Heading into facing the league's reigning leading rusher and the purveyors of the "Tush Push", the Minnesota Vikings entered Week 7 with the 24th-ranked run defense in the NFL. Apart from finding a way to stop the most unstoppable play the league has seen in a while, containing Saquon Barkley was going to be critical.
While the Vikings did not beat the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, they did hold Barkley to 44 yards on 18 carries. The return of a key piece of the defense who hasn't played since Week 1 was surely helpful to that effort, even if linebacker Blake Cashman didn't light up the stat sheet (six total tackles).