The Minnesota Vikings continued their drop from 2-2 Sunday, losing their third straight to fall to 2-5, last place in the NFC North. The Vikings lost 17-16 to the Buffalo Bills on a last-second touchdown.
Vikings fantasy recap: Jerick McKinnon, Greg Jennings, Jarius Wright put up yardage
Minnesota’s rookie running back went for more than 100 yards Sunday. We break down the fantasy implications.
Tom Szczerbowski
The Vikings led three different times Sunday -- 3-0, 10-7 and 16-10 -- before a Kyle Orton-to-Sammy Watkins touchdown with one second left gave Buffalo the win.
Let’s look at the fantasy names:
Teddy Bridgewater: The rookie quarterback continued his struggles as a starter. After 22 fantasy points in his first start, Bridgewater has fallen off in a big way the last two weeks. Sunday, he had six fantasy points. He threw for 157 yards on 15-of-26 passing, adding one touchdown pass, but the rookie was also intercepted twice. He remains, like his fellow rookies, interesting for dynasty/keeper leagues, but it's hard to imagine using him in a standard league.
Jerick McKinnon: The rookie running back had his second start Sunday, and responded with his first career 100-yard game. McKinnon ran for 103 yards on 19 carries -- 5.4 yards per carry -- against what was a strong Buffalo run defense. The Vikings had spoken of going back to previous starter Matt Asiata for some touches leading up to Sunday's game, but Asiata had only six carries to McKinnon's 19. The rookie looks like a reasonable flex play going forward.
Greg Jennings, Jarius Wright: The team's two veteran receivers offered at least some yardage -- Jennings had 77 yards on six catches, while Wright had 60 on four -- though neither managed a touchdown. Neither is usable in fantasy, and barely ownable in most leagues.
Cordarrelle Patterson: The second-year receiver that had so many people enthralled early in the season did manage a touchdown in Sunday's game, on a 4-yard pass in the second quarter, but he had only one other catch in the game, for 9 total yards. Patterson isn't worth owning right now.
