Arizona Cardinals for Minnesota Vikings (2026)

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Summary
Game Log
Stats
Projections
Points
Notes

Player Summaries Comparison
	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
Most Accurate Experts

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Rankings

Rest of Season	# 7	# 32	-
Draft	‐	‐	-

Matchup

Opponent	vs. GB	at LAC	-
Matchup Rating	This is a 1 star matchup. DSTs perform worse than their average vs GB	This is a 4 star matchup. DSTs perform a little better than their average vs LAC	-

Fantasy Points

Season Total	136.0	77.0	-
Avg Game	8.0	4.5	-
Avg Projection	112.6	90.2	-

Schedule

SOS Rank	30	28	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	Minnesota Vikings	Arizona Cardinals	Add Player

Hayden Winks H. Winks Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/06	#8	‐	-

Jonathan Stone J. Stone Stone Cold Fantasy Stone Cold Fantasy 08/06	#7	#32	-

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo... 08/06	#8	#32	-

Alfredo Brown A. Brown Footballguys Footballguys 08/06	#9	‐	-

Josh Norris J. Norris Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/06	#6	‐	-

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#6	‐	-

Ted Chmyz T. Chmyz Fantasy Football Bots Fantasy Football Bots 08/05	#8	#31	-

Matt Harmon M. Harmon Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#9	#28	-

Mike Bland M. Bland Points Over Expected Points Over Expected 08/05	#6	#32	-

Justin Boone J. Boone Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#9	#32	-

Joel Smyth J. Smyth Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 08/05	#6	#32	-

Kyle Krajewski K. Krajewski First Seed Sports First Seed Sports 08/05	#5	#32	-

Chet Gresham C. Gresham SB Nation SB Nation 08/05	#11	‐	-

Doug Burrell D. Burrell Draft With Doug Draft With Doug 08/05	#5	‐	-

Matt De Lima M. De Lima Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 08/05	#9	#32	-

Rich Piazza R. Piazza Fantasy Shed Fantasy Shed 08/04	#6	‐	-

Aaron St Denis A. St Denis Fantasy Sports Advice Network Fantasy Sports Adv... 08/04	#6	#31	-

Blake Fincher B. Fincher Fantasy Football Cafe Fantasy Football Cafe 08/04	#8	‐	-

Kelly Smelser K. Smelser Punch Drunk Wonderland Punch Drunk Wonder... 08/04	#6	‐	-

Ryan Weisse R. Weisse Club Fantasy FFL Club Fantasy FFL 08/03	#4	#31	-

Luke Renton L. Renton The Franchise Tag UK The Franchise Tag UK 08/04	#6	#30	-

Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ... Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 08/01	#6	‐	-

Scott Engel S. Engel RotoBaller RotoBaller 08/01	#12	‐	-

Kevin Steele K. Steele The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority 08/05	#6	#31	-

Justin Fuhr J. Fuhr Pro Football Mania Pro Football Mania 08/06	#6	‐	-

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 08/04	#9	#30	-

Pete Nova P. Nova FF Faceoff FF Faceoff 07/31	#4	#25	-

Kyle Senra K. Senra Going For 2 Going For 2 08/05	#12	#32	-

Shaun Evans S. Evans FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 08/03	#8	‐	-

Nic Bodiford N. Bodiford NerdBall Fantay Football NerdBall Fantay Fo... 08/03	#7	‐	-

Brad Beatson B. Beatson Bandit Fantasy Football Bandit Fantasy Foo... 07/29	#8	‐	-

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 08/06	#13	#32	-

Justin Bauerle J. Bauerle FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 07/28	#7	‐	-

Gary Davenport G. Davenport Footballguys Footballguys 07/28	#8	#32	-

Dr. Roto D. Roto FullTime Fantasy FullTime Fantasy 08/06	#9	#32	-

Huseyin Aksu H. Aksu Fantasy Couch Fantasy Couch 07/29	#9	#32	-

Jeremy Shulman J. Shulman Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U... 07/24	#14	#32	-

Rudy Gamble R. Gamble Razzball Razzball 07/23	#23	#32	-

Jacob Piccolo J. Piccolo TrueRGM TrueRGM 08/04	#6	#31	-

David Heilman D. Heilman Dynasty Trade Calculator Dynasty Trade Calc... 07/17	#7	#32	-

Matt Donnelly M. Donnelly Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers 07/17	#7	#32	-

Dennis Sosic D. Sosic Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/17	#10	#31	-

Jorge B. Edwards J. B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames 07/26	#6	‐	-

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler Wheel Route FF Wheel Route FF 07/14	#6	‐	-

Kev Mahserejian K. Mahserejian Razzball Razzball 07/13	#7	‐	-

Jason Willan J. Willan Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/30	#7	‐	-

