Cardinal chains 39 walkthrough6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() What NFC team has better talent? The Eagles, sure. Add Adam Thielen, Christian Darrisaw, Brian O'Neill, Jordan Hicks, and Harrison Smith to the list. The Vikings play sound field-position football and generally avoid penalties as a team loaded with veterans, there's a good chance that they will continue to succeed in those areas.Īnd Jefferson? He makes 32-yard jump balls on fourth-and-18 with the game on the line in the fourth quarter and 24-yard sideline snares on third-and-10 in overtime look routine. Patrick Peterson (two interceptions on Sunday) is enjoying a late-career renaissance. Danielle Hunter and Za'Darius Smith are a formidable pair of bookend edge rushers. Hockenson (seven catches, 45 yards) has added YAC opportunities in the flat and over the middle that Irv Smith Jr. They run the ball well, with Dalvin Cook racing 81 yards off left tackle for a touchdown late in the third quarter to spark their comeback. The Vikings are balanced on offense and defense. Cousins is as good as he must be in an NFC where most of the other quarterbacks are either washed up, injured, or feel-good reclamation projects. But Cousins also made some big downfield throws to Justin Jefferson and friends and made the most of his late-game opportunities. Kirk Cousins? He was recognizably himself on Sunday: two interceptions an overtime strip-sack the Vikings were fortunate to recover a pair of trip-over-a-teammate's-feet flops, one of them when the Vikings tried (and failed) to score a touchdown in the waning seconds. In doing so, they answered most of the questions which had persisted while they tiptoed through a schedule full of weak or injury-ravaged opponents. It took some guessing on the harder multiple-choice questions and someone pulling the fire alarm in the final minute of regulation, but they passed. The Vikings faced the toughest test the NFL has to offer in 2022 on Sunday. Thanks in part-but by no means exclusively because of-a bad, foolish, don't-quote-probabilities-at-me-dear-colleagues ( too late) fourth-and-2 conversion attempt by the Bills.after coming back from a 17-point late-third-quarter deficit.with Josh Allen looking none the worse for wear from his elbow injury. ![]()
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