Minnesota Vikings ‘In Their Own Tier’ Among Best Teams In The League According To Player Survey

The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) recently started conducting player surveys to identify the best teams around the league, based on a number of factors. Coming out of the 2023 season, the 2024 survey results provide the second-annual grades for teams around the league.

While the Vikings did quite well in the 2023 survey results, the NFLPA says 2024 grades put Minnesota "into a tier of their own" along with only one other team in the league as world-class athletic workplaces.

The Vikings came in ranked #2 overall among best-graded teams in the NFL, falling just behind the Miami Dolphins, but standing way ahead of the competition according to the NFLPA's report.

While this #2 ranking is a slide from the top spot in 2023, the grades players provided a very glowing opinion of nearly everything involved in the team experience. This stands in a bit of a contrast when compared to their rival team the Green Bay Packers - especially in one very important category.

READ MORE: How do the Green Bay Packers rank in the 2024 NFLPA team grades?

Of the 11 different categories teams were graded on, the Vikings collected top honors in 4 of them and took 2nd place in 4 other categories out of all 32 teams in the league.

The only places the Vikings didn't completely exceed in were in the team's training staff, food/cafeteria, and weight room facilities. While the team didn't do quite as well in those three categories they still remained in the top 10, even in their lowest-scoring areas.

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Here's a rundown of the grades and rankings for each category for the Vikings from the NFLPA's report card on the Vikings:

The Miami Dolphins are the team that took the best spot overall, collecting #1 rankings in 6 different categories. Their soft spot was on the head coach position, where they ranked 8th best in the league.