David Biggs D. Biggs Drink Five Drink Five 07/12	#11	#32	-

The Tecmo Weave T. Tecmo Weave Lab 52 Lab 52 07/12	#10	‐	-

Brian Hartman B. Hartman QB List QB List 07/27	#7	‐	-

Lee Wehry L. Wehry FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/10	#7	#32	-

Daniel Mader D. Mader Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A... 08/01	#4	#31	-

Nick Raducanu N. Raducanu Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 07/07	#8	‐	-

Kyle Yates K. Yates Yates Fantasy Football Yates Fantasy Foot... 08/02	#6	#32	-

Mike MacGregor M. MacGregor Draft Buddy Draft Buddy 08/03	#6	#32	-

Edward Gorelik E. Gorelik End of Football End of Football 07/25	#7	‐	-

Derek Brown D. Brown FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/05	#16	#32	-

Brandon Murchison B. Murchison RotoBaller RotoBaller 07/24	#7	‐	-

Ken Zalis K. Zalis Pressbox Pressbox 08/05	#7	‐	-

Judy Adabie J. Adabie Fan Girl Football Fan Girl Football 07/07	#7	‐	-

Mick Ciallela M. Ciallela Fantrax Fantrax 06/28	#11	#32	-

Ben Wasley B. Wasley Hashtag Football Hashtag Football 07/21	#4	#25	-

Drew DeLuca D. DeLuca Going For 2 Going For 2 08/01	#7	#31	-

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/05	#6	#32	-

Andrew Erickson A. Erickson FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/05	#9	#32	-

Seth Woolcock S. Woolcock FantasyPros FantasyPros 08/03	#9	#32	-

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports 08/05	#6	#32	-

Tom Strachan T. Strachan NFL Best Ball NFL Best Ball 07/25	#7	‐	-

Andy Behrens A. Behrens The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 08/06	#8	#31	-

Richard Savill R. Savill Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/27	#6	#32	-

Brandon Funston B. Funston The Athletic The Athletic 08/05	#8	‐	-

Site Rankings S. Rankings Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/30	#6	‐	-

Elisha Twerski E. Twerski USA Today USA Today 04/28	#7	‐	-

Fantasy BR F. BR Fantasy BR Fantasy BR 04/27	#17	‐	-

Kyle Soppe K. Soppe Pro Football Network Pro Football Network 05/20	#6	#30	-

Justin Sablich J. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 5th Down Fantasy 04/20	#8	#27	-

Tera Roberts T. Roberts OddsChecker OddsChecker 07/09	#7	#32	-

Marc Shannep M. Shannep Fantasy Knockout Fantasy Knockout 07/15	#6	#30	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
2026 Schedule
Week 1	vs. GB	at LAC
Week 2	at CHI	vs. SEA
Week 3	at TB	at SF
Week 4	vs. MIA	at NYG
Week 5	at NO	vs. DET
Week 6	BYE WEEK	at LAR
Week 7	vs. IND	vs. DEN
Week 8	at DET	at DAL
Week 9	vs. BUF	at SEA
Week 10	at GB	vs. LAR
Week 11	at SF	at KC
Week 12	vs. ATL	vs. WAS
Week 13	vs. CAR	vs. PHI
Week 14	at NE	BYE WEEK
Week 15	vs. DET	vs. NYJ
Week 16	vs. WAS	at NO
Week 17	at NYJ	vs. LV
Week 18	vs. CHI	vs. SF

Player Projections Comparison
	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
Defense

Sacks	49.1	35.7
Ints	12.6	11.8
Fumble Rec	12.1	9.3
Forced Fumble	18.1	14.0
Def TD	2.4	1.9
Ast Tackles	0.0	0.0
Safety	0.0	0.5
Points Allowed	361.1	466.5
Yards Allowed	5,299.5	6,156.3

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
2025 Points
Week 1	5.0	5.0
Week 2	5.0	13.0
Week 3	30.0	6.0
Week 4	4.0	5.0
Week 5	3.0	7.0
Week 6	‐	2.0
Week 7	3.0	1.0
Week 8	0.0	‐
Week 9	9.0	15.0
Week 10	1.0	6.0
Week 11	3.0	-1.0
Week 12	1.0	17.0
Week 13	9.0	3.0
Week 14	18.0	-4.0
Week 15	2.0	-1.0
Week 16	11.0	7.0
Week 17	21.0	-1.0
Week 18	11.0	-3.0
Total	136.0	77.0
Average	8.0	4.5

Notes for Player Combination
	Minnesota Vikings DST - MIN MIN	Arizona Cardinals DST - ARI ARI
Expert
Andrew Erickson FantasyPros	2025's fifth-highest scoring DST opens the schedule at home against the Packers at home, followed by two road matchups versus the Bears/Buccaneers. However, the defense projects to suffer more injuries after being the 4th-healthiest unit last season. They also had the fourth-fewest passes defensed despite ranking in the top 5 in pressure rate/sacks. Brian Flores' blitz-happy defense lends itself to boom-or-bust DST performances (25th in turnover margin in 2025).