unexpected
Womens Brian O'Neill Jersey , the axe has fallen on Vikings offensive coordinator John DeFilippo:The Vikings offense has struggled for most of the
last month, and in the last two road games they have barely put up much of an
effort. Between one of the worst running games in the NFL, and a passing game
that generated more targets to Laquon Treadwell than Adam Thielen until midway
through the third quarter last night, momentum seemed to be building to this
moment. In his place, the Vikings will reportedly put QB coach Kevin Stefanski
in as interim OC:Still though, firing DeFilippo won’t cure what ails the Vikings
offense. Yes, he had become a stale play caller, and a fresh set of eyes could
improve the offense. However, there are still issues that will need to be
addressed in the off-season, another offensive line rebuild being chief among
them.But, for now, Flip is out and Stefanski is in. We’ll have more on this as
this unfolds. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Mike Zimmer gathered his team around
him in a victorious locker room and let them in on what they just
accomplished.The Minnesota Vikings
Rashod Hill Jersey , he told them, had never defeated the Jets on the road — until Sunday. Kirk Cousins and the rest of his teammates broke out in big
cheers to celebrate a 37-17 win.“Winning on the road is important in this
league,” Cousins said, “and I was glad we were able to do that.”Cousins threw
two touchdown passes, Latavius Murray ran for two scores, and the Vikings
(4-2-1) pulled away in the second half for their third straight victory.It
wasn’t the best performance of the season by the Vikings’ high-powered offense,
but it was certainly good enough against a Jets team that had four turnovers —
including interceptions by Harrison Smith, Holton Hill and Trae Waynes.“Any time
you score 37 points on the road, you’re doing something right,” Cousins said.
“But there are times where it wasn’t good enough. We are so grateful for defense
and special teams today because it gave us the opportunity to go out and score
points.”Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen became the fifth player in NFL
history to get at least 100 yards receiving in seven consecutive games, catching
nine passes for 110 yards and a touchdown.Murray, coming off career-high 155
yards rushing against Arizona, finished with 69 yards on 15 carries to help lift
the Vikings to their first road win against the Jets after losing the first five
meetings away from home.In his first game against the Jets (3-4) since spurning
their massive offer in free agency
http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-jalyn-holmes-jersey , Cousins was far from spectacular but made some big plays late. With the game
still hanging in the balance and the Vikings facing fourth-and-8 from the 34,
Cousins connected with Aldrick Robinson for a TD to seal it.Cousins, 25 of 40
for 241 yards, opted to turn down New York’s three-year, $90 million deal in the
offseason and instead chose to go to Minnesota, which actually signed him to a
deal worth $6 million less. The Jets insisted this loss didn’t sting any more
than usual because it was against Cousins.“We don’t care,” Jets linebacker
Darron Lee said. “We only care about us and this team. Don’t try to make this
about him. We don’t care. No one ever spoke about that all week. No one
cared.”After Cousins made his decision, the Jets turned their attention to the
draft, where they selected Sam Darnold with the No. 3 overall pick.In their
first meeting, Cousins came out on top — while Darnold struggled on a cold,
windy day.The rookie was 17 of 42 for 206 yards with a TD pass to Chris Herndon
and a TD run, but was intercepted three times as New York’s two-game winning
streak ended.“I’ve just got to find completions,” Darnold said. “That’s really
it. And
Womens Laquon Treadwell Jersey , we’ve got to do a better job executing.”The Vikings took a 17-point lead early in the fourth quarter when
Murray followed a 23-yard run with a 38-yard touchdown scamper, his second score
of the game .“It wasn’t pretty early on,” Murray said, “but we know how
important it is to run the ball and we stuck with it.”New York wasn’t done,
though.Darnold’s 17-yard throw to Herndon was initially called a touchdown, but
it was ruled after a video review that the tight end’s heel went out of bounds
at the 1. Darnold went in on a quarterback sneak on the next play for the first
rushing score of his career, making it 27-17.After the Vikings went
three-and-out, Darnold went deep to Robby Anderson, whose legs got tangled with
Xavier Rhodes and both needed to be checked by trainers. Anderson was OK, but
Rhodes was helped off the field without putting weight on his left leg. Zimmer
said Rhodes has a sprained ankle.Hill came on in place of Rhodes and immediately
picked off Darnold’s pass intended for Andre Roberts. Seven plays later, Cousins
put the game away with his TD toss to Robinson.“We had so many opportunities to
put that game away earlier,” Zimmer said. “There were two or three turnovers we
didn’t take advantage of. … We’ve got to overcome ourselves on some of those
things.”THIELEN FEELIN’ ITThielen reached his milestone with a 21-yard catch in
the fourth quarter. He joined Detroit’s Calvin Johnson (eight, 2012)
Linval Joseph Jersey , Denver’s Demaryius Thomas (seven, 2014), Dallas’ Michael Irvin (seven, 1995) and Houston’s Charley Hennigan (seven, 1961) to
accomplish the feat.He and Hennigan are the only players to do so in his team’s
first seven games to open the season.“It says it all,” Cousins said. “He’s a
great player. Ultimately, he’s a great person and it starts there the way he
approaches everything he does. I’m lucky to play with him. The Vikings are lucky
to have him.”THIRD-DOWN STRUGGLESMinnesota finished 2 of 15 on third downs,
while New York was 2 of 13.The Vikings first conversion didn’t come until midway
through the third quarter on Thielen’s 13-yard catch after being 0 for 8 up to
that point.The Jets’ first third-down conversion came late in the third on
Darnold’s 6-yard run on third-and-5.INJURIESVikings: LG Tom Compton left in the
first quarter with a knee injury and didn’t return. … LB Anthony Barr left in
the fourth with a hamstring injury.Jets: RB Bilal Powell injured his neck during
a 2-yard run in the second quarter. S Doug Middleton, starting in place of the
injured Marcus Maye, also left in the second with a shoulder injury. Neither
player returned, and coach Todd Bowles said both would have tests to determine
the severity of their injuries.UP NEXTVikings: home vs. New Orleans next
Sunday.Jets: at Chicago next Sunday.
