The Minnesota Vikings arguably played their worst game of the season against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, but they found a way to win by a score of 19-13.
Let’s state the obvious here. The offense wasn’t very good against the Bears. They didn’t have any respect for the Vikings passing game and they didn’t play well. Quarterback Kirk Cousins didn’t want to drive the ball down the field and checked it down consistently.
The running game wasn’t consistent either. Alexander Mattison struggled to attack the right rushing lanes and nothing felt cohesive on offense.
The PFF grades on offense are in and, despite the poor overall performance, there were some standouts.
Top 5 overall grade
- TE Josh Oliver: 91.5
- LT Christian Darrisaw: 85.3
- QB Kirk Cousins: 83.5
- RT Brian O’Neill: 78.8
- C Garrett Bradbury: 71.4
Bottom 5 overall grades
- WR Brandon Powell: 50.5
- RB Alexander Mattison: 51.4
- RG Ed Ingram: 54.8
- LG Dalton Risner: 56.5
- TE Johnny Mundt: 56.7
Passing grades
- QB Kirk Cousins: 82.8
Rushing grades
- QB Kirk Cousins: 64.7
- RB Alexander Mattison: 63.7
- RB Cam Akers: 62.3
- WR Brandon Powell: 58.5
Receiving grades
- RB Cam Akers: 69.0
- WR Bradon Powell: 58.8
- WR K.J. Osborn: 58.6
- WR Jordan Addison: 58.3
- TE T.J. Hockenson: 57.2
- RB Alexander Mattison: 29.7
Pass blocking grades
- LT Christian Darrisaw: 89.1
- C Garrett Bradbury: 83.8
- LG Dalton Risner: 78.4
- TE T.J. Hockenson: 72.5
- RB Cam Akers: 71.7
- LG Ezra Cleveland: 67.5
- RT Brian O’Neill: 66.5
- RG Ed Ingram: 58.0
- RB Alexander Mattison: 38.2
- TE Josh Oliver: 38.1
- FB C.J. Ham: 33.8
Run blocking grades
- TE Josh Oliver: 88.8
- RT Brian O’Neill: 83.9
- LT Christian Darrisaw: 79.4
- FB C.J. Ham: 69.2
- C Garrett Bradbury: 66.9
- LG Ezra Cleveland: 64.7
- RB Cam Akers: 6.0.
- WR Trishton Jackson: 60.0
- QB Kirk Cousins: 60.0
- WR K.J. Osborn: 58.0
- WR N’Keal Harry: 57.8
- TE Johnny Mundt: 56.4
- WR Jordan Addison: 54.9
- LG Dalton Risner: 54.0
- TE T.J. Hockenson: 53.3
- RG Ed Ingram: 53.2
- RB Alexander Mattison: 43.8
- WR Brandon Powell: 28.8
