The Minnesota Vikings need a new plan at running back in 2024. Or — if the club doesn’t want to change personnel, it must change its playcalling philosophy.
Vikings Individual RB Rankings from 2023? Woof.
The club has struggled in back-to-back seasons running the football, ranking sixth-worst per rushing DVOA in separate seasons, 2022 and 2023. Last offseason, Vikings coaches and players said that improving the ground game was a top priority, and then nothing changed in 2023. By the numbers, the rushing system might’ve even regressed.