This Report Is Absolutely LAUGHABLE...

This report is absolutely laughable as a recent article makes a wild claim about a much-hyped Vikings rookie that seems to be getting more involved each week, making this report all the more ridiculous. But first, these defensive rankings are completely astounding with how dominant this Brian Flores unit has been. We're going to break it down all of that in this episode of Vikings Digest, but first, we are getting so close to hitting our goal of 5,500 subs before we kick off against the Colts tomorrow afternoon, so if you're part of the 89% of viewers who are not yet subscribed, If you want to help us reach that goal, as well as getting closer to eclipsing Bengals Digest, make sure to hit that subscribe button and the bell icon so you don't miss any of the episodes when they drop. With that, let's hop right into the first topic of the video, which is the Vikings sweep the defensive rankings. As PFF put out a tweet recently, going over all the categories where the Minnesota Vikings are ranked very high, where you can see there in scoring defense, EPA play allowed, success rate allowed, pass success rate allowed red zone convert rate third down convert rate points per drive series convert rate completion percentage allowed passer rating allowed passing touchdowns allowed and pressure rate all of which ranking first across the entire league i know that is an absolute laundry list of things where the Vikings defense is ranked first but it just goes to show how dominant this defensive unit has been not just in one part of the defense but on all fronts where you look at the secondary they're locking down receivers and they're getting turnovers look at the linebackers they're making sure those running backs are not getting to that second level and they're holding it down in the middle of the field and you look at the trenches well they're basically making sure those running backs aren't even getting to those got linebackers in the second level as well as getting through that pressure rate getting it absolutely through the roof and Dallas Turner absolutely feasting on quarterbacks Andrew Van Ginkle doing his thing Jake Golday also was a guy that is getting more involved that we're going to touch on later on then you also have Caleb Banks who's getting better and better every week Dominic Orange who's making big plays then of course Jalen Redmond he's the big guy and then you also get Blake Cashman some of the other linebackers a bit more involved as well in that pass rush as well where we see that with the stunts that Brian Flores likes to do where he just crashes the line of scrimmage with eight guys and loads the box where you have a couple stunts where some of those defensive linemen are going over the edge Blake Cashman kind of goes in initially, pulls out, and then attacks right away again off that stunt and his free rusher just right there for the quarterback. We've seen it a couple times over the past couple of years, and I don't doubt that we're going to see it a lot more on Sunday as Brian Flores is going to hopefully put Daniel Jones in an absolute blender, contain Jonathan Taylor as much as it's going to suck for my fantasy scores because I do have Jonathan Taylor. So hopefully at least he has a decent game. If he scores a touchdown and runs for 90 yards i'm okay with that as long as minnesota wins by a score of like 21 to 7 or something like that if that's the only touchdown indy scores i'm at least happy and if the vikings end up winning that game even 10 to 7 at least we got a w at the end of the day but going on even further with this offense you look at the colts offense where they are decimated with injuries they are decimated in spirits right now where they are also going to be looking very hungry to try and upset us at home as well and what could potentially be a trap game with how minnesota is being so heavily favored but you know Brian Flores is going to try and have something to say about that where he's going to bring the pressure all game long try and expose this Colts offensive line and see what weaknesses he can exploit so we can make Daniel Jones just absolutely scramble for his life and have to throw it either out of bounds check downs or right into the bread basket of our defenders to try and continue making this defense even more dominant as they are undoubtedly the best defense in the NFL but let us know your guys's thoughts down in the comments below about all the stats that Minnesota's defense is ranked first in it's absolutely crazy when you look at it all just kind of laid out there where they are just absolutely crushing it all across the board all positions everyone is showing up and Brian Flores knows how to get the absolute best out of these defenders let us know down in the comments below that's going to take us into the second topic of the day which is the main topic and that is this wild Jake Golday report as Sports illustrated put out an article recently talking about nine second round rookies already falling short of early season hype and when it got to the minnesota vikings they highlighted jake gold day saying that minnesota vikings linebacker jake gold day looked outstanding throughout the preseason but it's notable when a second round rookie isn't playing any regular season snaps vikings defense coordinator brian flores has put him on the field just seven times but it did go a little bit further saying it is difficult to crack this 5-0 lineup right now. Golday also played defensive end in college before making the transition to linebacker so it's totally normal for his acclimation period to take a little bit longer. And what I think is absolutely ridiculous about this is we're only five games in and yes the article is probably being very over reactionary as far as the rookies that they are already saying are failing are falling short of expectations or all the hype from preseason. We have to remember it's preseason that is when the rookies get their most opportunities so it's no surprise to see that rookies are just absolutely going off against other rookies or guys that are third four string guys or practice squad guys or guys just even trying to make a roster spot even on the practice squad where these rookies are trying to make a name for themselves they're going to have a chip on their shoulder obviously they're going to play their ass off and they're going to look a lot better than what they will look like in the regular season because the regular season is a lot better competition it's all the starters in there constantly and as well as all the depth chart positions being filled in where those starters are going to get that playing time you look at the interior linebacker position with Minnesota you got Blake Cashman you got Eric Wilson