Game Preview: Vikings vs. Eagles

Oct 08, 2019 at 06:26 PM

Craig Peters

Senior Editor

EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings are returning home to U.S. Bank Stadium Sunday after picking up their first road win of 2019, a 28-10 victory over the Giants in New York.

Minnesota is hosting Philadelphia for the first time since 2013 after playing road games in Philadelphia in the 2016 and 2018 regular seasons as well as the NFC Championship that followed 2017.

Both teams enter Sunday's game with a 3-2 record.

The Eagles opened the season with a 32-27 home win over Washington, then dropped games at Atlanta (24-20) and against Detroit (27-24). Philadelphia followed with an impressive 34-27 win at Green Bay and zoomed past the Jets 31-6 in Week 5.

Dalvin Cook ranks second in the NFL with 542 rushing yards and with 742 yards from scrimmage.

Philadelphia's run defense is the stingiest in the NFL, having allowed a paltry 63.0 rushing yards per game.

Minnesota's defense entered Week 6 ranked fourth in yards allowed per game (292.4) and fifth in points allowed per game (14.6). The Vikings are tied for second in the NFL with 31 tackles for loss.

TV BROADCAST

NATIONAL TV: FOX (KMSP in Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Play-by-Play: Kenny Albert

Analyst: Charles Davis

Sideline Reporter: Pam Oliver

LOCAL RADIO

RADIO: KFAN 100.3-FM/KTLK 1130-AM in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Play-by-Play: Paul Allen

Analyst: Pete Bercich

Sideline Reporters: Greg Coleman & Ben Leber

Radio Pre-game Show: Mike Mussman | 10 a.m. (CT)

KFAN and KTLK serve as the flagship stations for the five-state Vikings Radio Network.

SATELLITE RADIO

Sirius: PHI 134 or Streaming 825; MIN 82 or Streaming 819

XM: PHI Streaming 825; MIN 227 or Streaming 819

STAT OF THE WEEK

Through his first 20 career games, Dalvin Cook has totaled 2,106 yards from scrimmage, which is the third-most by a Vikings player in his first 20 games and trails only 2,228 by Adrian Peterson and 2,107 by Chuck Foreman. Cook's total ranks 29th among all NFL players in their first 20 games.

NORSEMAN NOTES

Dalvin Cook and Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey have each recorded 500-plus rushing yards and 200-plus receiving yards in the first five games of 2019, becoming the first players to do so since former Giants RB Tiki Barber.

In the eight games that Offensive Coordinator Kevin Stefanski has called the plays, Cook has totaled more than 100 yards from scrimmage six times.

Kyle Rudolph (392 career receptions) needs two catches to pass receiver Sammy White for seventh place on the Vikings all-time list.

The Vikings defense has allowed one rushing touchdown in 2019, which ranks as the second-fewest in 2019 behind only San Francisco (zero). Minnesota also ranks fifth in rushing yards allowed per play (3.59).

Through five games, the Vikings have allowed just 28 combined points in second halves, which ranks second in the NFL behind the Patriots (24).

Danielle Hunter is tied for first in the NFL with seven tackles for loss.

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