![]() The crowd roared as Green Bay fell to 3-2 and put Minnesota ahead in the division standings. When the Giants took the lead for good in the 29-22 victory over the Packers, the Vikings' game operations crew sounded the celebratory Gjallarhorn. With division rival Green Bay playing early in London, much of the broadcast was shown on the videoboards as fans filed in and sunlight streamed through the west-facing windows. That drive included a 5-yard run with less than three minutes left by the pocket-preferring Cousins on third-and-5 from the Chicago 20. The Vikings responded with a 17-play, 80-yard march that drained an even 7 minutes off the clock. Two plays later, Fields got loose for what would've been a 52-yard touchdown run, but Smith-Marsette was called for an illegal block above the waist to wipe that out.Ĭairo Santos instead made his third field goal of the game to give the Bears for a 22-21 lead with 9:31 to go. from 9 yards out on the first possession of the third quarter get the Bears back into it.Įarly in the fourth, Kindle Vildor picked off Cousins as he rolled right on first down and tried to connect with Adam Thielen at the 30, and the return gave the Bears the ball near midfield. Three times last week against New Orleans, they had to settle for field goals after crossing the 20.Īfter a punt, two missed field goals and an interception threatened to ruin Minnesota's stellar start, the Vikings had one more commanding drive.ĭavid Montgomery scored Chicago's' first touchdown on a 9-yard run. In past 3 meetings, CB KYLE FULLER has 2 INTs.Justin Jefferson finished with a career-high 12 catches for 154 yards and caught a 2-point conversion pass from Cousins to push the lead to seven, and Dalvin Cook rushed for 94 yards and two scores.Ĭousins set a franchise record with 17 consecutive completions to start the game, and coach Kevin O'Connell put on a play-calling clinic as the Vikings reached the end zone on their first three possessions for a 21-3 lead midway through the second quarter. CB CRE'VON LE BLANC had INT in last meeting. S ADRIAN AMOS led team with 8 tackles last week. LB LEONARD FLOYD had sack in last home meeting. DE AKIEM HICKS had 2 sacks & PD in last home meeting. ![]() Has 2 sacks & FF in past 2 home meetings. * LB PERNELL MC PHEE aims for 3rd in row with sack. Had 7 receptions for 88 yards in last home meeting. division, TE ZACH MILLER has 10 receptions for 119 yards & TD. * WR KENDALL WRIGHT had TD catch last week, his 1st rec. Ranks 4th among rookies with 331 scrimmage yards. Rookie RB TARIK COHEN aims for 3rd in row at home with 100+ scrimmage yards. Had career-high 153 rush yards in last home meeting. In 2 career meetings, has 288 rush yards (144 per game) & TD. * RB JORDAN HOWARD ties for 2nd in NFL with 4 rush TDs. Passed for 4,762 yards, 30 TDs & 6 INTs at UNC in 2016. Is 1 of 2 (LUKE KUECHLY) in NFL since 2013 with 10+ INTs (10) & 6+ sacks (6.5).īears notes: QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY (rookie) makes NFL debut. S HARRISON SMITH has 2 INTs in past 4 at Chi. CB XAVIER RHODES has 8 PD & 2 INTs in past 7 meetings. DE DANIELLE HUNTER led team with 2 sacks last week, his 3rd career game with 2 sacks. * DE EVERSON GRIFFEN ranks 2nd in NFC with 5 sacks. yards (117) & had TD catch in last meeting. TE KYLE RUDOLPH set career-highs in receptions (11) & rec. Diggs (8) & Thielen (7) rank 1st & 2nd in NFL in catches of 20+ yards. WR ADAM THIELEN ranks 3rd in NFL with 358 rec. * WR STEFON DIGGS leads NFL with 391 rec. ![]() RB LATAVIUS MURRAY ranks 6th in NFL with 18 rush TDs since 2015. * RB JERICK MC KINNON had 110 scrimmage yards (89 rush, 21 rec.) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in last meeting. NFC North, has 2,020 pass yards (288.6 per game), 13 TDs & 3 INTs for 101.9 rating. ![]() QB SAM BRADFORD has 478 pass yards with 4 TDs & 1 INT for 100.8 rating in past 2 meetings. Vikings notes: QB CASE KEENUM has 588 pass yards (294 per game), 3 TDs & 0 INTs for 111.1 rating in past 2. ![]()
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