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When the Vikings traveled across the pond for a Week 4 matchup against the New Orleans Saints, there were a few notable omissions in the starting lineup. Gone was initial starter Jameis Winston, and the supremely talented but never healthy Michael Thomas was also out. That meant the offensive connection would feature Andy Dalton under center and the promising draft pick Olave on the outside.<\/p>\n
Going up against a soft Minnesota secondary, Olave made his mark on England. He was targeted seven times, reeling in four for 67 yards and scoring a touchdown. Making just his second start as a professional, it’s hard not to be happy with what the production was. Minnesota allowed New Orleans to make the contest much too close, and that was one of many one-score victories this season.<\/p>\n
Olave has started seven of the Saints first 11 games, while the Jets Wilson has drawn just six starts thus far. Olave has nearly 200 more yards receiving this season than his former Buckeyes teammate, but it’s Wilson who has found the end zone more with four touchdowns. While he didn’t start last week, Wilson certainly showed excellent chemistry in Mike White’s 2022 Jets debut.<\/p>\n
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Wilson wound up with 95 yards on five receptions in a game where New York blew out the Chicago Bears. He also recorded two touchdowns. Last week’s game would’ve represented Wilson’s career-best if not for his Week 2 explosion against the Cleveland Browns. Knowing that he’ll have continuity with White under center again, Wilson had to be excited about a good week of practice.<\/p>\n
The Vikings don’t employ a shutdown corner, and while rookie Akayleb Evans is expected to be back, it will be a job for the committee of Patrick Peterson, Chandon Sullivan, and Duke Shelley to keep him in check. Ed Donatell’s secondary has allowed more than one receiver to do their fair share of damage this season, and taking the Jets rookie lightly seems like a misstep.<\/p>\n
For the second time this season, Minnesota will face a top draft pick on the edge, and with this one coming from the same school as the guy that burnt them in London, they’ll hope to have better results.<\/p>\n
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Ted Schwerzler is a blogger from the Twin Cities that is focused on all things Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings. He’s active on <\/em>Twitter<\/em><\/a> and writes weekly for <\/em>Twins Daily<\/em><\/a>. As a former college athlete and avid sports fan, covering our pro teams with a passion has always seemed like such a natural outlet.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Vikings Face Second Ohio State Star in 2022<\/a> appeared first on Vikings Territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some thought the Minnesota Vikings might take a receiver with their first-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft. Ultimately, they landed on Georgia safety Lewis Cine. Plenty of wideouts did go in the first round, including two from Ohio State. This weekend Minnesota faces the guy who went 10th overall, Garrett Wilson, after already dealing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/USATSI_19514410-788x444-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9277,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9276\/revisions\/9277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}