Seahawks vs. Vikings: Ratings for 2016 NFC Wild Card Matchup Revealed

But that didn’t deter fans of either team from packing the stands.

“We’re trying to be strategic about not wearing everything now”, he said. We were warm for the most part especially on the sidelines with the heated benches.

Playing in frigid temperatures in what could be described as “brutal”, both teams endured the cold weather while showing dominance on the field.

Seahawks fans Hannah and Mark Wilson of Seattle waited for a Green Line train in downtown Minneapolis on January 10, 2016. “It says a lot about our team”.

Musland, like almost everyone at the game, dressed in as many layers as he could put on. With that said, the duo still managed to get their respective jobs done.

So he’ll take a belief in the goodness of people into the offseason, along with confidence, determination and that stinging failure. “It’s getting cold now”.

Sometimes playoff football shows you something you’ve never seen before – and that you won’t soon forget.

Before kickoff Musland said he was optimistic the Vikings would pull off a win and advance to the next round. How about last year’s NFC Championship game and Super Bowl?

On Minnesota’s next possession disaster struck when Adrian Peterson fumbled on his own 40 and the Seahawks quickly turned that into a 46-yard Steven Hauschka field goal and a 10-9 lead that held up after Blair’s surprising miss. The kick, which would have all but clinched an upset victory over the Seahawks and sent the Vikings into the divisional round, sailed left from the moment it left Walsh’s foot. The Vikings build a 9-0 cushion through three quarters off of 22, 43 and 47-yard field goals, but the 27-yard attempt missed wide left. “There’s a high percentage that they make them, but you’ve still got to do it”. “So that stings. I’ll be working hard to erase that from my career, but it’ll take awhile”.

“My mindset is just to come back and be the best you guys have seen just overall and for this organization as well”, Peterson said during locker cleanout day Monday at the Vikings’ practice facility, the sting still fresh from Sunday’s 10-9 loss to Seattle in the first round of the playoffs. So that’s going to be the main thing overall, just being a better player and a better fit for this offense, as well. We did a good job in the running game, we did a good job on the quarterback. He also missed kicks in San Diego’s first two games of the 2007 playoffs, extending his streak of postseason games with a missed field goal to four. “So you know, that’s life”.

Contrary to claims made by Marshawn Lynch’s agent last week in a Seattle Times interview, the Seahawks running back did not have a physical setback last Friday before the team took off for Minnesota without him, according to coach Pete Carroll. The Vikings, led by Randy Moss and Randall Cunningham, went 15-1 in the regular season, and Anderson went 94 for 94 on field goals attempts and extra points – becoming the first kicker to go a full season without missing.

HAPPY NEW YEAR: The Vikings, who will have the 23rd pick in the first round of the draft this spring, have a busy year ahead with their move into U.S. Bank Stadium.