adrian peterson has scored the most touchdowns in vikings history.
adrian peterson has scored the most touchdowns in vikings history.
who has scored the most touchdowns in vikings history?
adrian peterson
the bears returned from the bye week by hosting the 4–2 minnesota vikings. in their rivalry, the vikings led the all-time series 55–51–2, the vikings winning the last game 13–9, though the vikings had not beaten the bears at soldier field since 2007. jeff joniak wrote that the offense had to protect jay cutler; the vikings defense sacked matthew stafford seven times in week seven, with a total of 17 in 2015. in eleven career games against minnesota, cutler excelled, throwing 23 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, with an 8-3 record. a player that joniak believed cutler could attack is cornerback xavier rhodes, who allowed four passing touchdowns and a league-worst ten penalties. additionally, the running backs could target a defense that allowed six yards per carry, one of the worst in the nfl. on defense, the bears had to watch for adrian peterson, who averaged 88 rushing yards per game, including two consecutive games with at least 120 yards in each. another player was quarterback teddy bridgewater, who completed 25 passes to eleven players in week seven, while watching for the speed of the minnesota receiving corps. despite such successes, as a whole, the vikings offense was averaging 325.5 yards per game, the third-least in the league. in the red zone, the vikings scored touchdowns on 42.11 percent of their drives, among the worst in the nfl. terrance mitchell, shea mcclellin, hroniss grasu, jermon bushrod, bruce gaston, ka'deem carey and cameron meredith were inactive.
2015 chicago bears season
sherels was signed as an undrafted free agent by the minnesota vikings in the 2010 preseason after a strong performance in the vikings rookie camp, where he participated on a tryout basis. sherels holds the vikings record with 5 career punt return touchdowns after he passed career marks of 2 previously held by mewelde moore and david palmer. he also ranks second in the league from 2012-15 with 1,230 punt return yards and is tied for second in that same 4-year span with 3 punt return scores. in 2013, he started a career-high 4 games at cornerback and set the vikings' single-season record with a 15.2 punt return average, breaking the previous mark of 13.2 set by running back david palmer during the 1995 season. he also holds the team record with 5 career punt returns of more than 50 yards. on october 21, 2013, he notched the third-longest punt return touchdown in club history with an 86-yarder against the new york giants on monday night football that helped him set the vikings single game record with 119 punt return yards. in 2012, he became the 10th player in vikings history to return a punt for a touchdown with a 77-yard return for a score against the detroit lions, the 7th-longest punt return in team history. in the 2013 preseason game against the tennessee titans, he set a vikings preseason record with a 109-yard kickoff return touchdown.
marcus sherels