That possession ended with a 45-yard field goal by Walsh for a 15-10 lead.
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The Vikings would absolutely prefer to score more points on offense.
“It’s a tale of two halves for our team, ” said Tennessee coach Mike Mularkey. Asked if he had told the team whom the starter would be, Zimmer said, “Maybe”. Work hard this week and prepare for it. In the third quarter, Walsh got the defending NFC North champs on the scoreboard with a 50-yard field goal. I know it’s easy to be optimistic, but come on, the Vikings’ season was being laid upon the shoulders of a backup quarterback, Sean Hill, who we all figured would be the starting signal caller against the Titans. These two teams have hit the under in three of their last five encounters. He didn’t throw a touchdown or an interception. Kendricks was 3, and Hunter was 11 months old. He also recorded a half-sack.
Smith would have made it a fourth in the fourth quarter but had a nice catch erased because of a roughing the passer penalty against Griffen. Third down conversions weren’t bad at 42% (6/14), and the 7.2 net yards per passing attempt (NY/A) was good too, but this was overshadowed by not being able to run or convert in the red zone. “We still have a lot to get better at”.
“I guess we’ll find out Sunday”, Zimmer said.
“I knew that one was within my range”, Walsh said.
I think people will be disappointed if Waynes doesn’t take on a much larger role. “He’s our kicker so there’s no question about that, but he needs to kick better”. With Adrian Peterson in the backfield, all Minnesota’s O has to do is not lose, and they’ll do that with a 28-17 win over the Titans.
Bradford, who was acquired for a 2017 first-round pick and a conditional 2018 fourth-rounder in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles last week, joined the Vikings after Teddy Bridgewater tore multiple ligaments in his knee August 30. Never mind that they didn’t have an offensive touchdown.
The Jaguars ranked 29th in the league last season in pass defense, partly because of a lack of consistent rush and partly because of holes in the secondary. There was even an ounce of prevention when Kyle Rudolph broke up a likely interception.
I’m not sure how the Vikings are going to do in this stretch.
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It looks like you can forget about a sophomore slump for wide receiver Stefon Diggs. Waynes really needed a year to get some refinement and learn about the way Mike Zimmer wants his corners to play in his defense, and when he was pressed into duty towards the end of the season, he actually held up pretty well.
Peterson had 31 yards on 19 carries.
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Here are the winners from the Viking’s opening day victory. Then, Sunday, they found themselves down 10-0 at halftime after allowing the Titans to move the ball effectively on the ground and through the air. Expect them to get off to a fast start with a 34-24 win over Jacksonville. How we started out wasn’t good enough. “It was more about, ‘Hey, let’s do what we do and let’s go play.’ And that’s kind of what we did in the second half”.
