Locked On Vikings Hit - Quick Takes on the Minnesota Vikings
Oct 5, 2026 · 9 min · 11 segments
The Minnesota Vikings are somehow 4-0, but the offense stayed punchless in a 15-10 win over the Miami Dolphins. Penalties galore, indecisive QB play, and drives stalling in the red zone. Kyler Murray…
Sam EkstromHostBackup quarterback, division rival in the rain, in the mud, in the slop, kinda cool.
Then you go to sunny Tampa Bay and the offense can't function.
You win 23-16 because of your special teams and your defense, thank you very much.
And then you face the league's worst, a young, inexperienced, inexpensive, disorganized, talent-starved Dolphins roster, and you're forced to sneak by with nary a touchdown, 15 to 10.
Full disclosure, T.J. Hockenson smartly fell down at the one-yard line to let the Vikings run the clock out.
So no touchdowns.
You now are touchdown-less in two of the four games.
The Vikings special teams has six points the last three weeks.
The offense has six points the last three weeks.
And by offense, I mean scoring a touchdown.
You've got the best kicker in the NFL that is carrying you on his back.
Whew, he must be tired.
Ice the right leg, Will.
Five of five field goals.
Even when the Vikings move the ball, it seems difficult.
Like, four of the final five offensive drives went for 10 plays or more, only resulted in nine points, and even a couple of those drives, like 10 plays for 42 yards, that's, that's four yards per play.
15 plays for 60 yards.
Like, props for extending drives.
That's good.
Third down conversions were okay today, 8 of 18.
That's four yards per play.
Backup quarterback, division rival in the rain, in the mud, in the slop, kinda cool.
Then you go to sunny Tampa Bay and the offense can't function.
You win 23-16 because of your special teams and your defense, thank you very much.
And then you face the league's worst, a young, inexperienced, inexpensive, disorganized, talent-starved Dolphins roster, and you're forced to sneak by with nary a touchdown, 15 to 10.
Full disclosure, T.J. Hockenson smartly fell down at the one-yard line to let the Vikings run the clock out.
So no touchdowns.
You now are touchdown-less in two of the four games.
The Vikings special teams has six points the last three weeks.
The offense has six points the last three weeks.
And by offense, I mean scoring a touchdown.
You've got the best kicker in the NFL that is carrying you on his back.
Whew, he must be tired.
Ice the right leg, Will.
Five of five field goals.
Even when the Vikings move the ball, it seems difficult.
Like, four of the final five offensive drives went for 10 plays or more, only resulted in nine points, and even a couple of those drives, like 10 plays for 42 yards, that's, that's four yards per play.
15 plays for 60 yards.
Like, props for extending drives.
That's good.
Third down conversions were okay today, 8 of 18.
That's four yards per play.
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