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The NFL introduced Professional Bowl individuals on Thursday, two days earlier than the beginning of Week 18.
6 Vikings Gamers Voted to Professional Bowl
The Vikings, a membership with a 14-2 document, make use of six of these lucky gamers.
These are these males listed alphabetically.
1. Sam Darnold (QB)
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Darnold ranks seventh within the NFL by 17 video games amongst all qualifying quarterbacks per EPA+CPOE, an effectivity metric measuring anticipated wins added. He’s outproducing the Kirk Cousins seasons in Minnesota at an 80% low cost.
The man some followers claimed in the course of the summer time may have a “Baker Mayfield style reclamation season” is having a … Baker Mayfield-like reclamation season — after which some. He’s accounted for 36 touchdowns getting into Week 18.
2. Andrew DePaola (LS)
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Even with an damage sidelining him for 4 weeks, DePaola obtained one other Professional Bowl nod, his third. That’s fairly a testomony to his fame — and Vikings followers’ voting habits.
He’s properly generally known as the league’s finest lengthy snapper, and Professional Bowl voting vindicated that opinion.
3. Jonathan Greenard (OLB)
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Greenard ranks third within the NFL in quarterback pressures, trailing solely Myles Garrett and Trey Hendrickson. He additionally has 11 sacks by Week 17.
The ex-Houston Texan has straight changed Danielle Hunter’s implausible manufacturing from 2015 to 2023, and Greenard is much more inexpensive than Hunter’s present worth in Houston.
4. Justin Jefferson (WR)
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The Vikings’ finest participant with none debates from anyone — will head to a different Professional Bowl, tabulating 4 in his younger profession.
Jefferson missed the lower final yr due to an injured hamstring and a seven-game absence.
However that received’t occur in 2024. Jefferson punched one other ticket to the Professional Bowl. The phenom playmaker has 100 catches on the nostril, with 1,479 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns.
5. Byron Murphy (CB)
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Murphy has tabulated 6 interceptions in 2024 — all of them fairly rattling essential and pivotal — whereas showcasing a candy 74.0 passer-rating-against.
Minnesota made Murphy its keynote defensive secondary signing in 2023, and through his first season, Murphy performed in a first rate class. Now, he’s taking part in at a Professional Bowl degree.
The NFL has now seen, formally affording Murphy his Professional Bowl flowers for the primary time.
6. Andrew Van Ginkel (OLB)
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Van Ginkel has already scored 2 defensive touchdowns in 2024, his first season as a Viking. And whereas these transactions had been spectacular, they don’t start to explain his impact on the franchise. He does all of it.
The 29-year-old has notched 72 whole tackles, 19 quarterback hits, 17 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 touchdowns, and a compelled fumble. He and his counterpart, Jonathan Greenard, are taking part in so effectively that 1st-Rounder Dallas Turner doesn’t see the sector as a lot as followers anticipated when the season kicked off.
It’s the primary Professional Bowl choice for Van Ginkel after six seasons within the league.
Alternates
Vikings.com additionally revealed Minnesota’s alternates who can be subsequent in line if different gamers drop out:
1st Alternate: C.J. Ham (FB)
third Alternate: Garrett Bradbury (C)
third Alternate: Joshua Metellus (S)
4th Alternate: T.J. Hockenson (TE)
4th Alternate: Brian O’Neill (OT)
4th Alternate: Trent Sherfield (ST)
sixth Alternate: Harrison Phillips (DT)
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his day by day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options company, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple group, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as carefully because the NFL.
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