The Minnesota Vikings had a bittersweet game on Sunday with a 24-10 win over the Green Bay Packers, but lost quarterback Kirk Cousins for the season with a torn Achilles tendon.
Jaren Hall took over for Cousins and played only 11 snaps but didn’t look like a disaster at the spot. He will be the likely starter on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.
As a whole, the defense looked really stout, especially early on. They forced the Packers into three and outs on their first four drives and only 10 points.
The Pro Football Focus grades are in and were a little too critical of an impressive defensive performance.
Top 5 overall grades
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 92.7
- CB Mekhi Blackmon: 90.1
- S Josh Metellus: 81.1
- NT Harrison Phillips: 80.6
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 72.9
Bottom 5 overall grades
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 42.5
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 43.7
- OLB Andre Carter II: 44.1
- CB Akayleb Evans: 46.5
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 48.1
Top 5 run defense grades
- NT Harison Phillips: 86.2
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 84.5
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 68.3
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 67.5
- DE Jaquelin Roy: 66.6
Bottom 5 rush defense
- S Josh Metellus: 31.8
- OLB D.J. Wonnum: 59.0
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 60.8
- NT Khyiris Tonga: 61.3
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 62.1
Top 5 pass rush grades
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 82.3
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 63.3
- S Camryn Bynum: 62.4
- NT Harrison Phillips: 62.0
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 59.7
Bottom 5 pass rush grades
- S Josh Metellus: 40.7
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 47.6
- OLB Andre Carter II: 47.8
- OLB Pat Jones II: 51.1
- S Harrison Smith: 53.5
Top 5 coverage grades
- CB Mekhi Blackmon: 90.2
- S Josh Metellus: 90.2
- S Theo Jackson: 65.9
- OLB Danielle Hunter: 65.4
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 65.2
Bottom 5 coverage grades
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 40.3
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 43.2
- CB Akayleb Evans: 44.1
- S Camryn Bynum: 57.9
- DE Jaquelin Roy: 58.5
Top 5 tackling grades
- S Harrison Smith: 82.3
- ILB Jordan Hicks: 81.4
- CB Akayleb Evans: 78.1
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 76.8
- ILB Ivan Pace Jr.: 75.0
Bottom 5 tackling grades
- S Camryn Bynum: 57.1
- DE Jonathan Bullard: 67.4
- S Josh Metellus: 67.7
- DE Jaquelin Roy: 69.2
- CB Andrew Booth Jr.: 72.5
