The Vikings defense is making great QBs

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Through four games the Minnesota Vikings are undefeated and on the Giants during a 24-10 Monday night victory. Sam Bradford looks like a new/different quarterback in three games with Minnesota and Norv Turner is getting the most out of his weapons in a post-Adrian Peterson world.But it's the defense doing the dirty work and locking people down. Specifically, the defense has absolutely dominated a quartet of quality quarterbacks over the first month of the season. Marcus Mariota of the Titans, Aaron Rodgers Wade Boggs Jersey of the Packers, Cam Newton of the Panthers and Eli Manning of the Giants have all looked well below average against the Vikes defense. QBComp/Att (%)YardsTDINTSackedQB RatingMarcus Mariota25/41 (61%)27121286.5Aaron Rodgers20/36 (55.6%)21311570.7Cam Newton21/35 (60%)26203847.6Eli Manning25/45 (55.6%)26101063.3Let's look at that as one giant quarterback and extrapolate it over the course of a full season: QBComp/Att (%)YardsTDINTSackedQB RatingComposite364/628 (58%)402812246067.6Those aren't great numbers. Let's compare this hypothetical line to quarterbacks over the past 10 years, and searching for quarterbacks with sub-60 percent completions, le s than 15 touchdowns, more than 20 interceptions and a QB rating. The three comps you get since 2006? Geno Smith in 2013, Mark Sanchez in 2009 and Matthew Stafford in 2009. So the Vikings Bernie Williams Jersey are basically turning a former Heisman winner and No. 2 overall pick, a two-time MVP, a one-time MVP and a two-time Super Bowl MVP into quarterbacks that look like rookies. We've seen these quarterbacks post good games this season. Four games is a small sample size, but we're talking a quarter of a season now where the Vikings are making really good quarterbacks look really pedestrian. It basically boils down to a combination of putting pre sure on the quarterback and making these offenses adjust their game plans to limit the deep ball. Only Newton averaged more than seven yards per attempt against the Vikings, and he's the only quarterback to register more than 50 yards on deep pa sing attempts (more than 20 yards down the field) against Minnesota Aaron Hicks Jersey . Look at the numbers below. The Vikings defensive game plan is terrifyingly amorphous. Keep extra guys (Panthers) in and they'll sack you to death. Refuse to get sacked and they'll take away the deep ball. Mike Zimmer is happy to let you take the deep ball out of your game plan. Pre sure percentage, completion percentage under pre sure and deep attempts/yards courtesy Pro Football Focus:QBYards/AttemptPre sure %SacksPre sure Comp% Deep AttemptsDeep YardsMarcus Mariota6.625.6233.3%10Aaron Rodgers5.925.050.0%439Cam Newton 7.548.9838.5%8104Eli Manning5.822.2030.0%30There's no magic formula here. The Vikings simply have high-end talent at every level of the defense and it shows in teams' inability to move the ball against them. Linvall Joseph is a terrifying menace against the run. Orleans Darkwa is 6'0", 215 pounds and Linval Joseph treated him like a shih tzu. Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) Anthony Barr is breaking humans.Here's why Larry Donnell is hurt ... Jacoby Ellsbury Jersey Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) And Xavier Rhodes is morphing into one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL. When Xavier Rhodes has been targeted this season, he's allowed an NFL pa ser rating of 0.0. 3 for 10 for 23 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT and 1 PD. Nathan Jahnke (@PFF_NateJahnke) That's just three guys. It doesn't include Everson Griffin (three sacks against the Panthers), Harrison Smith (one of the five best safeties in the game), Danielle Hunter (in the middle of a ma sive breakout) or Eric Kendricks (a dynamic linebacker in just his second year). In short, the Vikings defense Johnny Damon Jersey is loaded, it's turning good quarterbacks into below-average pa sers and we shouldn't expect them to slow down any time soon. Next up? Brock Osweiler, Carson Wentz and Brian Hoyer.