Complement From key Star To Vikings Top Player…
How do Jordan Addison and Justin Jefferson complement each other on the Raiders-Vikings team?
To be honest, I believe they will continue with Dobbs. Though I’m not sure if I would pick him, I believe Dobbs will be selected because he gives the Vikings the best chance of winning right now among the three options they have, and Kevin O’Connell has expressed his belief that this team can contend for the postseason.
My only expectation for the quarterback position is that the person lining up in back there needs to quit misplacing the ball. Over the course of the last two games, the Vikings have committed seven turnovers; six of those turnovers, including four interceptions against Chicago in the most recent game, have been directly attributable to Dobbs.
This season, the Vikings’ formula has been straightforward: they win football games if they don’t turn the ball over. They lose when they consistently give the ball to the opposition team. This team will need to take every precaution to reduce turnover if they hope to make a run at the postseason.
A: I think their complementary styles will work really well together, and Addison will gain a lot in the short run from Jefferson’s absence. Although losing the offensive player of the year to Addison is painful, he benefited from the chance to assume the #1 wide receiver position, and he has shown flashes of brilliance.
With Jefferson back, I believe Addison could be used more as a deep threat, but they should be able to cause defensive coordinators headaches for a very long time because they are both fairly versatile.
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They’re both precise route runners, but Addison has had a few instances this season where he’s lacked awareness and has also had a couple of drops that shouldn’t have happened. He’ll continue to get better, and the Vikings’ offense should get better as a result.
A: Danielle Hunter being so good starts, quite simply, with the fact that he’s a physical freak. There’s no way a guy who’s as big as he is should be able to move the way he does. He’s the prototypical outside linebacker/pass rusher for today’s game because he’s got size, speed, strength, and a variety of moves that he can use to make life miserable for opposing offenses.
He’s one of the few defensive players in the league that can single-handedly change the flow of a game and he’s still young enough where he should be able to do that for a long time to come.
Like most of the great pass rushers we’ve seen, Hunter can beat offensive linemen in a number of different ways, and his crazy athletic ability gives him a little more leeway when it comes to making mistakes because he can get back into the play after a misstep or something similar. He’s going to make a lot of money this offseason, and I really hope it’s the Wilf family that’s signing the checks.
One player who has emerged this season, seen from the outside, is Cam Bynum, the fifth-graded safety according to Pro Football Focus right now. Could you describe Bynum’s growth over the previous three seasons and the contributions he makes to Minnesota’s defense?
A: Bynum got an opportunity a couple of seasons ago when Harrison Smith missed a couple of games with COVID and was placed into the starting lineup. He did a little bit of everything during his career at Cal, and that’s shown with the way the Vikings have used him.
He’s not afraid to get dirty in run support and he’s solid in coverage as well. I’m not sure if he’s going to be the guy who can completely replace Smith when it comes time for him to hang it up, but he’s certainly trending the right way.