Mind-Blowing Vikings Stat Explains Justin Jefferson Frustrations

The Minnesota Vikings found a way to win against the New York Giants on Sunday, their third-straight victory.

Of course, the 2025 G-Men don’t provide a test built in advanced calculus class. If they had, the Vikings couldn’t have sleep-walked their way able to a 16-13 victory, despite numerous injuries and inconsistent play on offense.

But that’s pretty much been life as a MN Vikings fan in 2025. And now, Kevin O’Connell’s suddenly stagnant offense is in danger of losing starting QB JJ McCarthy for the final two games of the season, after he left yesterday’s game with a hand injury..

Century mark continues to elude MN Vikings wideout

Meanwhile, Justin Jefferson must feel like a Lamborghini that’s been locked in the garage all summer. And trying to catch passes from McCarthy, Max Brosmer and Carson Wentz this season have forced his numbers to tank.

Through 15 games, Jefferson has caught 72 passes for 917 yards and just 2 touchdowns. After he finished with 85 yards receiving on Sunday, it has officially been more than a year since he last posted a 100-yard receiving game on U.S. soil.

It has now been over a year since #Vikings WR Justin Jefferson has had 100+ yards in a game in the United States. The last time he hit it, was 12/22/2024 (against Seattle). https://t.co/qmGkHSqnoV pic.twitter.com/xYdSF7hyx2

— VikingzFanPage (@vikingzfanpage) December 22, 2025

This season, Jefferson actually has two 100-yard games. They came Week 4 (126 yds) and Week 5 (123 yds), against the Steelers and Browns. But those games were not played in America.

Both of Justin’s 100-yard performances this season happened overseas. The first came in Dublin, Ireland against the Steelers, the second in London, England vs the Browns. In fact, Jefferson’s 85-yards Sunday were the most he’s caught since those two games across the pond.

And because Carson Wentz was the Vikings’ quarterback from weeks three through seven, it was also the most yards he’s totalled through the air in any game that has seen JJ McCarthy play quarterback.

Vikings must find better ways to get Jefferson involved next season

That fun fact comes with an asterisk too, however. Since McCarthy was pulled late in the 2nd quarter with a hand injury, some of those yards (26) came on this pass from MN Vikings backup QB, Max Brosmer.

Special.

Simply special.@JJettas2

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— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) December 21, 2025

Before this season started, Justin Jefferson was averaging 96.5 yards receiving per game. After 15 games in 2025, that number is down to 90.8 yards per game.

Minnesota has plenty of problems to fix this offseason, but getting their highly-compensated superstar wide receiver more involved in the weekly game plan has to be near the top.