To start the second quarter of play at U.S. Bank
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7-7, and the Vikings opened the quarter with a short pass from Kirk Cousins to
Stefon Diggs for a nice 19-yard gain into Saints’ territory at the 45. The
Vikings then ran the ol’ flea flicker, with Cousins finding Adam Thielen for a
28-yard gain, and the Vikings were in the red zone at the New Orleans 17. The
Vikings then found themselves facing 3rd-and-7 from the 14, and the Saints were
flagged for defensive holding to give the purple a free first down and a
first-and-goal. The Vikings wasted no time, as Latavius Murray went over the top
of the pile for a touchdown! Dan Bailey. . .sigh. . .pushed the extra point to
the left, and the lead remained 13-7.Bailey lofted a short kickoff to Taysom
Hill, who took the ball to the Saints’ 33-yard line to start the drive. A couple
of passes to Michael Thomas picked up a first down for the Saints, and they were
suddenly near midfield. Mark Ingram carried the ball to the 50, and a pass to
Alvin Kamara was stopped by Eric Kendricks to bring up a third down and short.
Everson Griffen then jumped offsides to give the Saints a first down to the
Minnesota 41. The Saints then found themselves with a 3rd-and-3 at the 34-yard
line, and Kamara dropped a pass to bring up fourth down. The Saints brought in
Will Lutz for a 52-yard
attempt
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13-10 with 7:27 remaining in the half.The kickoff from Lutz went for a
touchback, giving the Vikings the ball at the 25 for the first time on the
evening. He found. . .who else. . .Adam Thielen right away for 15 yards to the
40-yard line. That was followed by a huge run by Latavius Murray. . .that was
wiped out by a hold on Pat Elflein. Cousins was then sacked by Sheldon Rankins,
making it 2nd-and-25. The Vikings couldn’t get enough to move the chains, so
Matt Wile came on for his first punt of the evening. Matt Wile booted it away,
and Kamara returned it to the New Orleans 33.A couple of runs by Kamara quickly
put the Saints into Minnesota territory at the 45. However, the Saints’ drive
was stopped by Harrison Smith, who intercepted a pass intended for Thomas at the
Minnesota 33-yard line!After a couple of runs by Mike Boone, the Vikings had a
3rd-and-6 from their own 37 at the two-minute warning. Cousins then hit Kyle
Rudolph, who stretched for the necessary yardage and a new set of downs. Cousins
then threw incomplete for Murray, and a long pass for Laquon Treadwell fell
incomplete as well to bring up another third down. Cousins then calmly found
Aldrick Robinson for a big 19-yard gain into New Orleans territory at the 37.Eli
Apple was then flagged for pass interference against Treadwell to give the
Vikings another first down to the Saints’ 30, and a short pass to Murray went
into the red zone at the 18. Cousins then hit Thielen with a short
pass
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the first time this season. The ball was picked up by Marshon Lattimore and
taken deep into Minnesota territory, and Treadwell was penalized for
unsportsmanlike conduct to move the ball all the way to the Minnesota 18 with
under a minute remaining.Brees went to work immediately, finding Kamara on a
short pass that he took all the way to the 1-yard line, and then Kamara went
over the top for a score. The two-play drive and the extra point by Will Lutz
gave the Saints a 17-13 lead with thirty seconds left in the half. The Vikings
got the ball back, but ran one play and let the clock run out before heading to
the locker room.Cousins has played an outstanding game thus far, for the most
part. He has completed 15-of-19 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown in the
first half of play. Thielen is almost to his eighth straight 100-yard game
already, as he leads the team with 75 yards on five catches. Stefon Diggs has 54
yards and a touchdown on four receptions, and Aldrick Robinson has a 19-yard
catch. Roc Thomas has a 15-yard reception, and Kyle Rudolph has 14 yards on
three grabs. Latavius Murray has a 12-yard reception as well.Speaking of Murray,
he’s done decently on the ground thus far against the NFL’s #1 run defense. He
has 29 yards and a touchdown on five carries thus far. Thielen has a 15-yard
run
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as well.That’s where we stand at halftime, ladies and gentlemen, with a big
momentum swing putting the Vikings down by a score of 17-13 at halftime. The
purple will get the football first coming out of the locker room, so hopefully
they can recapture the momentum they had early on. The Vikings said that
drafting tight end Irv Smith Jr. in the second round of last month’s draft was
not a sign that they were pushing Kyle Rudolph off the roster, but a parting of
the ways may be in the cards.Rudolph is in the final year of his contract and he
had been talking to the Vikings about an extension that would extend that stay.
An extension would likely lessen Rudolph’s $7.625 million cap hit for the 2019
season as well, but Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that talks about a new
deal broke off on Friday.The need to clear cap space was related to reports that
the Vikings were fielding calls about trading Rudolph and other veteran members
of the team, but General Manager Rick Spielman downplayed the seriousness of
those discussions.Friday’s development will likely lead to another round of
calls to Spielman from teams interested in Rudolph and it could lead to a
different answer from the Vikings.
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