Looking into the first 10 games

The first 10 games are in the books with our favorite team getting 6 wins. In the preseason Las Vegas had the Vikes winning 5-6 games. The season is far from over but 6 wins is impressive in my eyes.

The stats are in the books and some are very eye opening. Let’s start with the man who is beating all odds, the man fans know as AP. The number of rushing yards comes in at 1128 which is leading the NFL. I would like to put even a bigger perspective on this and put his yards up against NFL team totals

Team total rushing yards
1-San Francisco 49ers (1532)
2) Minnesota Vikings (1505) check out number 11
3) Washington Redskins (1481)
4) Seattle Seahawks (1424)
5) Buffalo Bills (1408)
6) Kansas City Chiefs (1341)
7) New England Patriots (1314)
8) Houston Texans (1231)
9) Chicago Bears (1143)
10) Philadelphia Eagles (1136)
11) ADRIAN PETERSON (1128)
That’s right Peterson has more rushing yards than 22 other NFL teams rushing totals. It is incredible less than 11 months after major surgery.

Peterson is 2nd in the NFL with a 5.8 average. He is also tied for 2nd in the NFL with 7 touchdowns. His 4 straight games of 100 are one shy of Robert Smith’s record. Peterson did set a Vikings record with his 5th 1000 yard season.

The Vikings are first in the NFL with 17 runs of 50 yards and 3 of 50 plus.

Percy Harvin with even missing a game is 5th in the NFL with 62 receptions.

Christian Ponder is 9th in the NFL with a 65.2 percent completion rate. If he can stay the pace he will join only Daunte Culpepper and Brett Favre in Vikings history for having at least a 65 percent completion rate.

The defensive side of the ball has Chad Greenway leading the league in tackles with 100. Antoine Winfield is leading all NFL cornerbacks with 74 tackles.

Jared Allen’s 7 sacks find himself 7th in the NFC. Allen's sack number does lead the Vikings and Brian Robison is 2nd with 5.5. Allen leads the team in tackles for a loss with 11 and quarterback hurries with 24.

Rookie sensation Harrison Smith has made 11 starts. The rookie record is 14 held by Chuck Lamson in 1962.

Blair Walsh is 2nd in the league with 41 touchbacks. He is 2nd in the NFL with 23 made field goals. Walsh is ranked 4th in scoring with 90 points.

Randy Moss hold the rookie scoring record with 106 in 1998 so Walsh is only 16 points behind Moss which barring injury Walsh should be the team’s new rookie record holder.

Walsh is also 2nd in team history with 5 field goals of over 50. Ryan Longwell holds the record of 6 in 2008.

The team has had 2 players of the week with Blair Walsh (Week 1) and Adrian Peterson (Week 7) the team also had a player of the month which was Percy Harvin in September.

A fun filled first 10 weeks leaves me looking forward to more.

Thanks for reading
Purplestick