The Vikings 2022 Defense by the Numbers: After Week 4
Dustin Baker
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The Minnesota Vikings have four games in the books in 2022, with a 3-1 record heading into Week 5.
Rookie skipper Kevin O’Connell won for a third time, thanks to a game-winning 47-yard field goal by kicker Greg Joseph. Next up, the Vikings head home to Minneapolis for a date with the Chicago Bears.
The Vikings are early seven-point favorites versus the Bears, who lost in Week 4 to the New York Giants, 20-12. Minnesota is currently considered around the 9th-best team in the NFL, per an assortment of credible power rankings.
These are the Vikings defensive rankings through Week 4.
- 2nd in Fewest Penalty Yards
- 3rd in Fewest Penalties
- 3rd in Yards per Point Allowed
- 9th in 2nd Half Points Allowed
- 11th in Defensive 3rd Down Conv %
- 11th in Points per Play Allowed
- 12th in Points Allowed
- 12th in Takeaways
- 14th in TDs Allowed
- 14th in Sacks
- 16th in 1st Half Points Allowed
- 17th in INT %
- 17th in Sack %
- 17th in Yards per Rush Allowed
- 19th in Passer Rating Allowed
- 20th in Passing Defense DVOA
- 23rd in Defensive EPA/Play
- 23rd in Rushing Yards Allowed
- 26th in Defensive DVOA
- 26th in Passing Yards Allowed
- 26th in Yards per Play Allowed
- 27th in Rushing Defense DVOA
- 27th in Redzone TD %
- 27th in Yards Allowed
- 27th in 1st Downs Allowed
- 29th in Yards per Pass Allowed
- 30th in Completion % Allowed
- 31st in Rushing TDs Allowed
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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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