The Minnesota Vikings lost their 10th-consecutive preseason game in an 18-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday afternoon.
The Vikings played some second-string players but mostly third and fourth-teamers on Saturday. They got off to a 14-0 lead before being outscored 15-0 in the second half.
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There were multiple standout performers in both a positive and negative way on Saturday afternoon. One of the ways that we can look at the Vikings performances are through the grades from Pro Football Focus.
The offense graded out well. Here are the grades from Saturday’s game.
Top 5 overall
- TE Nick Muse: 78.6
- WR Jalen Reagor: 78.3
- TE Colin Thompson: 74.6
- OT Vederian Lowe: 70.9
- C Austin Schlottmann: 65.9
Bottom 5 overall
- RB Aaron Dykes: 40.7
- G Alan Ali: 52.6
- WR Thayer Thomas: 53.4
- OT Christian DiLauro: 57.4
- WR Trishton Jackson: 57.6
Passing grades
- QB Jaren Hall: 63.9
Rushing grades
- RB DeWayne McBride: 67.3
- RB Abram Smith: 64.4
- QB Jaren Hall: 56.5
- RB Aaron Dykes: 48.4
Receiving grades
- WR Jalen Reagor: 76.9
- TE Nick Muse: 69.0
- RB Abram Smith: 67.6
- WR Lucky Jackson: 61.9
- WR Jacob Copeland: 61.7
- WR Blake Proehl: 59.0
- WR Trishton Jackson: 57.8
- TE Ben Sims: 53.2
- TE Colin Thompson: 53.0
- RB DeWayne McBride: 52.9
- RB Aaron Dykes: 35.0
Pass blocking grades
- G Jack Snyder: 77.9
- C Austin Schlottmann: 75.1
- OT Vederian Lowe: 73.8
- C Josh Sokol: 71.3
- TE Ben Sims: 71.2
- TE Colin Thompson: 68.3
- OT Oli Udoh: 66.5
- RB DeWayne McBride: 65.8
- OT Jarrid Williams: 62.4
- OT Christian DiLauro: 52.7
- OG Alan Ali: 50.2
- RB Aaron Dykes: 3.6
Run blocking grade
- TE Colin Thompson: 79.4
- TE Nick Muse: 75.8
- OT Vederian Lowe: 71.0
- TE Ben Sims: 68.0
- C Austin Schlottmann: 65.8
- WR Lucky Jackson: 61.7
- WR Blake Proehl: 60.5
- RB Abram Smith: 60.0
- WR Jacob Copeland: 60.0
- QB Jaren Hall: 60.0
- WR Jalen Reagor: 59.6
- WR Thayer Thomas: 59.3
- WR Garett Maag: 59.0
- OT Christian DiLauro: 58.7
- OG Jack Snyder: 57.5
- WR Trishton Jackson: 57.1
- OT Oli Udoh: 55.4
- OG Alan Ali: 52.6
- C Josh Sokol: 52.5
- OT Jarrid Williams: 51.8