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There were times Sunday when it felt like the Vikings were blitzing more than any team had all year.
Turns out, they came close. Bears quarterback Caleb Williams dropped back to pass 36 times in Sunday’s 19-17 win. The Vikings blitzed a whopping two-thirds of the time, the second-highest blitz rate in the league this year, per NFL Next Gen Stats.
“A couple times throughout the game, I’m dropping back and you’re trying to figure out the coverage,” Williams said after the game. “And a bunch of different guys are flying to different areas.