The Drive
I loved this drive. The moment wasn't too big for Cousins. I had this weird sense of calm as I watched them go to the huddle for the first time in overtime when they got the ball. Cousins was ice. Money from Thielen.
The execution following the Thielen catch was bad, save for the last play to Rudy. OL gets shoved back (take a look at Bradbury), Ham blocks the wrong guy, Cook picks the wrong hole. Short yardage runs were a problem all year.
The Vikes showed no fear traveling to NO taking on the heavily favored Saints. What a sweet win!
@"HappyViking" said: The Vikes showed no fear traveling to NO taking on the heavily favored Saints. What a sweet win!
Would almost be my favorite playoff win were it not for beating them more dramatically a couple years before.
@"HappyViking" said: The Vikes showed no fear traveling to NO taking on the heavily favored Saints. What a sweet win!
Aikman gave ample praise to Cousins and blew the narrative away that Kirk can't win in the playoffs.
That 2nd and 10 run for a 1st down right before the bomb to AT was huge. O'Neill seals Jordan, Rudy dominates #22. Almost looks like the D-Line was gassed and giving up. Then those 2 throws, that is where Cousins earned his money.
@"greediron" said: That 2nd and 10 run for a 1st down right before the bomb to AT was huge. O'Neill seals Jordan, Rudy dominates #22. Almost looks like the D-Line was gassed and giving up. Then those 2 throws, that is where Cousins earned his money.
Don't forget the money pass to Diggs on 3rd and 1. That was bigger than the Cook run IMO.
@"StickyBun" said:@"greediron" said: That 2nd and 10 run for a 1st down right before the bomb to AT was huge. O'Neill seals Jordan, Rudy dominates #22. Almost looks like the D-Line was gassed and giving up. Then those 2 throws, that is where Cousins earned his money.
Don't forget the money pass to Diggs on 3rd and 1. That was bigger than the Cook run IMO.All the plays leading up to the bomb were big. That run tho got them out of a hole. There would be no bomb if it weren't 1st down. And Lattimore got injured trying to tackle Cook.
But thanks for sharing this, was a fun trip down memory lane.
Key moments from the drive
Favre hitting Bernard on that laser to the sidelines on 3rd down
Sidneys next play down the hash
Chester’s run that almost broke for a TD
Oh . . Different drive
After the way the Saints season ended the 3 seasons, I think karma is a real thing............
@"Mattyman" said: After the way the Saints season ended the 3 seasons, I think karma is a real thing............
Yes, I certainly enjoy a large helping of schadenfreude. One may also consider the PI component in each of those losses, perhaps the ghost of the ghost PI on Leber at work?
In the Minneapolis Miracle, the safety avoided the PI on Diggs and ended up taking out his own player, enabling an easy stroll into the endzone.Against the Rams, the obvious missed call that led to the meltdown of the Aint fans.Then last year, the DB pawing at Rudolph, leading to a small push off and then no review to anticlimactically kick them in the teeth once more.
@"Mattyman" said: After the way the Saints season ended the 3 seasons, I think karma is a real thing............Yes, I had him on my fa...wait...nevermind
Oh man...
How great to watch that again?
i miss when the world was normal and we could gather 75,000 at a time :'(
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