No. 11 (down 3 spots): Conor Orr – Sports Illustrated
The Vikings hover in this territory, dropping just a tad to reflect the disappointing debut of Kyler Murray. That said, if he ascends even to his career average and the defense and special teams hold serve, this team is going to be postseason-bound and dangerous.
No. 5 (up 3 spots): Vinnie Iyer – Sporting News
The Vikings are getting it done well with defense and getting just enough offense, but there’s real concern for the latter with Jordan Mason out and Justin Jefferson hurting now, too. They can stay hot, however, under Kevin O’Connell with the Dolphins and Saints next.
No. 9 (up 1 spot): Frank Schwab – Yahoo! Sports
The Vikings offense was bad on Sunday. Starting with the team’s second drive of the game, Minnesota had a 10-possession stretch in which it had eight punts, one interception and one touchdown. Kyler Murray was in his first full game in a new system, and he played most of the game without superstar Justin Jefferson after Jefferson left with an ankle injury. Murray had just 168 yards on 29 attempts and had the worst success rate of any quarterback through Sunday’s games in Week 3. He was at 21.6%, and the second-worst mark was 28.3%.