Vikings beat Jaguars 25-16 for 1st road win since September

They would have made a formidable combination.

That’s how it has gone most of the season. It’s smart to just throw the ball down field with hopes the other team will bump into your receiver and you get 30 yards for free as the Jags did on their touchdown drive. The last teams to finish below.500 with such a ranking were the Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders in 2006, which also happens to be the last time the Jaguars (8-8 that season) had a top-four defense. Sam Bradford has completed 10-of-14 passes for 167 yards, while Stefon Diggs has 50 yards on two catches to lead the Vikings in receiving.

Fresh after not playing in 10 days following a loss on Thursday Night Football, the Vikings can send the Jaguars to their worst losing streak since Bradley’s first season with the franchise while keeping the playoffs within view with a victory in a battle of two sputtering offenses Sunday at EverBank Field in Jacksonville. He had another surgery the next day and returned to work last Monday. “And this year, he gets back to doing things correctly all the time“. All are expected to play against the Jaguars.

The first half of this game was a field goal fest.

Highlighted by a 26-yard pass to Thielen, the Vikings got into Jaguars territory again, only to be forced to kick a field goal for the fourth time, this one a 46-yard field goal from Forbath. One of those games includes a key matchup, in week 16, against the Green Bay Packers, who the Vikings beat in week two and are tied with in the NFC North standings. He hauled in a 45-yard grab with just under five minutes left in the second quarter. Ramsey and Diggs (Maryland) squared off once in college, a 63-0 victory for the Seminoles in 2013. “And I thought we did a real good job of that”. “Obviously, today to come out and be able to push the ball down the field and create explosive plays in the passing game, I think that was a big help for our offense”. “I can’t make any more young guy mistakes”. “I’ll assess him to (Vikings GM Rick Spielman) when we sit down and talk”. “I’m looking forward to it, of course”.

Smith captured part of the ceremony on his phone as more than 40 former Jaguars stood behind him. Forbath remained flawless as a Viking, draining the kick from 40 yards out to put Minnesota’s lead back to six at 9-3. Minnesota’s 4-6 record in NFC games also would hurt in wild-card scenarios, and another loss would be devastating. “Be an All-Pro at getting back up because you’re going to get knocked down”.

“If you’re going to preach it, you need to walk the walk, too”, Zimmer said on Monday.

Minnesota entered Sunday’s game with nine players on injured reserve and five sitting out. His favorite player? Running back Chuck Foreman.

“He’s a warrior”, cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said on Monday. “So when you have those opportunities, you have to take advantage of them”. My family is still all back there. In typical Vikings’ fashion, they worked that into a 4th-and-goal at the Jacksonville 1 (after a Vikings’ challenge of an Asiata goal line carry was unsuccessful), and Asiata got stuffed at the goal line to turn it over on downs.

But just like when Asiata couldn’t bull over earlier on third and fourth down from a yard, the Vikings came away empty after he coughed up the ball in the middle of a pile while trying to break the plane of the goal line.