San Diego Chargers running back Melvin Gordon (28) carries the ball to score a touchdown past Minnesota Vikings cornerback Terence Newman (23) in the second quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium.
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The Vikings got a touchdown on a fumble recovery from Cordarrelle Patterson and three field goals from Blair Walsh, who was appearing before the home fans for the first time since missing a short kick in the final 30 seconds of last season’s 10-9 playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks. You see him a year ago, he made a couple of guys miss. Kinda just get the atmosphere and see the video board going”, Head Coach Mike Zimmer said, “I think it was good. So it means something when the new Minnesota Vikings guard says he thinks the Metrodome’s successor is even louder. There are reasons Bridgewater should see some live action before the regular-season opener September 11 at Tennessee, the least of them being the fact that Zimmer doesn’t want to be asked about it again. With his third consecutive throw, Bridgewater found Rudolph down the middle.
Bridgewater, entering his third season with the Vikings, successfully targeted Diggs five times for a total of 71 yards.
Be proactive – Use the “Flag as Inappropriate” link at the upper right corner of each comment to let us know of abusive posts. He connected with Rudolph three times and with Johnson and running back Jerick McKinnon two times apiece. The Vikings rushing attack will challenge them.
Almost all of the talk around the San Diego Chargers has been about the lack of Joey Bosa in camp.
“It’s not very good right now”, Zimmer said of the Vikings’ red-zone offense. I thought we did a great job of getting down there, but we have got to come away with touchdowns. “We have got to do better”.
With sunlight streaming in from the floor-to-ceiling glass on the west side and through the translucent, space-age roof, the Vikings enjoyed a gleaming debut for U.S. Bank Stadium in front of a sold-out crowd of 66,143.
“I was actually on the ground”.
“Today was unbelievable”, Bridgewater said.
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“His style is to get the ball and go fast, and sometimes in the gun you have to be a little bit more patient”, Zimmer said. Now, you just take all the momentum and now you just continue to put your foot on the gas. “I caught the harder ball”. “We want to use this week of practice to get better and come September 11 we want to make sure that we’re executing”.
