The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 6 Minnesota Vikings at Miami Dolphins Sunday afternoon game.
| Minnesota | Rank | @ | Miami | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3 | Spread | 3 | ||
| 24.25 | Implied Total | 21.25 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Points/Gm | 23 | 12 |
| 20.4 | 14 | Points All./Gm | 26.2 | 29 |
| 65.6 | 11 | Plays/Gm | 57.8 | 28 |
| 61.8 | 10 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 63.4 | 19 |
| 5.5 | 16 | Off. Yards/Play | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | 26 | Def. Yards/Play | 6.1 | 29 |
| 36.59% | 27 | Rush% | 36.68% | 26 |
| 63.41% | 6 | Pass% | 63.32% | 7 |
| 44.66% | 23 | Opp. Rush % | 41.96% | 15 |
| 55.34% | 10 | Opp. Pass % | 58.04% | 18 |
- The Vikings (21.6%) and Dolphins (20.8%) rank 28th and 29th in rate of opponent possessions that fail to gain a first down or score a touchdown. League average is 31.1%.
- The Dolphins have led for 17.9% of their offensive snaps, the lowest rate among all teams with a winning record.
- 29.9% of the Minnesota plays on first down have produced a new first down or touchdown, the highest rate in the league.
- 37.0% of the Minnesota passing plays have produced a first down or touchdown, third in the league behind the Chiefs (40.8%) and Bills (37.4%).
- Miami is allowing 7.5 yards per passing play, 31st in the league.
- The Dolphins have allowed a touchdown on 28.3% of opponent possessions, 29th in the league.
- Just 5.7% of the drives against the Dolphins have resulted in three plays and then a punt, the lowest rate in the league. League average is 19.6%.
- The Vikings are averaging 27.3 offensive plays per gain of 20-plus yards, the lowest rate in the league.
Trust = spike production for that player
Quarterback
Kirk Cousins (TRUST): Cousins has been up and down to open the year, closing as the QB11, QB26, QB9, QB22, and QB5 through five weeks.
The change over under Kevin O’Connell has been intriguing so far as there are a lot of positives. 41.4% of Cousins’s pass attempts have come on first down, the fifth highest rate in the league. Cousins is using play-action on 32.5% of his dropbacks, which is eighth in the league.
But Cousins also is dead last in the NFL in depth of target (6.1 yards downfield) and rate of deep pass attempts (4.5%) as Minnesota has been a passing offense predicated on paper cuts and sustaining long drives over creating shot plays.
Miami can aid that cause as they are allowing 12.1 yards per completion (25TH) and 8.2 yards per pass attempt (29th) to go along with a 4.6% touchdown rate (23rd). Miami has allowed three top-10 quarterbacks. To at least be fair to them, those have been Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, and Joe Burrow.
Chasing spike weeks from Cousins has left us high and dry plenty of times in the past, but this is a spot where he carries an objectively good outlook as a QB1 option.
