The Minnesota Vikings finished the 2024 season with the fifth-best defense in points allowed, despite not having any superstar players, thanks to the ingenuity of defensive coordinator Brian Flores. He took the Vikings’ defense from 28th to 13th in point allowed his first season as defensive coordinator, and then from 13th to 5th his second season.
One of the joys of having Brian Flores as defensive coordinator for the Vikings is that he is a student of the game and is at the forefront of defensive scheme trends. No static or stale defensive schemes here. All the recent trends of developing and using more hybrid defenders, increased blitzing, more pre-snap movement and disguise, and use of multiple fronts are incorporated into Flores’ scheme.