in recent weeks Dru Samia Jersey nfl draft , but real-life events forced me to move it back to today. In any case, the Minnesota Vikings are still coming off an impressive victory last week over the Detroit Lions and are now well into their bye week. How did the team’s first divisional win of the season affect their standing with the pollsters around the interwebs? Let’s take a look in this week’s Power Rankings Roundup!Associated Press: #8 (Last week: #9)No Vikings-centric commentary from the AP this week.Walter Cherepinsky, Walter Football: #12 (Last week: #13)Nothing new from Walter Football this week.SB Nation: #11 (Last week: #13)Bleacher Report: #8 (Last week: #9)Frank Schwab, Yahoo! Sports: #8 (Last week: #8)Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk: #8 (Last week: #9)The MMQB, Sports Illustrated: #8 (Last week: #9)ESPN: #8 (Last week: #8)Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News: #8 (Last week: #9)Elliot Harrison, NFL.com: #8 (Last week: #8)USA Today: #8 (Last week: #9)Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: #8 (Last week: #9)Well Ben Gedeon Jersey , nine was the magic number last week for the Vikings, and this week the big number is eight. As in, ten of the twelve sets of rankings we bring together to do our Roundup put the Vikings as the eighth-best team in the National Football League. The only two outliers were the folks from the mothership (#11) and Walter Football (#12).Nine of the twelve sets of rankings we use moved the Vikings up this week, while three of them held the Vikings steady at their previous spot. As a result, the average position for the Vikings went up almost a full spot, from 9.42 last week to 8.58 this week.Here is your graphical representation of the rankings for the Vikings thus far. It still isn’t back to the lofty heights it was earlier in the season, but it’s getting closer.Barring a rash of upsets of the teams above the Vikings in the rankings, I wouldn’t expect them to move too much because of the bye this week. But, I suppose stranger things have happened Cameron Smith Minnesota Vikings Jerseys , so we’ll see how it goes when we’re back here for next week’s Roundup. EAGAN, Minn. — Seeking a solution for their longtime kicking trouble, the Minnesota Vikings have acquired specialist Kaare Vedvik in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens.Vedvik has kicked and punted for Baltimore, which was set at those positions with standouts Justin Tucker and Sam Koch. The Ravens announced on Sunday they obtained an unspecified draft pick in the deal, pending a physical exam for Vedvik, and the Vikings released veteran long snapper Kevin McDermott later to make room.More Vikings coverageVikings’ Kearse faces gun, drunken driving charges after arrestVikings’ Kearse apologizes, returns to work after weekend arrestPhotos of the Week: 10/20/19 – 10/26/19Vikings surge into second half thanks to Cousins, CookVikings Snap Counts: Penalties spoil Mattison’s big dayVedvik was expendable to the Ravens because of the consistency and excellence of Tucker and Koch Minnesota Vikings Jerseys 2019 , and the league-wide interest in the native of Norway and former Marshall University kicker and punter increased after Vedvik went 4 for 4 on field goals in Baltimore’s first preseason game on Thursday. One was from 55 yards, and Vedvik also made a pair of extra points and punted twice for a 55.5-yard average.The Ravens announced the trade just minutes before Vikings coach Mike Zimmer spoke to reporters. He declined to acknowledge the deal.“If we indeed made a trade, it’s to try to get better guys, wherever we do that,” Zimmer said.Minnesota currently has veteran kicker Dan Bailey, who missed seven field-goal attempts last season with a career-worst 75% conversation rate, and punter Matt Wile. By cutting the incumbent McDermott, the Vikings have turned over the long snapper role to rookie Austin Cutting, a seventh-round draft pick from Air Force. They’ve been trying different holders in camp Cameron Smith Jersey nfl draft , too, creating more instability in a kicking unit that has struggled often during Zimmer’s five-plus-year tenure.Bailey connected on all four of his extra-point attempts and didn’t have a field-goal try in the first preseason game on Friday.“Honestly, I really like Dan Bailey,” Zimmer said. “I think he’s a very professional, mature kid. We’ve been having some issues with the three, the snap, hold, kick kind of thing. And having two long snappers, I think that’s added to it a little bit because the timing is different. The holding we’re working on quite a bit. I like Dan.”Wile Adult Cameron Smith Jersey , who was the holder last year, was tied for ninth in the NFL in 2018 with a 41.5-yard net punting average. He punted twice Friday for a 42.5-yard average.“The first punt was inside the 20, but not by much,” Zimmer said. “I think he should have got it closer to the end zone on that one. I think he’s been better this camp. Directionally, he still needs to work on going to his left. But I think he’s done better this camp.”Vedvik spent the entire 2018 season on the non-football injury list for the Ravens after he suffered serious injuries to his head and face as the victim of an apparent assault the day before final cuts were made. He told police then he didn’t remember what happened.“A lot more emotional than I thought it was going to be,” Vedvik told the team’s website after Baltimore’s game on Thursday. “A lot of anticipation. It’s been a long year building up to come back to this moment again. I love football. I love sports. Getting back on the field, it’s a different feeling.”