Numbers to look at from the first 4 games

The bye week is here after a big win in London on Sunday. A great way to go into the bye, but now the question that Vikings fans want to know and that is who will be the starting quarterback next game against Carolina. It is out of the fans hands so let’s look at some facts.

The schedule is a quarter over so now it is time to look at some numbers on how Vikings as team and also individual players are stacking up against the test of the league.

QUARTERBACK

Christian Ponder is 27^th in the NFL with 691 yards passing. He has a quarterback rating of 65.9 and a completion rate of 59%.

The number one quarterback in the NFL is Peyton Manning who has thrown for 1470 yards, has qb rating of 138.0 and his completion rate is unbelievable with 75 percent.

RUSHING

Adrian Peterson comes in 2^nd with 421 yards and a 4.6 yard average per carry. He also has 5 touchdowns.

Adrian is 2^nd to LeSean McCoy (Eagles) who has 468 yards and a 6.0 average per carry. McCoy has 2 touchdowns.

RECEIVING

Jerome Simpson is a pleasant surprise coming in at 13^th in the league with 19 catches for 342 yards. He is averaging 18 yards per catch.

Julio Jones in number 1 in the league with 33 catches for 481 yards which breaks down to a 14.6 average per catch.

SACKS

Jared Allen has 3.5 sacks which is good for 12^th.  Justin Hunter (Chiefs) and Robert Mathis (Colts) are leading the league with 7.5 If Jared can come out the bye week like a game he had in Pittsburgh he will be climbing the leader board quickly.

INTECRCEPTIONS

Harrison Smith, Chad Greenway and Erin Henderson each have 2 which ties them with 15 other players with this number. The league leaders have 4 and they are: Aqib Talib (Patriots), Alterraun Verner Titans), and Kiko Alonso (Bills).

TACKLES

Chad Greenway has 35 good for 11^th in the league and Erin Henderson has 33 good for 17^th. The number one man in the league with 42 is Vontaze Burflict (Bengals).

SCORING

 

Blair Walsh is 4^th in the league for scoring with 37 points. Denver’s Matt Prater is the league leader with 41.

Adrian Peterson is tied for 5^th with Jimmy Graham (Saints) and Wes Welker (Patriots) who all have 36 points.

TEAM PASSING

Minnesota’s passing game is 23^rd in the league with 895 yards. Denver leads the league with 1455 yards

TEAM RUSHING

Minnesota is 8^th with 507 yards while Philadelphia Eagles are number 1 with 793 yards.

TEAM RECEIVING

Minnesota is 24^th with 939 yards in reception and Denver is first with 1480 yards.

TEAM SCORING

Minnesota is 4^th in the league in scoring with 115 points in 4 games. Denver is number one with 179. Here is something shocking and that is number 2 is Chicago with 127 and 3^rd is Detroit with 122. Green Bay is 13thwith 96 points although they did have a bye last week. It is still nice to see them below the Vikes.

TEAM DEFENSE VS THE PASS

Minnesota is last giving up 1304 yards passing while Houston is 1^st only giving up 564 yards through the air. It is  sad day to see the Vikes at 32 but I have confidence the team will make adjustments in the bye week.

TEAM DEFENSE VS THE RUN

Minnesota is 13^th in the league giving up 419 yards in 4 games. The Carolina Panthers are first giving up 279 yards.

KICKOFF RETURN YARDS

Cordarrelle Patterson is 2^nd in the league with 406 yards in returns and in first is Devin Hester (Bears) with 453 yards which most of them came against the Vikings.

I hope you enjoyed reading these stats. The season is far from over and with this bye week I am full of excitement to what kind of product the Vikes will show us the next 12 games.

Purplestick