Only 8% of offensive plays were run from this personnel group last year.But the Vikings used it on 23% of their offensive plays last year, 2nd most in the league, as one of the teams that use a fullback more regularly. But not for the Vikings. “I think the atmosphere that and Zim’ have created here … enables some young players to really latch onto the right thing.”The run game might look different with Mattison taking more carries, but it will look similar in terms of the balance between rushing and passing. There are several different offensive personnel groups, which are given two-digit names. Slight changes in personnel and the experience of last year will also likely result in some changes, although probably not dramatically so in terms of play-design. Bisi Johnson had the highest run-blocking grade on the team last season, and Jefferson has long arms that he learned to use well as a blocker in college, so Kubiak could perhaps use more 3WR sets, but also maintain a similar run-pass balance from this personnel group.Kubiak has used 22 personnel a lot in the past, just as the Vikings did last season on a relative basis, using it 12% of the time. Passer rating on these plays was 112.0. Former offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski is with the Cleveland Browns, and the Vikings are replacing him with a veteran coach, who was already on staff at the time of his hiring.Minnesota announced shortly after the season that Gary Kubiak would take over as the Vikings offensive coordinator. But the Vikings passed from this formation only 23% of the time, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see more run-pass balance if they used it more, and lining up both TEs and FB on the line of scrimmage.
Former offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski is with the Cleveland Browns, and the Vikings are replacing him with a veteran coach, who was already on staff at the time of his hiring. The Vikings passed 66% of the time out of this group, and ran 34% of the time. MINNEAPOLIS -- Gary Kubiak's return to playcalling comes under fairly ideal circumstances despite the challenges of a truncated offseason during a global pandemic. The key to success with this group may have been that the Vikings were 41% pass, 59% run out of this personnel group, making it more difficult for a defense to mark a tendency, and most likely play-action was pretty heavy out of this group as well, which was probably more likely to get defenses to ‘bite’ on, given the propensity of the Vikings to run out of this personnel group. They averaged 8.8 yards per pass attempt, and 4.8 yards per carry - both very healthy numbers. He worked extensively with All-American running back Greg Hill, who was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1994 NFL Draft. They ran the ball 41% out of this group, passing 59% of the time.This 2 TE set personnel group was the 2nd most common in the NFL last year, as 2 TE sets have become more popular. To learn more or opt-out, read our With no real off-season, not much coverage of training camp, and no pre-season games, it’s pretty difficult to get any hints as to what the So, starting there and making some inferences in terms of the differences between Kubiak and Stefanski, along with the changes in Vikings personnel, we may be able to draw some conclusions as to what Gary Kubiak has in store for the Vikings offense.The Vikings also ran a high percentage of double-tight-end sets (12, 22 personnel groups) compared to the rest of the league, and not nearly as many 3+ WR sets. David Berding/Icon Sportswire Kubiak began his coaching career at Texas A&M, his alma mater, serving as the running backs coach for two seasons (1992–1993). Presumably opposing defenses are more focused on the run with the Vikings in this formation, given they run 3 out of every 4 times they use it, which may explain the relative success passing compared to running from this personnel group.Triple TE sets aren’t used much in the NFL, and this one is the most popular at 3% of total plays across the league. But the Vikings used this personnel group the 2nd most often of any team in the league at 35% of total offensive snaps. When running (77%), they averaged 4.0 yards per carry and a 43% success rate, however, which isn’t that good. VIKINGS is a registered trademark of the Minnesota Vikings LLC. Kirk Cousins also passed the ball 444 times, compared to 606 the previous season.Here’s what Kubiak had to say about the run game toZimmer emphasized running the ball to Kubiak right away and Kubiak clearly likes Cook as a runner, so it’s very likely that Minnesota will focus on having Cook pick up where he left off, in addition to having Cousins drop back less than he did in his first year with the team.Kubiak likes Cook, but he also talked about another running back on the team.Alexander Mattison is coming off a year where he had 462 yards on 100 attempts. Now that Gary Kubiak is offensive coordinator, and not Kevin Stefanski, I would expect a couple things to move more closely to Kubiak’s averages as offensive play-caller.Third, I would expect Kubiak to incorporate more roll-outs for Kirk Cousins.
Kubiak was an offensive advisor last season.Here’s what Vikings fans can expect now that Kubiak has taken the reigns.When Stefanski first took over the offensive coordinator position, Mike Zimmer wanted him to emphasize the run, and that’s exactly what he did. Next lowest was 36%. Mark Craig has reported that the Vikings have been running more misdirection plays in camp so far, and I expect Gary Kubiak to run more of them than Kevin Stefanski did last season, although Stefanski ran a fair amount of them. He’s been running more of those plays in practice. What to expect from Kirk Cousins, Vikings' offense with Gary Kubiak calling plays. So, for example, 22 personnel indicates 2 RBs and 2 TEs in the group. Welcome to Vikings Wire's European Union Experience. Running 62% of the time, they averaged 4.2 yards per carry and a 44% success rate.
Only the The Vikings had the highest frequency of success in this personnel group (49% overall, 51% pass, 45% run) among the main ones used, but average yards gained were lower than 11 personnel at 7.6 yards per passing attempt and 4.0 yards per rushing attempt.