{"id":859431,"date":"2026-09-24T21:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859431\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:46:18","slug":"vikings-defensive-tackles-dub-themselves-young-nasty-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859431\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings defensive tackles dub themselves &#8220;Young Nasty University&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Purple People Eaters are out. Young Nasty University is in.<\/p>\n<p>Via Alec Lewis of The Athletic, the Vikings\u2019 defensive tackles <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7624570\/2026\/09\/24\/vikings-defense-orange-banks-redmond-rodriguez-young-nasty-university\/?unlocked_article_code=1.DlE.4gaJ.8jaDOsMZAEnW&amp;source=emp_shared_article&amp;smid=ta-ios-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">have adopted that name<\/a> \u2014 \u201cYNU\u201d for short.<\/p>\n<p>The founders are Domonique Orange, Ty Ingram-Dawkins, and Caleb Banks. Ingram-Dawkins, a fifth-round pick in 2025, and Banks, a 2026 first-rounder, are 23. Orange, a third-round selection in 2026, is 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat group is a huge part of our success thus far,\u201d Vikings edge rusher Andrew Van Ginkel said, per Lewis. \u201cLast year, after not stopping the run early, we put a huge emphasis on it. We\u2019ve got young guys who are coachable, hard workers, and they do everything right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota defense has held the Packers and Bears to 3.8 yards per carry. And, as Lewis notes, the Vikings have devoted only $8.43 million to their defensive line \u2014 that\u2019s the second-lowest amount for any NFL franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Against the pass, the Vikings are thriving on chaos, with a risk-reward blitz-happy scheme that, to date, has had plenty of rewards.<\/p>\n<p>The players will get their rewards in time. Starting with breakout star pass rusher Dallas Turner, who\u2019s eligible for a second contract after what could be an All-Pro season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Purple People Eaters are out. Young Nasty University is in. Via Alec Lewis of The Athletic, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-859431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}