About Nick Olson

I'm basically Marshall Eriksen from How I Met Your Mother: from a big Scandanavian family in Minnesota, now corporate attorney in NYC. Follow me on Twitter @NickOlsonNFL

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Nov 18, 2020
The Vikings are currently playing defense with one hand tied behind their back. Currently half of the Vikings’ starting defense is on Injured Reserve, so it’s all the more impressive that on Monday Night Football that ragtag band of backups managed to hold the Bears to under 150 total yards, just 3.0 yards per play and just ten total first downs — each of which marks the worst output by the Bears all year
Sep 26, 2019
Last year under John DeFilippo, the Vikings had the second-least explosive offense in football. Through three weeks of 2019, the […]
Sep 11, 2019
The Vikings were not good at running the ball last year.  They ranked nearly last in the league in both […]
Sep 1, 2019
The Vikings’ roster has been trimmed down to the final 53.  With the regular season opener just one week away, […]
Feb 1, 2019
Last year the Vikings really put the “offensive” in “offensive line,” surrendering the most pressures of any team in the […]
Dec 18, 2018
Kevin Stefanski’s first quarter as the Vikings’ offensive coordinator literally could not have gone any better: three drives, three touchdowns, […]
Dec 6, 2018
Mike Zimmer is one of the best coaches in the NFL pre-snap.  He’s famous for his double-A-gap blitz looks that […]
Nov 29, 2018
If you were to ask the Vikings’ coaching staff who they think the best player on the Vikings’ offense is, […]
Nov 1, 2018
In his first NFL start last Sunday night against the Saints, undrafted rookie cornerback Holton Hill earned the highest coverage […]
Oct 24, 2018
Kirk Cousins currently leads the NFL in batted passes.  His 14 batted passes would be second most among all QBs […]