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Vikings Have Forged Historical Turnaround in Run Game - Cricket - 12-07-2017
http://www.vikings.com/news/lunch-break/article-1/Lunchbreak-Vikings-Have-Forged-Historical-Turnaround-in-Run-Game/0d8b3a00-820d-4c3e-81a5-4585a603ede6
Vikings Have Forged Historical Turnaround in Run Game
The Vikings offense currently ranks sixth in the NFL with 1,474 total rushing yards.
But with four games left in the season, Minnesota has already eclipsed last year’s total of 1,205 rushing yards as a team.
The Vikings are averaging nearly 50 more rushing yards per game than they averaged in 2016.
Being a top-10 rushing team is one of many reasons that Vikings sit at 10-2 and can clinch the NFC North with a win Sunday in Carolina.
Andrew Krammer of the Star Tribune took a look at the Vikings resurgent run game and noted it’s been nearly 25 years since such an improvement occurred.
Full article at link.