Lunch Break, 8/3: The Best RB at Pass Protection?

The popularity of fantasy football steers most conversations about running backs toward carries, yards, touchdowns and catches with a minor emphasis on protecting the football.Coaching staffs, however, place a high emphasis on protecting the passer, especially in a league where quarterback continuity is paramount, pass rushers are a determined breed of behemoths from the middle or explosive from the edge and blitzes can be exotic.

The Vikings have been working on blitz pickup and pass protection by running backs at 2015 Verizon Vikings Training Camp since Friday.

Mark Craig of the Star Tribune noted that Jerick McKinnon stayed after Sunday’s practice to work on his technique in the…