12-02-2022, 03:32 PM
ESPN Lists RG Ed Ingram as Vikings' Biggest Flaw as Playoffs Approach (msn.com)
Vikings rookie right guard Ed Ingram isn't merely struggling in pass protection, he's on pace to give up a historic number of pressures this season.
Ingram has allowed 44 pressures this season, according to PFF, which leads all players through 12 weeks. No one else has more than 35. The most pressures ever allowed by a guard in the PFF era (since 2006) is 65, achieved by the Raiders' Alex Leatherwood last season and the Giants' David Diehl in 2011. Both players spent time at tackle during those seasons but played the majority of their snaps at guard.
Ingram, with 44 pressures in 11 games, is on pace to allow 68 this season (granted, with a 17-game schedule). The second-round pick out of LSU has done that while playing exclusively at guard. He ranks 57th out of 60 qualified guards in PFF's pass blocking grade and has been charged with giving up eight sacks, three more than the next-closest player at his position.
ESPN writer Bill Barnwell recently wrote about the biggest flaw for the NFL's top ten Super Bowl contenders. For nine of the teams, it was a broad area of the game like "pass rush" (Dolphins) or "rushing offense" (Bills) or "game management" (Cowboys)." The Vikings were the only team where Barnwell selected a single player — Ingram.
This is our current alternative:
Chris Reed joins the Vikings after spending the 2021 season with the Indianapolis Colts, playing in 14 games and earning six starts along the interior line. Reed has played in 61 games and earned 29 starts during his career, with his most single-season starts (14) coming with the Carolina Panthers in 2020. Prior to his time in Carolina, Reed had stints with the Miami Dolphins (2019) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2015-18), the team he got his start with as an undrafted free agent out of Minnesota State. While at Minnesota State, Reed appeared in 47 games (46 starts) on the offensive line and also set school records in indoor shot put, outdoor shot put, indoor weight throw and outdoor hammer throw. Reed and WR Adam Thielen were teammates at Minnesota State from 2010-12.
Vikings rookie right guard Ed Ingram isn't merely struggling in pass protection, he's on pace to give up a historic number of pressures this season.
Ingram has allowed 44 pressures this season, according to PFF, which leads all players through 12 weeks. No one else has more than 35. The most pressures ever allowed by a guard in the PFF era (since 2006) is 65, achieved by the Raiders' Alex Leatherwood last season and the Giants' David Diehl in 2011. Both players spent time at tackle during those seasons but played the majority of their snaps at guard.
Ingram, with 44 pressures in 11 games, is on pace to allow 68 this season (granted, with a 17-game schedule). The second-round pick out of LSU has done that while playing exclusively at guard. He ranks 57th out of 60 qualified guards in PFF's pass blocking grade and has been charged with giving up eight sacks, three more than the next-closest player at his position.
ESPN writer Bill Barnwell recently wrote about the biggest flaw for the NFL's top ten Super Bowl contenders. For nine of the teams, it was a broad area of the game like "pass rush" (Dolphins) or "rushing offense" (Bills) or "game management" (Cowboys)." The Vikings were the only team where Barnwell selected a single player — Ingram.
This is our current alternative:
Chris Reed joins the Vikings after spending the 2021 season with the Indianapolis Colts, playing in 14 games and earning six starts along the interior line. Reed has played in 61 games and earned 29 starts during his career, with his most single-season starts (14) coming with the Carolina Panthers in 2020. Prior to his time in Carolina, Reed had stints with the Miami Dolphins (2019) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2015-18), the team he got his start with as an undrafted free agent out of Minnesota State. While at Minnesota State, Reed appeared in 47 games (46 starts) on the offensive line and also set school records in indoor shot put, outdoor shot put, indoor weight throw and outdoor hammer throw. Reed and WR Adam Thielen were teammates at Minnesota State from 2010-12.