and you got um uh Ivan Pace Jr there where Jake Golday it's a little bit harder for him to kind of get into there however where he is making an impact is in the special teams we saw how he's been able to make an impact with getting in there on pressures as far as the kicking game in the field goals and as well as on the return game in that New Orleans Saints game he got that punch out where it absolutely helped shift the momentum for Minnesota and all his teammates were just going absolutely nuts and all of Minnesota was going crazy too because we're looking at that saying this is what a guy that could be a future star for this team might be looking like and that could be a very promising floor for what should be a very high ceiling for him within this Brian Flores unit that gets the best out of his players just like we saw with those rankings and as well as him being so young and so versatile where they can use him as a very much a swiss army knife in the linebacker and in the trenches where they kind of use Josh Metellus as a swiss army knife in the secondary and in the bit of the deep linebacking core you can use Jake Golday in the very same aspect just a little bit closer to the line of scrimmage where you can have him rotate in those interior linebacking spots but also as an edge rusher or as a blitzing edge rusher or off the inside stunts and things like that where Brian Flores can just have a field day and you can tell that what he's doing with Jake Golday the same as what we saw with Dallas Turner with Dallas Turner there's probably would have been so many articles like with how reactionary the league has gotten in the past couple of years what we saw with JJ McCarthy on full display with how Minnesota got reactionary with that where you can't help but wonder that if Dallas Turner was drafted this past year and was going through the growing pains or not the growing pains but just kind of the formulation period and the growth period that we saw through his first two seasons these articles will be going crazy about how he's a first round bust and falling short of expectations but Brian Flores is just making sure that they are growing at the pace that he wants them to and progressing through their development as players in this league that could be dominant on a defense that's already the best in the league so yes it's going to be very hard to crack that rot or that depth chart spot to be a full-time starter on a defensive unit that is the best in the entire National Football League and has been the best for the past couple of years if not the best at least top three or top five it's very hard to make an argument otherwise so with Jake Golday it's just gonna be a matter of patience just like Dallas Turner he had to wait a while Jonathan Grenard was a Pro Bowl guy that was there and getting paid a lot of money so it makes sense that he was going to get more playing time but Dallas Turner made the most of those opportunities with Jake Golday I can see it being the exact same thing where he is just trying to just make an impact in the small plays that he's getting and just say hey I'm here to make a name for myself and you're not going to forget who I am when you go on that field and you have to face number 41 you are going to remember it and what we've seen so far is that when he gets those opportunities it's been very limited but he has maximized them to the fullest potential and we saw that in the Saints game and hopefully we're going to see it even more so maybe probably mainly in the special teams game but hopefully he can get some more kind of defensive snaps in there and get really involved get some turnovers get some pressures they're kind of get some more confidence going to show that hey this guy is not going to be falling short of any expectations it's just only week six or going into week seven i should say week six for the vikings because of the bye but it's so early on in the season so early in his career that we just have to be a little bit patient i know a lot of you guys are probably already in the comments going we're not worried about it we see it on the field every sunday of the impact that he's making in a short in a small capacity and these guys are just absolutely out to lunch and losing their mind and that's what makes it all the more ridiculous but makes it even better once Jake Goldie absolutely just bursts onto the scene with a breakout game that I think if it doesn't happen this year he's absolutely going to have one next year where the entire league is going to know who he is the same way that Dallas Turner made that impact very early on in his career with the limited opportunities he got I know with him being a first round guy he already had that kind of notoriety and that hype going into it and people knowing who he was but still he had to make a name for himself early on and he absolutely did that so I'm hoping Jake Goldie can do that and I don't doubt that Brian Flores is going to mold him into one of the premier linebackers for this Vikings defense for years to come and hopefully for a very long time where they have an absolute stud where once that torch eventually gets passed off from Blake Cashman to Jake Goldie he is absolutely ready for it and I see a very similar thing happening here with what we saw with Dallas Turner and Jonathan Grenard happening with Blake Cashman and Jake Goldie because Cashman was on a podcast recently saying how he has more football behind him than he does in front of him so he's just trying to make the most of it while he can hopefully that leads to taking a pay cut next year so that he can continue mentoring Jake Goldie and as well as just continue to be a dominant force and leader on this team but again that remains to be seen hopefully it all works out and I hope that Jake Golday continues to just make the most of the limited opportunities he has so that when he gets a chance to go into a big game make a big moment later on in the season whether it's towards the end of the regular season or in the playoffs he will absolutely rise to the occasion but let us know down in the comments below if you thought this article was absolutely insane or if you thought that hey maybe because we haven't seen so much of them and that it makes you give us good reason for them to have this reaction but i feel like a lot of people are going to be on my side where we see what Jake Golday is doing we're very excited to see what more comes of it and we are not thinking that he's falling short of any expectations let us know down in the comments below is that's going to do it for this episode of Vikings Digest again thank you guys so much for liking subscribing hitting that bell icon so you don't miss the episodes when they drop but for now i've been your host Griffin take care