Will the Vikings’ offense be better or worse in 2019?

Improved offensive line

This was alluded to earlier, but the Vikings offensive line should be leaps and bounds better than it was in 2018. Now that isn’t saying much when you take into consideration how bad the o-line was last year.

Kirk Cousins was running for his life every other snap, and there was usually no room to run for Dalvin Cook, Latavius Murray, or Mike Boone. The Vikings addressed this issue in the offseason.

They drafted Garrett Bradbury and Dru Samia and signed free agent guard Josh Kline. The addition of Bradbury pushes Pat Elflein to left guard. Having an improved guard next to him, Riley Reiff should also play much better in 2019.

This is arguably the best offensive line the Vikings have rolled out in recent memory and there will be no excuses for Cousins as he should find himself with plenty of time to survey the field and find the open man.

In addition to the talent that was brought in, the Vikings also made moves as far as the coaching is concerned. Kevin Stefanski was promoted to be the full-time offensive coordinator and he is expected to run a much more balanced attack than John DeFilippo did last season.

Gary Kubiak was also brought in as an offensive advisor and his m.o. is running the football and the team already is adapting his zone-blocking scheme. With improved talent, and better coaching the Vikings offensive line will go from a weakness to a strength, and in turn, will improve the entire offense.