Everybody loves player grades courtesy of Pro Football Focus, right?

Though it’s become commonplace for some people in NFL circles to criticize Pro Football Focus for its process, the player grades offer some easily digestible insight into who played well and who played poorly in a game.

Here’s a look at the player grades from the Vikings’ 27-19 loss to the Baltimore Ravens:

Top 3 on offense (minimum 20 snaps)

Jalen Nailor … 87.5

Brian O’Neill … 66.2

Christian Darrisaw … 65.5

Analysis: This makes sense for Nailor considering he had a breakout game with five catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. Though it might seem surprising that O’Neill scored as well as he did considering he had three false start penalties, he held up well in pass protection, and was a big part of establishing the run. The same goes for Darrisaw on the other side of the offensive line.

Bottom 3 on offense (minimum 20 snaps)

T.J. Hockenson … 46.5

Blake Brandel … 53.3

J.J. McCarthy … 53.4

Analysis: The lack of production from Hockenson is starting to become a concerning trend. He only logged two catches in the game. Some of the falls on Hockenson for not making himself more available. Some of that falls on the shoulders on the McCarthy for not finding him underneath. The latter is a part of a bigger issue as McCarthy’s inaccuracy has significantly hindered the offense as a whole.

Top 3 on defense (minimum 20 snaps)

Jalen Redmond … 74.5

Dallas Turner … 71.0

Javon Hargrave … 69.8

Analysis: It was another impressive performance from Redmond as he continues to establish himself as a force in the trenches. He finished with eight combine tackles in the game. That effort from Redmond was instrumental in slowing down running back Derrick Henry. As for Turner, he made the most of his 27 snaps, and likely would have scored even higher had his sack not be nullified due to a roughing the passer penalty.

Bottom 3 on defense (minimum 20 snaps)

Jonathan Greenard … 36.2

Josh Metellus … 37.2

Harrison Smith … 38.1

Analysis: The impact of Greenard was felt in his absence as the defense slowly waned in its ability to stop the run. That said, Greenard got docked points even before he left the game with a shoulder injury, namely because of his tackling at the point of attack. Meanwhile, Metellus was deemed to have struggled in coverage, while Smith was deemed to have struggled in tackling, as well.

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By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, which have been a target of President Donald Trump.

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The justices took up an appeal from Mississippi after a panel of three judges nominated by the Republican president on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that the state law allowing ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day to be counted violated federal law.

Mississippi is among 18 states and the District of Columbia that accept mailed ballots received after Election Day as long as the ballots are postmarked on or before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The list includes swing states such as Nevada and states such as Colorado, Oregon and Utah that rely heavily on mail voting.

An additional 14 states allow the counting of late-arriving ballots from some eligible voters, including overseas U.S. service members and their families, according to a filing from Democratic-led states that urged the justices to reverse the appellate ruling.

The case will be argued in the late winter or early spring. A final ruling almost certainly will come by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, told the Supreme Court that the appellate ruling “will have destabilizing nationwide ramifications” if left in place.

“The stakes are high: ballots cast by — but received after — election day can swing close races and change the course of the country,” Fitch wrote.

Trump has claimed that late-arriving ballots and drawn-out electoral counts undermine confidence in elections. In March, the Republican president signed an executive order on elections that aims to require votes to be “cast and received” by Election Day. The order has been challenged in court.

The Republican National Committee and the Libertarian Party of Mississippi led the challenge to the Mississippi law. A federal judge dismissed a similar challenge to Nevada’s law, but the decision has been appealed.

The Supreme Court is separately considering reviving a lawsuit filed by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., and backed by the Trump administration that challenges Illinois’ ballot receipt law. The issue is whether the congressman has the legal right to sue.

Some Republican-led states, including Kansas and North Dakota, have taken steps to stop counting late-arriving ballots. In Ohio, Republican lawmakers are advancing legislation that would require ballots to be received by Election Day, closing the window for mailed ballots. The measure has passed the state Senate.

In the Mississippi case, Judge Andrew Oldham wrote for the appellate panel that Congress established a “singular” Election Day for members of Congress and presidential electors, “by which ballots must be both cast by voters and received by state officials.” Judges James Ho and Stuart Kyle Duncan joined Oldham’s opinion invalidating the Mississippi law.

The ruling reversed a decision by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr., who had held that there was no conflict between the state and federal laws. “All that occurs after election day is the delivery and counting of ballots cast on or before election day,” wrote Guirola, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, a Republican.

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Big Tech and other superstars of the U.S. stock market are rallying on Monday, as Wall Street recovers much of its loss from last week.

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The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% to claw back more than two-thirds of its first weekly loss in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 183 points, or 0.4%, as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.9% higher.

