Vikings downgrade Peterson to questionable with illness

Early in the third quarter as the Vikings trailed by only two points, Teddy Bridgewater threw a deep ball to the speedy rookie in Diggs.

The game, though, changed in a hurry. The young QB said in a statement after the game, “No win in this league is going to come easy”.

Zimmer’s defense did the Jekyll and Hyde routine on Sunday in Detroit.

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The Lions (1-6) trailed 28-17 in the final minutes and drove all the way to the Minnesota 1. On the ground, Ameer Abdullah rushed for 48 ayrds in 14 attempts. When given time, Stafford looked good, but he just wasn’t given time after the first quarter.

Impressive comeback for the Vikings (4-2), who won their first road game of the season and just their third since the start of 2013. But when these things crumble, they’re hard to put back together. He let it go for me. He had a two-catch game at Arizona last season but had 41 receiving yards. He even had a rush for nine yards.

Stefon Diggs: Rookie receiver had his second consecutive 100-plus yard game, delivering highlight catch of the season for go-ahead score. Matthew Stafford started with six completions on six throws for 119 yards and two touchdowns, against a Vikings’ secondary that had only allowed six passing touchdowns in five games entering Ford Field.

It’s a juicy matchup for Peterson, who comes into Sunday with 432 rushing yards and three touchdowns. “I saw him in the meetings that [Saturday] night, so it was no big deal”.

The Vikings offense has struggled to move the ball so far this season.

“Swallowing a dip is not going to hurt your stomach”, Peterson said.

Where it once was a weakness in the defense, the Vikings linebackers unit is becoming a strength on the team.

Minnesota’s momentum continued in the second half. They defended passes, made tackles for losses and were flying all over the field. They had a few rhythm in their first 15, their scripted plays, and got us on a couple of sneaky ones that got by us and we were able to adjust. Only a short time ago this was the arguably the worst unit on the team and it has completely turned that around. Detroit’s starting defensive tackle Haloti Ngata returns from injury this week, but he isn’t enough to slow down Peterson’s efforts. Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Maclin is inactive because of a concussion.

With first-and-goal at the Minnesota 10, Stafford connected with Calvin Johnson (five catches, 86 yards) for 9 yards.

Detroit’s first quarter brought a lot of optimism, giving hope that Lombardi had taken the lessons learned against Chicago’s atrocious defense and was applying them against Minnesota. “I always make sure I keep an EpiPen with me”.