Minnesota Vikings Dismantle Detroit Lions Behind 192 Total Yards From Adrian

A promising finish to his rookie season only heightened expectations for Bridgewater, who was sacked five times in a 20-3 setback to San Francisco on Monday. The strength of Detroit’s offense is their passing game and they struggled last weekend with it. The Matthew Stafford and Johnson connection must get going early and often.

Peterson rushed for 134 yards and caught two passes for another 58 as the Vikings beat the Lions 26-16 at TCF Bank Stadium. The Lions’ final drive lasted 18 plays and 4:32 despite the team trailing by 16 points with 6:13 left, so a lack of urgency was another issue.

“I think everyone in this building, and hopefully everyone in this state, supports Stafford and this team and that’s exactly what we do”.

“The weather was handsome, and it was just a great day for football”, Peterson said. It felt good to be home. And while he missed a block in front of Teddy Bridgewater in the second quarter, Peterson was there as the quarterback flipped him the ball as defenders converged on him and raced 49 yards before he was hauled down.

GROUND UP: The Vikings were gashed for 230 yards rushing by the 49ers, including 168 by new lead running back Carlos Hyde.

Stafford, who threw two interceptions in the 33-28 loss to the Chargers that started with a 21-3 lead by the Lions in the second quarter, blamed the imbalanced time of possession; San Diego ran 74 plays to 47 snaps by Detroit.

But a two-point conversion failed, effectively ending the game. Stafford was hit eight times in the loss and needed an X-ray to examine his ribs following the game.

Turner admitted, though, that the game started badly with his quarterback.

Eric Ebron caught the other touchdown pass for the Lions.

Like previous year, Johnson and Golden Tate (six catches, 80 yards) weren’t enough to balance out an offense that couldn’t run the ball. “They’ll take criticism, they’ll take the corrections, they’ll take the adjustments that we make, and they’ll move forward and we’ll develop into a better team”, Caldwell said, via the Free Press.

NOTES: Peterson (12,577) passed Cris Carter (12,410) for the most combined receiving, returning and rushing yards in Vikings history….

“It was a poor performance; Disappointing”, Zimmer said. “We have time, but not much time”. “And if we just do that, we’re going to be just fine”.

“We had a lot of success in our one-on-one matchups, but communicating our calls and stuff like that, that’s probably what it was”, Lucas said. Many noticed that only a few Lions players reacted to Barr’s late push and that Stafford was the most upset by it.

To add literal insult to injury, Pro Football Focus now says that Stafford has the second-worst grades of any quarterback through the first two weeks.

Caldwell said there were breakdowns everywhere.

“I was full go today, ” Anunike said.