Nvidia was by far the strongest force pushing the market upward and rose 4%. It and other winners in the frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology had been at the center of last week’s drop. Critics say their stock prices shot too high and too fast in the mania around AI, drawing comparisons to the 2000 dot-com bubble that ultimately burst.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes chips for Nvidia and other companies, saw its stock that trades in United States rise 3.1% after saying its revenue climbed nearly 17% in October from a year earlier. While such growth is strong compared with other companies, it’s a slowdown from TSMC’s earlier performance.

Another AI darling, Palantir Technologies, jumped 8% for the biggest gain in the S&P 500.

The gains for tech helped offset losses across much of the rest of the market, as the majority of stocks within the S&P 500 index sank.

Health insurers fell as uncertainty remains about whether Washington will extend expiring health care tax credits, a sticking point in the disagreement on Capitol Hill that’s created the longest-ever shutdown for the U.S. government.

That’s even though the Senate took the first steps on Sunday to end the shutdown.

President Donald Trump suggested in a social media post over the weekend — with few details — that the subsidies being sent to the “money sucking” insurance companies should instead be sent directly to people so they can buy their own health insurance.

Humana fell 2.6%, and Cigna slipped 0.7%.

The effects of the government’s shutdown have become more apparent following the cancellations of thousands of flights over the weekend. Towers are facing shortages as some air traffic controllers — unpaid for weeks — have stopped showing up for work.

Besides the pain at airports, the U.S. government’s shutdown has also delayed many important reports on the economy. A resumption could upset financial markets if the released logjam shows data that dashes traders’ expectations for coming cuts to interest rates.

The wide expectation is that the Federal Reserve will continue to cut its main interest rate in hopes of shoring up what has been a slowing job market. Wall Street loves lower interest rates because they can give the economy a boost while also pushing prices for investments upwards.

But the Fed has said it may have to halt its cuts if inflation worsens because lower interest rates can give inflation more fuel.

Without updates from the U.S. government on jobs and the economy, traders have been trawling profit reports from companies for clues about how things are going.

Tyson Foods, which sells chicken and other meat, climbed 2.1% after reporting a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. It benefited from increases in prices of 11% to 17% for its beef and pork.

Roughly four out of every five companies in the S&P 500 have also been reporting stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected. Companies usually top analysts’ profit expectations each quarter, but the pressure was high this time around because they needed to justify the big moves upward their stock prices have made since April.

Delivering bigger profits is one of the easier ways they can quiet criticism that their stock prices have become too expensive.

Companies have also been giving generally strong forecasts for upcoming results, according to Bank of America strategist Savita Subramanian. That has analysts’ overall expectations for earnings in 2026 nearly all the way back to where they were before Trump shocked the economy and financial markets with his “Liberation Day” announcement of worldwide tariffs.

In stock markets abroad, indexes rallied across much of Europe and Asia.

South Korea’s Kospi jumped 3% for one of the bigger gains. Chip company SK Hynix, which is cooperating with Nvidia on artificial intelligence, leaped 4.5%. Its bigger rival, Samsung Electronics, climbed 2.8%.

In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury edged down to 4.10% from 4.11% late Friday.

AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.

We all know about points, rebounds, assists, etc.

The counting stats get much of the glory in basketball. But how does your team perform when you’re on the floor?

That’s what net rating measures — the points per 100 possessions for your team versus your opponents. The more positive your number, the better your team is playing with you on the court. The more negative? Well, you get it.

Here are Minnesota’s updated individual numbers, with the offensive rating (points scored per 100 possessions), defensive rating (points allowed per 100 possessions) and net rating (offense and defense combined) through 10 games of the season.

Offensive Ratings

Anthony Edwards: 127.2

Julius Randle: 125.9

Jaden McDaniels: 122.3

Donte DiVincenzo: 120.5

Mike Conley: 119.1

Rudy Gobert: 118.9

Jaylen Clark: 117.7

Naz Reid: 114.5

Bones Hyland: 109.7

Rob Dillingham: 107.6

Terrence Shannon Jr.: 101.6

Defensive Ratings

Rudy Gobert: 106.8

Jaylen Clark: 108.5

Bones Hyland: 110.4

Mike Conley: 113.6

Donte DiVincenzo: 114.7

Jaden McDaniels: 115.6

Anthony Edwards: 118.2

Julius Randle: 118.9

Rob Dillingham: 119.2

Naz Reid: 119.6

Terrence Shannon Jr.: 121.3

Net Ratings

Rudy Gobert: 12.1

Jaylen Clark: 9.2

Anthony Edwards: 9.0

Julius Randle: 7.0

Jaden McDaniels: 6.7

Donte DiVincenzo: 5.8

Mike Conley: 5.6

Bones Hyland: -0.7

Naz Reid: -5.0

Rob Dillingham: -11.6

Terrence Shannon Jr.: -19.7

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