Minnesota Vikings’ Top-Ranked Defense Dominating in All the Important Areas

November 17, 2015   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

Defense can be evaluated a million different ways in the NFL, but a few of the most important defensive statistics say the Minnesota Vikings have fielded one of the game's most dominant defenses through the season's first 10 weeks. 
Where do nearly all great defenses win consistently? On third down and in the red zone. Take care of business in those two areas and keeping teams off the scoreboard suddenly becomes less struggle and more routine. 
Mike Zimmer's Vikings are excelling in both statistical categories. 
After nine games, Minnesota is giving up conversions on just 32.2 percent of third downs, which ranks third in the NFL behind Houston (26.7) and St. Louis (32.0). In the red zone, the Vikings have allowed touchdowns on just 45.8 percent of opponents' trips inside the 20-yard line—the league's fifth-best mark. Only the Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Vikings rank in the top five in both areas. 
The result for Minnesota has been the NFL's ...

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