The Viking Age
FanSided

Schmidt’s Week 3 game grades: Minnesota Vikings vs Buccaneers

By Jordan Schmidt

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - SEPTEMBER 24: Case Keenum #7 of the Minnesota Vikings celebrates a 59 yard touchdown pass to teammate Stefon Diggs #14 in the third quarter of the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 24, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - SEPTEMBER 24: Case Keenum #7 of the Minnesota Vikings celebrates a 59 yard touchdown pass to teammate Stefon Diggs #14 in the third quarter of the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 24, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
4 of 4
Next
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – SEPTEMBER 24: Jerick McKinnon #21 of the Minnesota Vikings is tackled with the ball in the first half of the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 24, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – SEPTEMBER 24: Jerick McKinnon #21 of the Minnesota Vikings is tackled with the ball in the first half of the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 24, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

Vikings Special Teams grade: B+

The Vikings kicking game looked good thanks to Kai Forbath making every one of his kicks. Forbath entered this game with missing at least one extra point in each of the previous two games but went 4/4 in Week 3.

More from The Viking Age

Forbath looked like his preseason self by making all of his kicks. One thing to take note on was that the Vikings looked to line up more on the right hash mark for his kicks instead of right down the middle. It could be a little adjustment by him and should be something to continue to watch throughout the season.

Ryan Quigley continues to perform well as the Vikings punter. He punted three times with his longest punt was for 47 yards. He averaged about 40 yards a punt and had one punt inside the 20.

Jerick McKinnon only returned one kick out of the end zone this week which was only for 20 yards. However, he started to take a knee on the kickoffs. He may have learned it is better to just take a knee instead of trying to return the kick and give the team worse fell position.

Next: Top 5 takeaways from week 3 vs Tampa Bay

Overall, the Vikings special teams made no crucial penalties or mistakes that gave bad field position for the Vikings offense or good field position for Tampa Bay.

Home/Minnesota Vikings News