He appeared shaken up towards the end of the game.
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Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook uses his blocks to easily run in for a touchdown. Tahir Whitehead fell on the ball for the Lions, and the Vikings fell to 2-2 on the season with a 14-7 loss at U.S. Bank Stadium. It’s hard to win on the road against a division opponent like that. One came when after they had lined up to go for it on fourth-and-1 at their 36 but were unable to draw the Lions offside.
The Vikings immediately ruled Cook out for the remainder of the game. He is scheduled for an MRI.
Through three and a half games, Cook was establishing himself as one of the best running backs in the NFL. “Dalvin will have a great career”. The Lions recovered the fumble.
Teryl Austin did a good job with what he had: Jarrad Davis was inactive for the second straight week. He will get himself into position to make a play, only to get bullied off of the ball-carrier. He had two sacks on the day, which gives him the edge over his stout competition on the defensive side of the ball.
Zettel, who was drafted in the sixth round out of Penn State past year, had the first two-sack game of his career and leads the Lions this season with four sacks.
Stafford was 19-of-31 passing for 209 yards and a two-point conversion through the air as Detroit scored 11 points off turnovers.
Having played 123 games with the Vikings prior to hitting free agency Peterson would certainly enjoy a reunion in Minnesota.
Jones had three catches for 30 yards and the time of his injury, Sanu had one reception for three yards. It’s another time where you look at first and second down there, I think there was a play we had both (Stefon) Diggs and Adam (Thielen) rolling and I wish I had that play back, too. “He pulled himself up by pulling me down”, Treadwell said.
We won’t know anything until further tests are done. “Consistency is what I am looking for”.
It’s the National Football League and like all sports, injuries are part of the game.
Early in the second quarter, the Vikings burned two timeouts on a series while trailing 3-0. Keenum’s fourth-down pass was high and out of the back of the end zone. “We had some good play calls, but we didn’t execute”.
As he went down during the play, he understandably fumbled when hit as his concentration had to be on his knee and not ball security. Furthermore, those 94 yards are the most by a single Lions rusher during Jim Caldwell’s tenure as head coach. We just can’t have turnovers.
Lions G T.J. Lang, on how long it takes before the pain from a game sets in: “It depends on how many drinks you have”. Murray was listed as the Vikings second running back on the depth chart heading into today’s game. WR Kenny Golladay was also out with a hamstring injury.
The Minnesota Vikings lost by a final score of 7-14. Abdullah added 15 yards receiving to his total.
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For the 10th time in 52 regular-season games under Zimmer, the Vikings posted five-plus sacks. Kai Forbath’s miss on Sunday was not a soul-crusher, but missing field goals is a deflating thing for a team and leaving points on the board is recipe to lose a lot of close games.
