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Blake CashmanMinnesota Vikings · #51

Linebacker · 6' 1", 235 lbs · Eden Prairie, MN · Age 30
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LinebackerDrafted 157th overall7-yr veteran
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Blake Cashman
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Minnesota Vikings · #51 · Linebacker
Blake Cashman
Season avg144 tkl · 2 sacks · 0 int
Career avg437 tkl · 12 sacks · 1 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
Scouting report

Blake Cashman — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Linebacker · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Blake Cashman is a Linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, drafted 157th overall, 2019. In 2025 he recorded 144 tackles, 2 sacks.
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Offense
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Defense
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Act II

Where he stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
✦ Balladex Consensus: #50 of 2270 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
29Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

The engine

How the model sees him

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 7-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Minnesota Vikings built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

49–33proj record
#5conf seed
+3.1net rtg
115.6off rtg
112.5def rtg
89%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Aaron Jones Sr., Andrew Van Ginkel.
How his role moves
Projected 49–33, 5th in the conference. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Epic
Rank #49 of 2270 in NFL.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1996-05-10

The beginning

Blake Cashman is a Linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, in his 8th NFL season.

Minnesota Vikings

Turning pro

Drafted 157th overall, 2019 as a Linebacker.

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Blake Cashman is a Minnesota Vikings linebacker, drafted 157th overall, 2019.

Chapter

Across 7 seasons (2019–2025) he has recorded 437 tackles, 12 sacks and 1 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 144 tackles, 2 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

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Cashman's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 1"
Weight
235 lbs
Draft
157th overall, 2019
Born
Eden Prairie, MN
Age
30
Jersey
#51
Blake Cashman career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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