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The Minnesota Vikings’ offseason arrived too quickly, as most followers anticipated not less than one playoff win after a fairly fabulous common season.
Vikings Roster: The High 4 Disappointments of 2024
No such luck because the purple group misplaced to the Los Angeles Rams final Monday, ending the marketing campaign in true one-and-done vogue.
The offseason is right here. However earlier than that months-long occasion, let’s look again on the 2024 marketing campaign.
To place 2024 within the rearview, listed below are the Vikings’ prime 4 disappointments, ranked in ascending order (No. 1 = most disappointing).
4. Brandon Powell (WR)
Cleveland Browns cornerback Cameron Mitchell (29) seems to be to wrap up Minnesota large receiver Brandon Powell (4) in the course of the first half of an NFL preseason soccer sport at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, in Cleveland, Ohio. © Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK.
Heading into the summer time of 2024, many Vikings followers envisioned Powell incomes the WR3 job over Jalen Nailor and Trent Sherfield.
He didn’t.
As an alternative, he serves as Minnesota’s main punt returner, and that’s about it. Powell caught 7 passes for 71 yards, which is extra like a WR6 statline, not WR3. His manufacturing dipped from 324 receiving yards in 2023 to 71 in 2024.
3. Ty Chandler (RB)
Ty Chandler ended the 2023 season because the Vikings RB1.
Ty Chandler began the 2024 season because the Vikings RB2.
Ty Chandler ended the 2024 season because the Vikings RB3.
Not a very good arc.
2. Ed Ingram (RG)
Minnesota benched Ingram for Dalton Risner midseason and by no means regarded again. Ingram has performed 48 video games in purple, by no means turning the nook into an above-average guard.
And with the offseason shifting towards inside offensive line enchancment, Ingram’s 2024 marketing campaign did him no favors. He may even be waived. That might save Minnesota over $3 million.
1. Week 18 + Playoff Sam Darnold
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Right here’s that statistical skinny:
Sam Darnold,EPA+CPOE Rating,2024:
First 16 Video games = 7thFinal 2 Video games = thirty first
Darnold fell completely flat when it mattered essentially the most, a lot in order that he mainly erased all of the goodwill he gathered within the season’s first 4 months.
The 27-year-old is scheduled to hit free company in March, and had he not flopped in Week 18 and the Wildcard Spherical, he may’ve moderately anticipated to money in on a contract value $40-$50 million per season. Now, nevertheless, he’ll hope and pray to snag $30 million per 12 months from a quarterback-needy group.
Common Season Darnold was unbelievable; Playoff Sam Darnold stunk.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his every day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options friends, 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 intently because the NFL.
All statistics supplied by Professional Soccer Reference / Stathead; all contractual info supplied by OverTheCap.com.
