Arians back at work after brief hospital stay

He founded the NFL’s and Vikings’ Community Tuesday initiative through which players used their day off during the regular season to make positive differences around the community, a lasting legacy.

The Minnesota Vikings put up 30 points on the Arizona Cardinals to finally snap a four-game losing streak that had soured their season.

That was about as far as the Cardinals’ coach wanted to get into the subject of his health, after a stay in the hospital Sunday night – his second hospital stint in four months. Turning around a situation like that isn’t easy.

Under Shurmur, the Vikings’ offense has averaged 295 yards in three games, a tad more than the 293.3 they averaged in seven games with Turner. “Ball’s in the air”, Munnerlyn said.

“Any time we get help from our defense or special teams, obviously, it’s a huge help”, quarterback Sam Bradford said.

And it really was the Vikings, collectively.

Luck suffered a concussion during Sunday’s 24-17 win over the Tennessee Titans but finished the game and went 15 of 28 for 262 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.

Cordarrelle Patterson had four receptions for 53 yards on eight targets.

Do the Vikings have the players to compete?

Wide receiver Stefon Diggs had his National Football League record streak of back-to-back 13 reception games end. Stuff happens in the NFL. Once again, the Vikings couldn’t produce anything in the run game. We don’t always do a good job of handling that balance. The sun is back in the sky. The second score came on a tight-end reverse to Rhett Ellison that gave Minnesota a 16-13 lead with 23 seconds left in regulation. Meanwhile, the Arizona Cardinals went from being a playoff contender in 2015 to a struggling team this year that is falling quickly behind the Seattle Seahawks.

“Next on Season Two of All or Nothing, more nothing”.

Even before Donald’s helmet-to-helmet hit on Ryan Tannehill, the Rams burned one of their two remaining timeouts with 2:18 left – as they were lined up for a punt, no less – rather than take the delay-of-game penalty.

Following the Vikings’ victory over Arizona last Sunday, Bradford was asked if he had heard of Thielen before arriving in Minnesota. “I think both offensive lines have their work cut out for them”. “I know where his mind is and we all know what’s expected of us, and we need to play better and perform at a higher level”.

“The Wildcat is a nice addition”, said guard Alex Boone.

It’s an understandable approach by opposing defenses, but it doesn’t seem to have affected Bradford’s effectiveness. He has caught three or more passes in every game since Week 4. Coming off the best season in their history, they were showcased on Sunday Night Football in Week 1, against those hated New England Patriots, and they were heavy favorites.

That remains to be seen.

Shurmur’s fourth game as coordinator will be Thursday at Detroit.