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Defensive PFF grades from Vikings 28-24 loss vs. Chargers

Vikings Chargers Harrison Smith Jordan Hicks Josh Metellus Danielle Hunter Ivan Pace Jr Mekhi Blackmon USA TODAY Sports Akayleb Evans

The Minnesota Vikings found a way to lose a game the Los Angeles Chargers by a score of 28-24. It’s a truly remarkable how they out Chargered the Chargers.

The outlook for the 0-3 Vikings is pretty bleak. Only 2.4% of teams that have started 0-3 have made the playoffs in the Super Bowl era with the latest being the 2018 Houston Texans.

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As we look at this team, there are multiple angles that you can look at in both a positive and negative way. What we are going to do is start by looking at the micro and work towards the macro.

After taking a look at the offensive PFF grades, here are the defensive grades for the Vikings via Pro Football Focus.

Top 5 overall grades

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ILB Jordan Hicks: 89.2
OLB Danielle Hunter: 85.2
S Josh Metellus: 76.2
S Harrison Smith: 73.9
ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 72.2

Bottom 5 overall grades

Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports

CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 41.1
DE Dean Lowry: 47.6
OLB D.J. Wonnum: 49.7
OLB Patrick Jones II: 50.4
CB Mekhi Blackmon: 53.4

Top 5 run defense grades

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ILB Jordan Hicks: 80.7
DE Jonathan Bulalrd: 77.8
OLB Danielle Hunter: 76.1
CB Akayleb Evans: 74.6
CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 71.5

Bottom 5 run defense grades

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S Harrison Smith: 29.5
DE Dean Lowry: 51.2
S Josh Metellus: 59.4
CB Mekhi Blackmon: 62.0
NT Harrison Phillips: 62.5

Top 5 pass rush grades

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 75.3
OLB Danielle Hunter: 71.8
S Josh Metellus: 65.7
OLB Andre Carter II: 54.8
NT Harrison Phillips: 52.7

Bottom 5 pass rush grades

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports

OLB Patrick Jones II: 46.6
ILB Jordan Hicks: 49.6
S Harrison Smith: 50.9
OLB D.J. Wonnum:52.1
DE Jonathan Bullard: 52.5

Top 5 coverage grades

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

ILB Jordan Hicks: 90.5
S Harrison Smith: 85.5
S Josh Metellus: 77.3
CB Akayleb Evans: 68.3
S Camryn Bynum: 67.0

Bottom 5 coverage grades

Adam Bettcher/Getty Images

CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 37.0
S Theo Jackson: 45.9
CB Mekhi Blackmon: 51.4
ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 55.4
DE Jonathan Bullard: 59.3

Top 5 tackling grades

Mark Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports

S Josh Metellus: 81.7
ILB Jordan Hicks: 81.2
CB Mekhi Blackmon: 78.9
ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 77.4
OLB Danielle Hunter: 733

Bottom 5 tackling grades

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

NT Harrison Smith: 25.1
S Camryn Bynum: 32.9
S Harrison Smith: 48.0
CB Akayleb Evans: 66.8
DE Dean Lowry: 68.4

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