Per PFF, the Vikings Top 2022 Players from Best to Worst: After Week 3
After Week 3, these are the Minnesota Vikings grades from best to worst per Pro Football Focus. The scores are from the 2022 regular season and account for post-Week 3 standing.
This series will update the Vikings grades in real time each week after every game. Consider it a running total. For PFF grades specific to Week 3, visit here for offense and here for defense.
The Vikings beat the Detroit Lions in Week 3, 28-24, situating the club around 9th-best in the league status per national power rankings. Per FiveThirtyEight, Minnesota is also the 11th-likeliest franchise to win Super Bowl LVII.
Of note, only players who qualify for PFF‘s minimum snap count are listed.
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These are the Vikings from best to worst through Week 3, according to PFF:
1. FS – Josh Metellus (82.6)
2. EDGE – Za’Darius Smith (77.7)
3. EDGE – Danielle Hunter (77.6)
4. RT – Brian O’Neill (75.9)
5. LT – Christian Darrisaw (75.5)
6. QB – Kirk Cousins (72.8)
7. DL – Dalvin Tomlinson (72.1)
8. C – Garrett Bradbury (69.8)
9. RB – Alexander Mattison (69.5)
10. LG – Ezra Cleveland (68.7)
11. WR – Justin Jefferson (68.5)
12. RB – Dalvin Cook (67.1)
13. WR – Adam Thielen (66.5)
14. FS – Camryn Bynum (65.7)
15. WR – K.J. Osborn (65.5)
16. NT – Harrison Phillips (65.1)
17. SS – Harrison Smith (64.9)
18. TE – Johnny Mundt (63.6)
19. LB – Eric Kendricks (62.0)
20. CB – Patrick Peterson (61.5)
21. FB – C.J. Ham (59.9)
22. TE – Irv Smith (59.4)
23. DL – Jonathan Bullard (58.1)
24. CB – Cameron Dantzler (58.0)
25. CB – Chandon Sullivan (56.6)
26. RG – Ed Ingram (56.2)
27. EDGE – D.J. Wonnum (55.2)
28. LB – Jordan Hicks (55.1)
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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).
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