The Minnesota Vikings survived a late scare after Kirk Cousins left the game with a serious-looking injury to beat the Green Bay Packers 24-10 in Week 8.
Offensive Spotlight: Still working without his top receiver, Justin Jefferson, Kirk Cousins was again excellent. He completed 23-of-31 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns, with multiple other accurate passes falling incomplete. Cousins averaged 8.8 yards per attempt and produced an adjusted completion rate of 86.2%.
Defensive Spotlight: Packers edge rusher Rashan Gary had his most anonymous pass-rushing performance of the season despite finally seeing a full workload of snaps and pass rushes. Gary rushed the passer 29 times, mostly coming against Brian O’Neill from the Vikings' right side, and posted a sub-5.0% pressure rate, according to PFF's first review of the game film.
Rookie Spotlight: Jordan Addison caught seven of eight targets for 82 yards and a touchdown. He also had another two targets on plays nullified by penalties, one of which was an illegal hit to him on the play. Addison has shown an elite skill set as the team has needed to lean on him far more without Jefferson.
Box Score
Passing
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Kirk Cousins | 19.9 | 23 / 31 | 274 | 8.8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122.2 |
| Jaren Hall | -0.2 | 3 / 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88.5 |
Green Bay Packers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Jordan Love | 15.6 | 24 / 41 | 229 | 5.6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 72.1 |
Rushing
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Jordan Addison | 21.4 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kirk Cousins | 19.9 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cam Akers | 9.5 | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Alexander Mattison | 4.3 | 16 | 31 | 1.9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Brandon Powell | 2.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jaren Hall | -0.2 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Green Bay Packers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Jordan Love | 15.6 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| AJ Dillon | 10.2 | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Aaron Jones | 8.6 | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Receiving
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD |
| Jordan Addison | 21.4 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 1 |
| T.J. Hockenson | 20.8 | 9 | 6 | 88 | 9.8 | 14.7 | 1 |
| K.J. Osborn | 17.9 | 10 | 8 | 99 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 0 |
| Cam Akers | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Alexander Mattison | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Powell | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Johnny Mundt | 1.8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0 |
| C.J. Ham | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
Green Bay Packers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD |
| Jayden Reed | 12.3 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 13.8 | 20.8 | 0 |
| Romeo Doubs | 11.8 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1 |
| AJ Dillon | 10.2 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 0 |
| Aaron Jones | 8.6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Christian Watson | 6.3 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 4.1 | 11.0 | 0 |
| Dontayvion Wicks | 4.8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 0 |
| Luke Musgrave | 2.9 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0 |
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