Lions ‘Slay’ Vikes for comeback win

And the final Vikings offensive play of the game encapsulates everything that Bradford has been so far as a starter on the team. Here are the winners and losers from the Thanksgiving Day game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions.

The Detroit Lions are a team that slacks off during the entire semester and is staring down a failing grade with just a few weeks left in class. As long as they are within a touchdown late in games, they believe they can win.

The Lions beat the Vikings on Thursday – but not without the help of the refs, according to Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway. He is just out there trying to do what it takes to help the team. “Fourth quarter if were down, we know Staff is going to make a play.

“They dont get tight even at the end of ballgames, in tough situations that can be a little bit uncomfortable, ” Caldwell said. “It was a great football game, one of those games you want to end up on top”.

Or you can make a case the Lions are more lucky than good.

“All these games are going to come down to the wire, probably, the way we are”, Zimmer said.

Marvin Jones was in the locker room late Thursday afternoon when he took a look around.

“We’ve got to learn from it and we’ve just got to put our hand on it and try to win out, ” Munnerlyn told media members. The Lions will have the tiebreaker for the division title, so they’ll need to win twice more than the Lions over the final five-game stretch to defend their NFC North crown and get the automatic home game. Detroit has been the flawless representation of that.

The Vikings led 13-10 and had the Lions pinned back at their own 2 with 5:02 remaining, but Stafford made a 29-yard pass to Anquan Boldin on a crucial third down, and Detroit was able to work its way into position for Prater’s 48-yard field goal that tied it with 1:45 to play.

“I wish I could have seen him fall off the outside route and come back in”, Bradford said.

“You know, made some big catches for us and he and I are on the same page the majority of the time, which is good”. You lost a heartbreaker like that and it hurts.

The biggest problem is that the Vikings have more than run out of reliable blockers around Boone on the offensive line. This is the type of team that can bounce back and we’ve got to prove to everybody we’re fine. Last season, Adrian Peterson ran for 1,485 yards by himself, and the team collectively rushed for 2,211 while averaging almost two full yards/carry more than this year’s team. No decision was more egregious than the Lions’ decision on third-and-inches on the offense’s game-tying drive.

They liked the idea of playing at 1 p.m. on Sundays, being underneath the national consciousness, taking it week to week and just seeing what happens.

One play after the Vikings were called for an illegal formation that wiped out what would’ve been a first down, cornerback Darius Slay came up with a game-changing interception with 38 seconds left. It’s a matter of wins and losses. It’s on each and every one of us. “We feel like we’re working our tails off to get wins”, Stafford said after the Sunday’s 16-13 win over the Vikings.