NFL team

Minnesota Vikings

Data: ESPN · observed Oct 31, 12:00 AM ET

Coach and tendencies

Head coach: Kevin O'Connell · 4 seasons as a head coach · Coach source

Sample: 6 games · season 2026.

Observed team tendencies · 2026
Metric	Value	League rank	Games
Fourth-down attempts per game	0.8	rank 28 of 32	6
Fourth-down conversion rate	80 %	rank 2 of 32	6
Red-zone trips per game	2.3	rank 32 of 32	6
Pass attempt share (pass attempts + rushes)	47.5 %	rank 31 of 32	6
Rush share (pass attempts + rushes)	52.5 %	rank 2 of 32	6
Time of possession per game	32.7 min	rank 6 of 32	6
Turnovers per game	0.7	rank 28 of 32	6

Statistics sources: Box score 1 · Box score 2 · Box score 3 · Box score 4 · Box score 5

Model rating

5.1 · 6 games observed. Season scoring-margin rating, pulled toward the league average; no injury adjustment.

Schedule and results

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Stored season results and upcoming games in the rolling collection window.

Sep 13 · vs Green Bay Packers · W 39–22
Sep 20 · at Chicago Bears · W 9–3
Sep 27 · at Tampa Bay Buccaneers · W 23–16
Oct 4 · vs Miami Dolphins · W 15–10
Oct 11 · at New Orleans Saints · W 23–13
Oct 25 · vs Indianapolis Colts · W 16–10
Nov 1 · at Detroit Lions · 11/1 - 1:00 PM EST

Fantasy outlook · Week 8

PPR projections · observed Oct 31, 1:54 AM ET. Rankings and other scoring formats.

Kyler Murray

MIN · QB · Rank 16 · Tier 3

16.3 PPR points · floor 8.6 · ceiling 24

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 25.6 QB fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	14	24	150	1	0	5	39	0
5	24	30	229	1	0	10	51	1
4	27	37	247	0	0	6	16	3
3	15	29	168	1	1	2	17	0

Carson Wentz

MIN · QB · Rank 18 · Tier 3

15.6 PPR points · floor 5.5 · ceiling 25.7

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 25.6 QB fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
2	11	20	143	0	0	3	6	0
1	12	19	133	3	0	5	-1	0

Aaron Jones

MIN · RB · Rank 24 · Tier 3

10.1 PPR points · floor 4.9 · ceiling 15.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 19.8 RB fantasy points a game (0.9% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	8	26	0	1	1	0	1
5	25	113	1	3	3	4	5
4	20	94	0	8	4	34	4
3	17	58	0	6	5	34	0

Jordan Mason

MIN · RB · Rank 42 · Tier 5

7.6 PPR points · floor 4.1 · ceiling 11.1

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 19.8 RB fantasy points a game (0.9% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	15	68	0	2	0	0	1
1	15	59	1	0	0	0	4

Max Bredeson

MIN · RB · Rank 76 · Tier 6

3.9 PPR points · floor 3.9 · ceiling 3.9

Why

Last 2 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Demond Claiborne

MIN · RB · Rank 83 · Tier 7

3.3 PPR points · floor 2.7 · ceiling 3.9

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds
5	0	0	1	1	6
4	3	12	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0
2	0	0	1	1	2

DeeJay Dallas

MIN · RB · Rank 107 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 19.8 RB fantasy points a game (0.9% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds
7	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	1	1	11
4	0	0	1	1	10
3	1	2	0	0	0

Justin Jefferson

MIN · WR · Rank 24 · Tier 4

10.3 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 21.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 39 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	7	4	44	0	75	29.2%	1
5	7	6	79	1	74	24.1%	1
3	2	2	32	0	18	8%	0
2	6	3	55	0	91	31.6%	0

Jordan Addison

MIN · WR · Rank 38 · Tier 5

8.2 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 16.5

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share
7	3	2	20	0	57	12.5%
4	6	4	52	0	51	18.2%
3	9	5	90	1	151	36%
2	5	2	21	0	43	26.3%

Jauan Jennings

MIN · WR · Rank 89 · Tier 7

4.8 PPR points · floor 2.4 · ceiling 7.2

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
7	3	2	34	36	12.5%
5	1	0	0	19	3.4%
4	1	1	8	4	3%
3	2	1	1	22	8%

Tai Felton

MIN · WR · Rank 104 · Tier 7

4.1 PPR points · floor 1.7 · ceiling 6.5

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
7	1	0	0	14	4.2%
5	3	2	27	30	10.3%
4	1	1	14	8	3%
3	2	0	0	8	8%

Myles Price

MIN · WR · Rank 119 · Tier 7

3.6 PPR points · floor 2 · ceiling 5.2

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0%	0
5	4	3	20	-7	13.8%	2
4	2	2	6	2	6.1%	0
3	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Jeshaun Jones

MIN · WR · Rank 179 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 39 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	1	1	32	0	31	3.4%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Odell Beckham Jr.

MIN · WR · Rank 200 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 39 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
3	1	0	0	0	17	4.8%	0

T.J. Hockenson

MIN · TE · Rank 11 · Tier 3

9.1 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 18.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 29.4 TE fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	5	4	35	1	38	20.8%	1
5	1	1	7	0	2	3.4%	0
4	13	13	119	0	83	39.4%	3
3	4	2	11	0	44	16%	0

Gavin Bartholomew

MIN · TE · Rank 36 · Tier 5

5.7 PPR points · floor 1.6 · ceiling 9.8

Why

Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 29.4 TE fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	1	1	17	2	4.2%	0
5	6	5	33	20	20.7%	1
4	1	1	4	4	3%	0

Ben Yurosek

MIN · TE · Rank 42 · Tier 5

5.2 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 29.4 TE fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	1	1	10	0	5	3.4%	0

Josh Oliver

MIN · TE · Rank 107 · Tier 7

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 29.4 TE fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
3	0	0	0	0	0%
2	1	1	24	5	5.3%
1	4	2	22	13	17.4%

Will Reichard

MIN · K · Rank 7 · Tier 2

10 PPR points · floor 6.3 · ceiling 13.7

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the K average · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line) · Detroit Lions allow 4.5 K fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · K
Week	FG made	FG att	XP made
7	3	4	1
5	3	3	2
4	5	5	0
3	3	3	2

MIN defense / special teams

MIN · DST · Rank 8 · Tier 3

7.6 PPR points · floor 4.4 · ceiling 10.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the DST average · Detroit Lions allow 2 DST fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced) · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line)

Last 4 observed weeks · DST
Week	Pts allowed	Sacks	Takeaways
7	10	4	1
5	13	1	3
4	10	2	1
3	16	6	2

Weekly data: nflverse contributors · CC BY 4.0. Weekly statistics normalized and transformed into projections.

Current injuries

Jay Ward (S) · Questionable · Knee · Oct 30

Injury report observed Oct 31, 3:30 AM ET.

Players to watch

Kyler Murray · MIN: Passing Yards: 83/125, 812 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT · season
Aaron Jones Sr. · MIN: Rushing Yards: 105 CAR, 436 YDS, 2 TD · season
Justin Jefferson · MIN: Receiving Yards: 23 REC, 302 YDS, 3 TD · season
Dallas Turner · MIN: Sacks: 6 · season
Blake Cashman · MIN: Tackles: 54 · season

Source

Method

Only observed fields are shown. Team box scores do not isolate red-zone touchdowns or offense-only points per drive; current injury reports and outdoor forecasts cover only supported leagues and venues.

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