Vikings hope for a balanced offense
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:40 am
http://www.espn.com/blog/minnesota-viki ... ed-offense
From the article:
From the article:
It's a group that will spend a decent chunk of the offseason trying to establish its identity on offense. Here's an idea: balance.
The Vikings haven't ranked in the top 20 in both running and passing yards since 2009, when Brett Favre shared a backfield with Peterson. Since that season, one facet of the Vikings' offense has been ranked 26th or worse in the league in every year but one: 2013, when the league's most porous defense forced the Vikings to play catch-up enough that their passing game ascended all the way to 23rd.
And last year, while the Vikings' 18th-ranked passing offense was their best since 2009, they were hindered by a 32nd-ranked ground game that made their offense almost inoperable at times.