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Minnesota Vikings Defense vs Tight Ends (2025)

In 2025, the Minnesota Vikings allowed 42.3 receiving yards per game to tight ends — #5 of 32 (1 = stingiest). Our persistence testing says single-season ranks like this mostly do NOT carry over year to year — use with that in mind.

Everything they allowed to tight ends, per game

MetricSeasonLast 4Last 2
Targets allowed6.53.22.5
Receptions allowed4.41.21.0
Rec yds allowed42.313.03.5
Rec TD allowed0.40.00.0
Yards per target6.54.01.4
Explosive receptions (20+)0.40.20.0

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Green Bay Packers

Tight Ends they'll face first: Tucker Kraft.

Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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