The Vikings will be going up against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in the wild card round.
The Saints employ Latavius Murray as their backup running back. Vikings fans are plenty familiar with Murray, who spent 2017 and 2018 with the Vikings, combining to rush for 1,420 yards and 14 touchdowns to go with 37 catches for 244 yards.
In his first season with the Saints, Murray has been a big part of the team’s offense, running for 637 yards and five touchdowns to go with 34 catches for 235 yards and another touchdown.
With Alvin Kamara back healthy, we probably won’t see a whole lot of Murray in this one. Murray will likely get somewhere between eight and 12 touches in the game.
Murray will try to find some success in the postseason, something he hasn’t had a lot of during his career. In three career postseason games (one with Oakland, two with Minnesota), Murray has run 37 times for 107 yards and two touchdowns to go with five catches for 28 yards.
