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The Vikings have seen similar concepts with Cleveland and Green Bay — and Minnesota’s offense used pre-snap movement effectively last week against the Packers — but this version is turbo charged with extra shots of espresso added by five-time Pro Bowl fullback Kyle Juszczyk and 2019 First-Team All-Pro tight end George Kittle. Their abilities add substantive threats once a team gets past the window dressing.

“They’re both really good players. They both do a lot of — one of the things that’s showing up in the NFL now is, usually a tight end will motion across the formation now, he’s kind of being a rocket guy so that they can get angles on defenders, so they’re doing a lot with both those two guys,” Head Coach Mike Zimmer said. “The fullback and Kittle both, they line them up as wide receivers, they line them up all over the place. I think they’re the number-one motion team, motion/movement team in the NFL.”

Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator Andre Patterson said there’s a little less for defensive linemen to work through, but eye discipline and reading keys will be important.

“You line up with the guy that you’re in front of, use your keys, and that’s the guy you’ve gotta go beat,” Patterson said. “With the linebackers and the secondary, it makes a difference with those guys. So what you try to do is put them in position where they understand by coverages.

“Each coverage dictates how we handle a motion or a rocket or a flash, or whatever you want to call it,” Patterson said. “And then we put them in positions where they understand, ‘OK, with this kind of motion, this is our adjustment.’ ‘With this kind of a rocket, this is our adjustment.’ So we try to do a great job throughout the course of the week to put them in those positions that they have their eyes in the proper place.”