Minnesota Vikings: Three takeaways from Vikings win against the Falcons

Wilson threw a career-high five touchdown passes, including two TDs to Doug Baldwin in the final 8:12, and the Seattle Seahawks held on for a wild 39-30 win over Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.

While they’re now boasting a 7-3 win-loss card, such a bad performance last week must be thrown out, especially that the season is heading to a close and everyone is fighting for their respective spots.

Minnesota (8-3) jumped ahead on Peterson’s 1-yard run in the opening quarter, and clinched it when he got loose on a 35-yard scamper down the sideline with 4:15 remaining in the game.

The Falcons’ losing streak stretched to four with Sunday’s 20-10 defeat at the hands of the Vikings, who finally beat a team with a winning record.

He now has six picks in the last four games.

Atlanta’s number one rated rushing defense was gashed by Peterson for 158 yards and two TDs.

PASSING DEFENSE: C. Free safety Ricardo Allen wouldn’t budge when Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater tried to pump fake him out of the middle of the field. “And it’s a little bit about a mindset too”. This team is reeling, but we’ve seen how things can change at the drop of a hat in this league. “We just have to keep doing what we’ve been doing here lately”.

One of the most important statistics for Zimmer is the combination of rushes and completions. He completed 22 of 31 passes for 230 yards and one touchdown. The Falcons and Vikings traded field goals in the second quarter and the score was 10-3 heading into halftime.

“That’s kind of the style we’re playing right now”, Zimmer said.

LANDOVER, Md. – Jay Gruden’s Washington Redskins have not won two games in a row all season.

“That’s all you can ask for”, Coleman said of his team’s support. “They’re getting stops. They’re getting turnovers”. You saw that on his long run.

David Johnson ran for a 1-yard touchdown in the third for the Cardinals (9-2), who have nine wins in their first 11 games in consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise history. That can’t happen. Can’t ever happen; not with the talent we’ve got.

Barr was more critical of himself Monday, but said, “Second year, you should feel more comfortable”. But it did not matter, because their ground game was so strong.

And that real defense is why they could be a legitimate threat in the playoffs.

“The first time we set it was Oakland, and we did it against Oakland, so then we set it this week”, Line added. They’ve been hard ones for us.

“I think they’re developing an attitude”, Zimmer said a day after Minnesota’s impressive 20-10 victory at Atlanta. As has become standard for Atlanta of late, it came down to taking care of the football, and Atlanta didn’t do that. “All 11 guys being where they’re supposed to be when the defense is called”, defensive end Brian Robison said. “500 at the end of the season”. “You can always do better – you strive for greatness”.

Hasselbeck is 4-0 this season in place of injured starter Andrew Luck, who has a lacerated kidney and an abdominal injury. Outside of coordinator Kyle Shanahan’s three runs to open the game, the Falcons had a good game plan to move the ball and had Peterson slowed early. But if there’s one team that Minnesota would want to face right now, it should be no one else but the Falcons. The game is also airing as a live stream online.