Not only did the Minnesota Vikings find a way to beat the San Francisco 49ers 22-17, but the entire dichotomy of the season has changed for the better.
Turnovers have been the catalyst to why the Vikings started 2-4 and that nearly happened again. Kirk Cousins threw an interception to Charvarius Ward on the third play of the game after he ripped it out of the hands of Jordan Addison.
The difference on Monday night was the Vikings forced a fumble of Christian McCaffrey just five plays later and the rest is history.
The grades from Pro Football Focus are in and don’t accurately reflect how dominant the Vikings were on Monday night.
Top 5 defensive grades
- S Camryn Bynum: 92.0
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 81.4
- DE Jaquelin Roy: 78.4
- S Harrison Smith: 75.2
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 74.8
Bottom 5 defensive grades
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 30.6
- CB Akayleb Evans: 43.0
- S Josh Metellus: 46.4
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 49.3
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 51.4
Top 5 rush defense grades
- S Harrison Smith: 89.6
- S Camryn Bynum: 70.7
- CB Akayleb Evans: 67.5
- OLB Pat Jones II: 66.9
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 66.2
Bottom 5 run defense
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 28.2
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 48.4
- S Josh Metellus: 57.3
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 60.0
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 60.1
Top 5 pass rush grades
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 87.3
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 82.0
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 71.4
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 61.0
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 60.9
Bottom 5 pass rush grades
- NT Harrison Phillips: 52.1
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 53.5
- S Josh Metellus: 53.9
- OLB Pat Jones II: 55.0
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 55.8
Top 5 coverage grades
- S Camryn Bynum: 90.4
- S Theo Jackson: 64.8
- OLB Pat Jones II: 62.6
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 62.5
- S Harrison Smith: 61.6
Bottom 5 coverage grades
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 33.8
- CB Akayleb Evans: 35.5
- S Josh Metellus: 45.2
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 51.0
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 53.5
Top 5 tackling grades
- S Camryn Bynum: 86.7
- S Harrison Smith: 83.7
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 73.9
- S Theo Jackson: 73.3
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 72.5
Bottom 5 tackling grades
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 27.5
- S Josh Metellus: 47.2
- CB Akayleb Evans: 56.4
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 60.2
- DE Jaquelin Roy: 66.8
