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Players To Watch: Minnesota Vikings
The Eagles host Minnesota in the NFC Championship Game. Here are the key Vikings to watch.
QB Case Keenum went 11-3 as a starter during the regular season and amassed nearly 4,000 passing yards. In the Divisional Round, Keenum completed 25 of 40 passes for 318 yards. His lone TD was the game winner.
Sixty-one of WR Stefon Diggs' 137 receiving yards in the Divisional Round came on the miraculous game-winning TD. During the regular season, Diggs caught 64 passes for 849 yards and scored eight touchdowns.
DE Everson Griffen was voted to his third consecutive Pro Bowl this season after racking up 13 sacks in 15 games. He recorded another during the Divisional Round against the Saints.
WR Adam Thielen was voted to his first Pro Bowl this season after catching 91 passes for 1,276 yards. During the Divisional Round, the former undrafted free agent caught six passes for 74 yards.
S Harrison Smith earned first-team All-Pro honors after recording 61 tackles and five interceptions. Smith garnered seven tackles against the Saints in the Divisional Round.
CB Xavier Woods joined Harrison Smith as one of two Vikings that earned first-team All-Pro honors. He was also selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl.
LB Eric Kendricks, brother of Eagles LB Mychal Kendricks, led the Vikings with 113 tackles during the regular season. He set the pace for the team again during the Divisional Round with 10.
