Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson has been a non-factor in the offense for the past four games. With 237 receiving yards during that span, that’s almost the same amount of yards he had between Weeks 4 and 5 (249 yards).

Adjusting to new rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy , Jefferson has averaged 76.2 yards per game across McCarthy's four starts. The four-time Pro Bowler said on Thursday that it’s on him to “mentally” return to the player he was in 2022, when he set a career-high with 1,809 receiving yards and was named the AP Offensive Player of the Year.

“Mentally, just wanting to get back into that mode,” Jefferson said to Andrew Krammer of The Minnesota Tribune at a Thursday news conference. “I like to say savage mode. … Just going out there and just killing it

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