lovia that's why we give you that one the third wide out will be different said goodbye to KJ Osborne 500 plus yards three touchdowns they also have a new running back viking fans somewhat familiar with him you Reason Not Go Hard bro you you somebody to look up to bro Aaron Jones AKA a Aon Jones AKA not Aon Jones who whales on Guitar 3 1 2 3 this Jones whales on the field 4.6 yards per carry for 2023 did I tell don't nobody want to see us he only played 11 games but he finished the year on a tear oh game that's only one minut let's go 100 plus yards in a game and five straight including playoffs Daron Jones spinning his way to the end zone he may feel like Green Bay did him dirty thus the desire TI to Dawn purple like another old cheese head did that was awesome he takes the place of Alexander Madison who wasn't even able to hit a four a carry but Tai Chandler was he'll back up Jones good cut bounces outside he hit at 4.6 a run and Tai Chandler getting up the field 450 plus rush yards last year not bad oine as pass protectors 47 sacks allowed tied for 22nd he still got the ball and he is sa yeah get a lot here's the thing though lots of those sacks blamed on the quarterback left tackle Christian derol right tackle Brian O'Neal both had pressure rates allowed lower than their positions [Music] average Right Guard Ed Ingram Center Garrett bradburry both average when it came to pressure allow left guard Dalton ryer was the only one who was on the wrong side of the midpoint caught touchdown so a number of new faces into the starters role on offense and pl PL of new guys on defense too it ain't never about them vik's defense wasn't terrible in 2023 just kind of in the middle of the pack and he's stacked immediately 16th and yards per game allowed 13th in points per game allowed isn't too bad though 30 and is loose the one area they really excelled in stopping the Run come on come on held Runners to 3.8 a carry tied for fourth Lois no way not yet but their defense has Room to Grow the pass defense and pass rush lagged despite being Blitz happy he makes the catch touchdown Tampa Bay they gave up a 95.2 rate 26 who has it at this up no team but them gave up a completion percentage in the 70s cutting free A Smith they were 24 in passing yards per game allow and he flips the ball in the air only 43 sacks tied for 19th and they won't have their King QB Hunter anymore oh he's strong for denil left on a 16 and 1 12 sack year they also don't have defensive end DJ wanam anymore and his asacks picked up by DJ wam no one else on the team had more than three Minnesota did reload at least on one side former Tex and Jonathan grenard 12 and 1 half sacks last year here they come again pick it sack on the other side former dolphin Andrew van GLE half a dozen bags Prescott in trouble and he's going to be dropped for the sack Andrew van Kinkle and they picked up Dallas Turner in the first round as well Brian Burns think about the juice the burst the get off that he has he's now a New York Giant Dallas Turner similar type of player ridiculous length I mean he's got rare arm length Harrison Phillips returns 92 tackles is a monster number for a de nose tackle type and ell going nowhere Harrison Phillips with the sack his buddy on the inside last year also back Jonathan Bullard 44 tackles two sacks and now the pocket collapses and that ball comes out Loose they'll plug newcomer Jerry Tillery in up front with them former Raider another run stuffer type collapses away he's being chased down he's dragged out for a sack change at linebacker as well gone as Jordan Hicks he was a 100 plus tackle guy for him hit as he throws it's up there and Jordan Hicks got it so signed linebacker Blake Cashman to take his place he had triple digigit tackles for Houston last year he's in trouble gets away then goes down he'll slide in next to Ivan Pace an undrafted rookie last season how about 100 two tackles a pick two and a half sacks Connell to the A and it's intercepted Ivan Pace Jr with the diving pick 152 to go and that may have sealed it for the Vikings where will they use Josh matelis he played Safety Corner filled in at linebacker Josh Mattel is forced to Fumble 116 tackles four forced fumbles one interception two and a half sacks it's picked off Josh matelis with the interception in pass coverage he gave up a 99.2 rating though their best corner Byron Murphy Three ints in 2023 looking for Shah not even close Byron Murphy with the pi mid 90s rate allowed so room for improvement same can be said of corner of Caleb Evans had one pitch throws and that ball is picked off by a Caleb Evans but rating allowed of 10.8 he is going deep for Smith who has it safety Harrison Smith on the other hand back for more now going to have some laugh it when he threw the pick 22 me up a 77.7 rating 93 tackles three sacks sack from behind and that'll do it he'll be paired with Cameron bam again rate allowed near 100 but 137 tackles two picks intercepted the Vikings beat the ners stepping back to soak it all in real fast like QB position is the riddle to be solved it wasn't a position of strength last year with Cousins hurt so you can make the case for at least a push there right they upgraded their running back slot with a Aron's addition but losing Osborne probably hurts even though Brandon Powell could mitigate that o line same Five Guys return they were ranked eighth by PFF last year so continuity is a good thing in their case defensive front seven how about let's do this an upgrade when it comes to grenard for wanam V GLE is solid but he's not the QB Hunter denil is Turner's got big potential though you can make the case they have three threats compared to just two last year backend four of the five guys are the same Shaq Griffin is the new Corner in town he played solidly for Houston last year forgot to touch on him earlier Let's scan their schedule now to see how high and low they could go this year come on come on let's start with the potential floor Minnesota's lined up as the underdog in most of their games as of now anyway right Giants have equally low expectations the Titans are also in the same boat both those games are on the road mind you let's say they could still get an Arizona win at home maybe a split with the Bears so a floor of four wins if the QB position doesn't come through for them it could be really rough we'll work through whatever issues we have but let's say their signal color does just enough and they're more like an eight- win type roster it's still a tough road the Rams on the road maybe the Jags on the road Seattle's a 7 and 1 half over under team and throw in a win versus their former Captain for good measure Vikings have the fifth hardest schedule if you go off expected win totals that's why their ceiling is so Hobbit like that was awesome what you got in that bag what's inside of that game preview Guy bag well five and 11 there's too few pushovers on their slate for my blood no matter what happens we going figure it out