The Minnesota Vikings are 5-0 heading into the bye week and the defense might be the best unit they have had since the days of the Purple People Eaters.
Brian Flores’ unit has thrived in attacking opposing offenses with consistency and confusion. Just when you think you’ve figured out what the Vikings want to do on defense, they throw something else at you to keep you on your toes. It’s how the Vikings intercepted New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers three times in their week five victory.
Is the defense sustainable? It certainly feels that way when you look at the process they have used, but they need to clean up some details to make that run to the Super Bowl.
Keep penalties down
The Vikings are one of the more penalized teams in the National Football League, according to nflpenalties.com . The Vikings are ninth in the NFL after Thursday Night Football with 43 flags thrown on them. and 37 accepted. Of those, only eight of them were on the defense.
That’s a staggeringly low number for the Vikings defense. They have had: