The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 3 Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings Sunday afternoon game.
| Seattle | Rank | @ | Minnesota | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2 | Spread | 2 | ||
| 28.8 | Implied Total | 26.8 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Points/Gm | 28.5 | 11 |
| 24.5 | 16 | Points All./Gm | 30.5 | 27 |
| 52.5 | 31 | Plays/Gm | 67.5 | 10 |
| 77 | 32 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 64 | 20 |
| 7.4 | 1 | Off. Yards/Play | 6.1 | 12 |
| 5.6 | 15 | Def. Yards/Play | 6.6 | 26 |
| 42.86% | 12 | Rush% | 36.30% | 23 |
| 57.14% | 21 | Pass% | 63.70% | 10 |
| 45.45% | 25 | Opp. Rush % | 44.53% | 22 |
| 54.55% | 8 | Opp. Pass % | 55.47% | 11 |
- Minnesota is 4-8 (9-3 ATS) under Mike Zimmer as a home underdog.
- Minnesota is 0-5 (2-3 ATS) against Seattle under Zimmer and has been an underdog in all five games.
- The Vikings have punted on 54.2% of their drives, the highest rate in the league.
- The Seahawks have punted on 50% of their drives, 31st in the league.
- Russell Wilson leads the league in passing points per attempt (.887) through two weeks.
- Wilson against the blitz this season has completed 9-of-9 passes for 159 yards (17.7 Y/A) and two touchdowns.
- The Vikings lead the league in catchable target rate (86.5%) through two weeks.
Trust = spike production for that player
Bust = down-week production for that player’s standards
Quarterback
Russell Wilson (TRUST): Wilson has opened the year as efficient as ever, throwing for 11.0 yards per pass attempt in each of the opening two games this season. That has resulted in QB8 (27.1 points) and QB9 (23.3 points) scoring weeks.
Wilson has faced a Mike Zimmer-led defense four times, finishing as the QB3, QB27, QB16, and QB7. That QB7 output (24.5 points) came last year in Week 5, when Wilson completed 20-of-32 passes for 216 yards (6.8 Y/A), but had three touchdown passes and 58 yards. We have not seen Russ really run to start the season (eight carries for 25 yards).
This current version of the Vikings defense has generated a good amount of pressure (20,5%, 13th) and are tied for second in the league with eight sacks, but their pass defense has not held up, allowing 0.67 passing points per attempt (27th), a 77.8% completion rate (32nd), and 10.5 yards per pass attempt (31st).
