His emergence is a huge boost for Bridgewater, who targeted the pass-catcher on 48 percent of his targets against Chicago and clearly trusts their growing chemistry. “Can’t win in a temporary stadium”, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said of purported reasons his team won’t win. If the Vikings can keep him and Teddy Bridgewater for like eight or nine or 10 years, the sky is the limit for them….
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“At this point, we can’t point fingers”. After a 5-yard pass from Jay Cutler to Martellus Bennett and an incompletion deep down the left sideline to Marquess Wilson, Chicago faced 3rd-and-5 from its own 25 with 1:17 to go. On the run, Cutler darted a pass that hit Langford in the chest. The Bears led that one 31-24 in the fourth quarter, only to have the Lions come back for the victory. “Teddy made a few huge plays when he needed to, and that’s Teddy”. And rookie Stefon Diggs is unstoppable. Peterson’s 9-yard run on first down set up Walsh’s final kick.
With the Vikings trailing, late in the fourth quarter Bridgewater found Diggs on a 15-yard curl route that Diggs promptly spun into a 40-yard game-tying touchdown.
The extent to Matt Forte’s knee injury is still unknown, but the word around the National Football League is that his injury is dealing with his MCL and not ACL, which is good news for the Bears.
Diggs caught a team-high six passes for 95 yards. He now has 19 catches for 324 yards and two touchdowns.
If you look at the current standings, you’ll see that the Falcons wold get the #1 Wild Card spot if the playoffs started today, and the Vikings would get the #2 spot.
“We had a little bit of an unusual situation with [nose tackle] Bruce [Gaston] being sick two days”, Fox said.
– It came late, but a win’s a win, especially on the road in Chicago, and the Vikings are now 5-2 on the season.
The quarterback chatted with his rookie teammate following the drop, telling him that one play doesn’t win or lose a game, and that the best thing he can do is learn from the mistake.
The Bears had jumped ahead 20-13 on a dramatic score with 4:55 to play. The quarterback scrambled to his right and slammed into Vikings safety Harrison Smith at the goal line before falling into the end zone for his first rushing TD of the year. Finishing games must be a first priority for the Bears.
The Vikings have won three straight games, but defensive end Everson Griffen is not satisfied. “It feels good, but I am far from the hero”, Walsh said.
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Marcus Sherels returned a punt return 65 yards for a touchdown in Sunday’s win over Chicago.
