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Oct 17, 2024 · The Vikings are Super Bowl contenders thanks to a QB nobody else wanted. Sam Darnold, a former No. 1 draft pick now on his fourth team, has Minnesota undefeated through six weeks. He's drawing ...
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- Rohan Nadkarni
- A Closer Look at points-per-game Advantage
- Playoff and Super Bowl Contender Threshold
- What About The Offense Versus Defensive Breakdown?
- How Do The Vikings Get to This +6 PPG Differentiation?
- How Does This Get The Vikings to A Super Bowl?
- Is This Realistic?
First, we’re going to dive a bit deeper into the analytics, looking at points per game as an advantage. All we’re doing is looking at points per game (PPG) based on offense and defense (rather than a simple scoring margin). First, how much of an advantage playoff teams have gotten by scoring more pointsthan average? Second, how much of an advantage...
First, you might question, why am I looking at the points-per-game advantage? And how good does a team need to be to be a true Super Bowl contender? It probably goes without saying, but there will obviously be a correlation between scoring more and doing well. The question is more about how good a team has to be to see playoff and Super Bowl result...
Is it necessary to be good at one or the other? In sum:not really. 2021 had more offensive fireworks, but 2020 produced a great set of examples: 2020 scoring advantage: The Ravens were a balanced team, the Packers were driven by offense and the Steelers were driven by defense; all three had the profile of a Super Bowl contender. Looking at past Sup...
This is the money question. And that means this section is the part where different opinions on the team will get you to different results. Using 2021 as a starting point, the Vikings were almost exactly average. 1. Advantage from offense: +2.02 2. Advantage from defense: -2.08 3. Total disadvantage: -0.06 (0.00 would be perfectly average) For me t...
The purpose of all of this was to see if there were opportunities to improve the team. Getting a great team isn’t a matter of adding a single transcendent player, unless that player is Randy Moss and [checks depth chart] he’s not playing. To perform at a high level, the Vikings will need to work on a lot of little things. Don’t just add all these n...
I’m sure there are other opportunities (and also risks i.e. regression on deep-ball passing). The point is that the possibility is there and not as crazy as it might seem. Each of these things is realistic on its own, but it is also important to look at these in aggregate and see if they still make sense. Let’s look at the offense first. If I assum...
Sep 30, 2024 · Mon, Sep 30, 2024. Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss whether the Minnesota Vikings are legitimate Super Bowl contenders after their win over the Green Bay Packers. Hear the full ...
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- jason fitz
Nov 13, 2022 · Nov 13, 2022. Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports. If you weren’t a believer at 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, or 7-1, it’s time to realize the 8-1 Minnesota Vikings are bonafide Super Bowl contenders. The Vikings downed the Buffalo Bills — the NFL’s odds-on favorite to win Super Bowl LVII — in the Bills house by a score of 33-30.
Jan 15, 2023 · Most NFL teams that put together a 13-4 regular season record and head into the playoffs as the NFC's No. 3 seed would be widely labeled as a Super Bowl contender. Then again, the 2022 Vikings ...
May 13, 2022 · The Minnesota Vikings will be led by a new regime in 2022 after the hiring of head coach Kevin O'Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. ... The 33-year-old reached his third career Pro ...
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Jan 17, 2023 · The Minnesota Vikings have the second-best record in football. Few would say they are the second-best team. At 7-1, the Vikes have an enormous 4.5-game lead in the NFC North and a 1.5-game lead ...
