Minnesota Passing Game? (1 Viewer)

[BaBastage]

I see the Vikings as having the softest rest of the season against passing defenses:

(Average passing yards per game)

Week 7 @Sea 239 yds/game (ranked 28th)

Week 8 NE 222 yds/game (ranked 25th)

Week 9 @SF 242 yds/game (ranked 29th)

Week 10 GB 276 yds/game (ranked 32nd)

Week 11 @Mia 172 yds/game (ranked 6th)

Week 12 Ari 220 yds/game (ranked 23th)

Week 13 @Chi 169 yds/game (ranked 5th)

Week 14 @Det 248 yds/game (ranked 30th)

Week 15 NYJ 225 yds/game (ranked 26th)

Week 16 @GB 276 yds/game (ranked 32nd)

Week 17 StL 218 yds/game (ranked 22nd)

With the exception of weeks 11 (Miami) and 14 (Chicago), their opponents average 27th in the league in passing yards per game.

In Minnesota's first five games, their average opponent ranked 18.9 against the pass. I see them having more success with their passing game from here on out.

Furthermore, the average ranking of their remaining opponents against the run is 15.5 (omitting Miami and Chicago for consistency sake.) This means that comparatively, it should be easier to pass on their remaining opponents than to run on them.

Normally when I see something like this - an easy schedule against the pass, and a fairly large variance compared to the run (or vice versa), I try to find values on those teams.

Does anyone see any Vikings players as being about to wake up?

And, as a side note - does anyone see this helping out their run game?

 

[flranger]

I picked up on this as well, and inexplicably one of our team owners dropped Brad Johnson last night (we can start 2 QBs as flex in 12 team league). Needless to say I'm waiting to see if I can pick him up.

I think a sneeky play in deep leagues (which is not mine) is Travis Taylor. He is a strong TD threat and while the Oline should be able to punch the ball in, they just can't seem to get the run game on track. Wouldn't surprise me to see 5-7 TDs out of him by end of the year.