Vikings’ Jarius Wright: Has just one reception

I didn’t go as aggressive as I thought I would. “As soon as you know it’s two-deep, you’ve got to go to the run…. But I’m not mad that you didn’t”.

This pass was a 50-50 ball, with the Vikings’ Terence Newman positioned in front of Holmes.

The advice to stay hungry and avoid complacency, analogous to a mouse sniffing a trap set with a tasty snack, will be especially pertinent now that they’ve moved past the Green Bay Packers in the NFC North. And as we do each week, we’re going to single out the guys who saw their stock rise the most in the game. “But yeah, inside this locker room, we’re a pretty confident group”. It’s statistically significant yes, but the Packers are just slightly better than 50/50 odds against the Vikings to win the NFC North title at this point. “That’s just one person”. Peterson is tied for the lead in National Football League history with six career games of 200 yards rushing.

Adrian Peterson wasn’t supposed to be this good at 30 years old, but he is.

In his usual fashion, Peterson started the day with a couple of good runs but had more rushes that picked up a few yards in the early goings. He simply wasn’t featuring heavily in the game plan. The Vikings had lost their last four trips to the West Coast, including a 20-3 loss to San Francisco to open the season.

Bridgewater threw a touchdown pass, and the Vikings (7-2) held the Raiders’ potent offense in check. “He got it, they blocked well, he’s a good returner, and he made us pay”.

“We just gave up too much”, Allen said of the defense in general.

He does now, and a whole lot of others are starting to figure it out. The Vikings won 30-14.

Oakland (4-5) still had its chances in the second half but failed to score against Minnesota’s stout defense as Derek Carr threw his second interception late in the game to send the Raiders to their second straight loss.

“Every week we come in, we emphasize something that we need to work on”, safety Charles Woodson said. “We had really captured the momentum and were playing well at that time so it was definitely a blow”. “How can I say this in a nice way?…” There are times he knows he’s got to move in the pocket, and he makes plays with his arm, his legs and his eyes.

If there were any doubt about that, Zimmer affirmed it with his salty, affronted reaction to the illegal hit by the Rams’ Lamarcus Joyner that knocked Bridgewater out of Week 9’s victory over St. Louis with a concussion.

Carr said the Vikings (7-2) were “trying to take away the big-play opportunities, trying to play it safe”. Special teams surrendered a 93-yard kickoff return to Cordarrelle Patterson for a 20-14 Vikings lead moments after the Raiders took the lead for the first time at 14-13.

“Just running hard, man”, Peterson said. “The insane thing is, those big runs have been right there, and I’ve just been missing them….” “I think we’re developing a tough-minded attitude”. It’s bringing the offense down and the team’s once-possible playoff hopes with it.

And when Peterson runs like he did Sunday, no one has a prayer of stopping him.