The Minnesota Vikings get set to face the Arizona Cardinals in a Sunda

y afternoon contest. The Vikings are coming off a confidence boosting win against the Philadelphia Eagles Minnesota Vikings Jerseys Stitched , while Arizona found its first win of the season last week against the San Francisco 49ers. Arizona has competed with teams over the past few weeks. The Cards lost to Chicago 16-14 and Seattle 20-17. Here is this week’s three things and five predictions:Will Dalvin Cook get back on track (If he plays)?I think so, this may be the best case scenario game for Cook to play in. Arizona (1-4) doesn’t have the best rush defense. The Cardinals have allowed its opponents to rush for around 140 yards a game. However, the defense has only allowed two carries to go for over 20 yards. Arizona has also allowed eight rushing touchdowns. Obviously Cook has been dealing with a hamstring injury, but besides that, it seems like he hasn’t been able to get back to old form. Cook hurt his hamstring late in the game against Green Bay in week two, but even in week one against San Francisco, he didn’t seem like himself. Through the three games he’s participated in, he’s only managed 98 yards from 36 carries. If he does play, I could see him getting around 15 touches, while being incorporated in the passing game. This could be a big morale booster for Cook. What will Linval Joseph do this week?I’m setting the bar high for Joseph moving forward. He really lifted the defense with his fumble recovery that he returned for a 64-yard touchdown against Philadelphia last week. I’m now expecting him to make one big play like that for every game, the rest of the season. It doesn’t necessarily have to be taken back for a touchdown, but a turnover, or a play that shifts momentum will do. People are going to be looking at Joseph as “The Guy” on defense.I think Joseph grabs two sacks against Arizona Marcus Epps Jersey nfl draft , nothing flashy, but enough to where it’ll make an impact. He’ll step into that verbal leadership role a little more, as well. It hurts to still have Everson Griffen out, but it’s good seeing players like Joseph stepping up. Will Larry Fitzgerald have a big game?The Minnesota native returns back home, and the one storyline that continues to get brought up whenever the two teams play each other is how Fitzgerald used to be a ball boy for Minnesota back in the day. I mean, I guess some people still may not know that. It’ll be a meaningful game for him, no doubt. I’m sure he’ll have a lot of friends and family watching him play at “The Bank”. I believe he’ll want to play football, and when I say play football, I mean ball out. Fitz hasn’t started the season the way he probably would have liked. He only has 17 receptions for 176 yards so far. However, Fitzgerald is third on the all-time receiving yards list with 15,721 yards. Terrell Owens is in second with 15,934 yards. Fitzgerald would only need 214 yards to surpass Owens. As a Vikings fan, I wouldn’t want to see that happen Youth Marcus Epps Jersey , but I understand how emotional that could be for him to accomplish something like that in Minnesota. My five predictions Vikings will not look passed Arizona, and make the same mistake it did against Buffalo. Minnesota puts on a show for its fans, and wins 57-0, just kidding, it’ll probably be more like 32-14. The defense will sack the quarterback a total of six times. Kirk Cousins will toss the ball 30 times for 300 yards and two touchdowns.Laquon Treadwell catches two passes, and drops three. George Iloka will have an interception. The first half of the 2018 regular season ended on a down note for the Minnesota Vikings, as they fell to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday Night Football. It snapped a three-game winning streak, which is bad, but there are still plenty of reasons for optimism as the purple get ready for the second half of the regular season and a run towards their third NFC North title in four years.How did the loss affect the team in the Power Rankings around the internet? Well, it’s the time of the week where we find out, as it’s time for the weekly Power Rankings Roundup. Let’s go!Associated Press: #9 (Last week: #5)No Vikings-centric commentary on the Vikings from the Associated Press.Walter Cherepinsky, Walter Football: #13 (Last week: #9)Nothing new or particularly insightful from Walter Football this week.Bleacher Report: #9 (Last week: #5)Frank Schwab, Yahoo! Sports: #8 (Last week: #5)(Blogger’s HAWT TAEK: People calling Kirk Cousins a bust after eight games in purple are supremely ignorant.)Pete Prisco Womens Marcus Epps Jersey , CBS Sports: #9 (Last week: #8)Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News: #9 (Last week: #5)USA Today: #9 (Last week: #6)ESPN: #8 (Last week: #6)MMQB, Sports Illustrated: #9 (Last week: #5)Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk: #9 (Last week: #6)SB Nation: #13 (Last week: #7)Elliot Harrison, NFL.com: #8 (Last week: #5)Well, nine certainly seems to be the operative number this week for the Vikings. Over half of the rankings we aggregate to create our Roundup this week. . .seven of them, in fact. . .have the Vikings in that #9 spot this week. Three others were a little more lenient, putting the Vikings at #8, while two of them dropped the Vikings all the way down to #13 in the NFL. Given the circumstances this week, that seems a bit harsh, but hey. . .I’m biased.Overall, that means the Vikings’ average ranking this weeks is also in the nines, right around 9.4 (rounding to one decimal place). That’s down from the even 6 that it was at last week. There are some situations were going from a 6 to a 9.4 is a good thing. . .in this case Ameer Abdullah Jersey , unfortunately, it is not.Here’s a look at the trends graph at the halfway point of the regular season. As always, you may click to embiggen.Yeah. . .it’s been quite the roller coaster for our favorite football team this season, and the graph pretty well reflects that. Of course, all that means is that we’re due for another upward swing, and with three divisional games (two of them at home) and a bye over the next four weeks, this is as good a time as any for it to happen.That’s the Power Rankings Roundup for this week, folks! We’ll be back here at the same time next week with our next update.