When they were knocking on the door of the end zone, however, they couldn't punch it through.
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Really, the offense relied on chunk plays from Mac Jones, which he was able to deliver on as both of his passing scores were from 30-plus yards out. Coming into this game, the Patriots ranked 31st in red zone touchdown rate and proceeded to go 0-3 in the red area against the Vikings. New England's struggles in the red zone continued on Thursday.
After Minnesota took the 33-26 lead, the defense forced a three-and-out, a turnover on downs on the ensuing possession and then kept them out of the end zone as the clock ticked down to the end of regulation. While the defense did allow a number of chunk plays through the air, you do have to also give them credit for keeping down the Patriots offense to close out the game. On top of simply piling up stats, Jefferson was making a number of clutch catches, including 36-yard reception that helped set up Thielen's go ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. That said, Justin Jefferson was his go-to target and the star wideout continues to carry the offense. He was able to match whatever scoring output the Patriots put up and was able to spread the ball around to seven different pass-catchers. He did have a poorly thrown interception, but outside of that he was stellar for Minnesota. While there has been a narrative around Kirk Cousins in primetime games, the Vikings quarterback was largely good on Thursday. Meanwhile, Mac Jones was 28-of-39 for a season-high 382 yards with a pair of TDs and no interceptions.įor a more detailed breakdown of this game, check out our takeaways below. Justin Jefferson was his go-to target and the star wideout had 9 catches for 139 yards and a touchdown, breaking a record held by Randy Moss in the process. Kirk Cousins finished 30-of-37 for 299 yards with three TDs and an interception. Two plays after the penalty, Cousins completed a 36-yard pass to Justin Jefferson and then a 15-yard touchdown to Adam Thielen to take and hold onto the lead. A penalty on New England for running into the kicker gave Minnesota new life on a third-and-4 punt and they cashed in. It was 26-all at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and it was at that point where the Vikings began to pull away. It didn't take long for Minnesota to bring the game back to even as Kene Nwangwu ran back a 97-yard kickoff for a touchdown. New England opened up the final half with a 75-yard touchdown drive to go up by seven. From there, these offenses continued to match one another throughout the first half and found themselves knotted at 16 at the break. Then, New England matched that score with one of its own as Mac Jones connected with Nelson Agholor for a 34-yard touchdown.
Minnesota needed just eight plays to travel 80 yards to score a touchdown on the opening drive of the night. The Vikings moved to 9-2 on the season after taking down the Patriots in the final game of the NFL's Thanksgiving triple-header, 33-26.Īfter being held to field goals in Week 11, both of these offenses wasted no time getting the end zone to begin this game.
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