Vikings fans overwhelmingly expect Dallas Turner to lead the team in sacks, according to SB Nation Reacts poll

The latest SB Nation Reacts poll aimed at Vikings fans is less about playoff forecasts and more about a specific football skill: who will finish 2026 leading Minnesota in sacks. In results published July 5, the overwhelming majority of respondents picked Dallas Turner to take the next step as the team’s sack leader.

According to the poll recap from the Vikings-focused SB Nation outlet Daily Norseman, 70% of voters believe Turner will lead the Vikings in sacks this season. Another 20% picked Andrew Van Ginkel. The remaining 10% was split among Jalen Redmond (3%), Eric Wilson (2%), and an “other” bucket (5%), which was described as matching the combined share of Redmond and Wilson.

The way the question was framed matters. SB Nation Reacts is built around fan voting, not on-field measurement, so the results should be read as expectation and sentiment rather than a statistical projection. Still, the distribution offers a window into what supporters see as the most plausible path for Minnesota’s pass rush to become more dominant.

In the same recap, Daily Norseman pointed to a role shift as part of the Turner case, arguing that Turner’s opportunity is more substantial now that the Vikings have moved on from Jonathan Greenard. The outlet also connected that opportunity to Turner’s early-career development, describing him as having been more limited earlier in his rookie stretch before earning the type of snap volume that can translate into bigger production.

There is also a reason fans kept Van Ginkel near the top of their choices. The recap noted that Van Ginkel finished one sack behind Turner last season in the context of their comparison, and it portrayed his recent workload as meaningful to the Vikings’ overall pass-rush picture. Even with that, the vote totals suggest most fans view Turner as the more likely finisher for team-leading sack numbers.

At this stage of the offseason, the most important takeaway is not whether the poll is “right,” but what it says about priorities inside Minnesota’s defense. A roster built around pressure typically needs at least one edge rusher to convert consistent snaps into sack production, and the poll indicates Turner is the name fans most associate with that conversion.

What to watch next is how Minnesota’s pass-rush roles settle over the summer and into training camp. If Turner is consistently deployed for longer stretches as an outside pass rusher, that would align with the reasoning fans offered for the vote. If instead the defensive staff balances production more evenly, the fan split between Turner and Van Ginkel would start looking less like a two-horse race and more like a reflection of how complicated sack production can be.

For now, the poll gives a clean answer to a fan question: in Minnesota, the consensus expectation for team sack leadership belongs to Dallas Turner, with Andrew Van Ginkel the runner-up in voting. The reality will come only once the season begins and sacks start showing up in the box score.