The 4 Biggest Surprise Minnesota Vikings Players through 2 Weeks
Heading into the 2024 season, many Minnesota Vikings fans were cautiously optimistic about how the season would go.
Could the Vikings compete for a Super Bowl? Probably not. Could they at least hang around the .500 mark and make a playoff push, though? Perhaps. Now, though, Minnesota is 2-0 through the first two weeks of the campaign, and they even finished off a victory against the San Francisco 49ers without the help of star receiver Justin Jefferson down the stretch.
Undoubtedly, the Vikings have been one of the biggest surprise storylines so far in the NFL, and here is a look at a few of the surprise players who have made it possible.
Through the first three seasons of his NFL career, Patrick Jones recorded five sacks, and he graded out as one of the worst pass rushers in the NFL last season, per PFF. With a deeper group of a edge rushers on the Vikings roster this season, some even considered him to be a potential cut candidate.
Jones has responded by nearly equaling his career sack total by putting up four sacks through two games and becoming a force in the trenches for the Vikings defense. Minnesota leads the NFL with 11 sacks through two weeks, and Jones is a major reason for that success.
