Bridgewater greeted his teammates as they ran through the stadium tunnel after the game, clapping and slapping their backs. “I thought it was a really hard-fought game”, said Mike Zimmer. And the amusing thing about it, when you play against those type teams, afterward coaches come up to you, “Man, I wish I had you on my team”. “We have a ton of tough road games in general, teams coming in here with great records, so we are not anxious about (a share of the division lead) at this point”. Instead, Peterson was the best part about Minnesota’s offense this afternoon as he rushed 29 times for 125 yards (4.3 yard average) and a touchdown. Derek Carr completed 24 of 44 passes for 301 yards and four touchdowns against one interception. The hit on Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was vicious in the sense that it knocked him out cold on the field, but it’s hard to find a replay where you can justify the opinion that Lamarcus Joyner did anything intentionally.
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The Saint Louis Rams dropped an overtime game to the Minnesota Vikings, which puts them at 4-4, still in second place in NFC West thanks to a tie-breaker with Seattle Seahawks.
The Vikings were infuriated by the hit on a sliding Bridgewater that drew a personal foul. He was later helped off the field. And the same Harrison who later said the Rams should thank him for ending Green’s season because they went on to win the Super Bowl with Kurt Warner at quarterback. He is in concussion protocol being monitored and tested daily.
“No, I won’t elaborate, but yes, I do”, Zimmer said. “I’ll leave it at that”. No. 2 on the list of most games leading the Vikings in rushing is Robert Smith with 70. We do things right. The game was physical (perhaps, at times, too physical) and the Vikings found just enough production on both sides of the ball to escape another close one. “Mixing it up and taking advantage of opportunities that are presented to us and get the W at the end of the day”. In five games for the Vikings, Stefon Diggs has 11 catches covering 20-plus yards. Walsh has kicked 15 straight field goals.
With rookie Eric Kendricks not playing due to injury, and Audie Cole having his season ended on the field today, veteran linebacker Chad Greenway was called upon to do a few extra work against St. Louis.
The loss also hurt the Rams’ playoff chances as they were chasing the Vikings entering the game and now trail in the Wild Card standings by two games.
The Minnesota Vikings will be traveling to the West Coast to take on the Oakland Raiders this weekend.
Well, alrighty, then. Of course, attacking the messenger doesn’t always mean that the message was incorrect, but Fisher does have a point that Harrison himself was widely considered a dirty player by his peers. The league has three 8-0 teams, unbeaten New England, Cincinnati and Carolina for the first time in history.
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Gurley was stopped before crossing the goal line as the Vikings preserved a 10-6 lead.
