5 Vikings players to watch vs. the Broncos in Week 11

Brian O’Neill – RT

The strength of the Broncos is their defense. They are fourth in the NFL in overall team defense and they are an attacking, aggressive group led by head coach Vic Fangio.

Denver has some extremely talented players in their front seven who can get to the passer in a hurry. Thankfully their young stud, Bradley Chubb, is on injured reserve, but there is still a lot of talent on their roster including guys like Derek Wolfe and Von Miller.

This will be a tough game for the Vikings offense to get rolling and they’ll need their offensive line playing as well as they did in Dallas last week.

Brian O’Neill has been the best offensive lineman for Minnesota this season and it really isn’t close. He can hold his own against the best edge rushers in the league and he can also open up big holes in the running game.

His name is rarely called when it comes to penalties as he usually plays pretty clean ball. There’s a good chance he will be tasked with shutting down Miller this Sunday and that is a daunting task.

Miller has four sacks on the season and is as quick and explosive off the ball as he’s ever been. He’s the Broncos best pass rusher and Fangio will be using him in exotic ways this week.

The Vikings offensive line is coming off a solid game and O’Neill and his fellow linemates will need to keep that up to shut down Miller and the Denver pass rush on Sunday.