Yep.
Honestly, what can you even say?
Offense is what it is. Costly turnovers, blah blah blah. At least I can say they moved the ball somewhat effectively at times.
What the defense did today (and even in the second half against the Saints) defies logic. I mean, at least against the Saints you can argue you have one of the better QBs of all time trying to stage a comeback on you, but how do you explain Nick Foles and the Eagles? This was a defense that was dominant and efficient against both the run and the pass equally. It was the perfect bend-don't-break group that had a historically strong 3rd down efficiency. Then today, Foles was throwing against them at ease (especially on 3rd down). Zero pressure, zero coverage, even Ajayi ran it efficiently on them when Foles wasn't dropping dimes on flea flickers. What happened? Their worst player Sendejo was banged up? What's the excuse?
New low point for the Vikings, somehow, someway. I don't know how they did it but they did.
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