Adrian Peterson takes (and deserves) blame for Vikings’ loss

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers led his team to an impressive win over the Washington Redskins, and the Seattle Seahawks will face the Carolina Panthers in the divisional round after a late missed field goal by the Vikings. “I’m proud of how we played on first and second downs”.

The game was broken wide open early in the fourth quarter when Lockett’s 35-yard gain, which came after Wilson fumbled a shotgun snap, helped set up a three-yard touchdown pass to the red-hot Doug Baldwin, who scored for the 13th time in nine games.

Seattle then drove the ball down to the Minnesota 28 and kicked a field goal to take a 10-9 lead with 8 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. You have kicked game winners before and will make game winners in the future. It’s all about the opportunity that you had and what you do with it. I like this football team.

Walsh said holder Jeff Locke, who had set the laces toward Walsh instead of away from him, as per standard fundamentals, didn’t do anything wrong.

However, I’m sure that Seattle will get all the credit for dominating the game even though they were extremely lucky, and I’m sure that DVOA will tell us that Minnesota never stood a chance despite what 3/4 of the game showed us, but it is what it is. I’m just proud of this team in general.

His coach Mike Zimmer was unforgiving. “He’s got to make it”, said Zimmer, who did not speak with Walsh directly after the game.

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll likes the familiar challenge of facing Carolina in an NFC Divisional playoff game next Sunday. They gained all of 11 yards heading into the second period, and they trailed by double digits.

But the Seahawks’ defense, which held the Vikings to 183 yards, kept coming up big in critical situations and bought time for the offense to finally, well, warm up. “It was in their hands, I knew they were going to blow it for us”.

(AP Photo/Jim Mone). Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (28) runs the ball during the first half of an NFL wild-card football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Minneapolis.

Green Bay will play at Arizona on Saturday. Seattle took over possession and killed the clock with a knee, ending the Vikings season and advancing. Kam Chancellor was about to see his tough (personal) season end after two major coverage lapses against Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph. The Steelers defeated the Bengals in a wild 18-16 game that was essentially sealed when two 15-yard penalties-one for a hit by Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict and one for a personal foul on cornerback Adam Jones-turned Pittsburgh’s winning field goal attempt into a chip shot. Those nine points we have on the board, you accounted for those.

His quarterback, Kirk Cousins, made his first playoff start after a breakthrough season and was 29 for 46 for 329 yards.