Victorious Vikings Refuse to Make it Easy on…

The Vikings led 23-0 at the half behind a dominant offense that racked up 300 yards … and a defense that terrorized Roethlisberger with four sacks. The Steelers offense managed just 66 yards on six first-half drives, three of which were three-and-outs.

But since this is the 2021 Vikings, nothing is ever solidified until the final buzzer.

“We hadn’t really been in a game where we’d been up by so much,” Zimmer said. “I was still trying to be aggressive with everything, really, that we were doing and we didn’t execute as well.”

The Vikings shutout ended late in the third quarter on a 75-yard Steelers scoring drive.

That started a span of four Pittsburgh touchdowns in five possessions, but two of those scoring drives were 42 yards or less.

The Vikings threw a pair of second-half interceptions, which highlighted an offensive stretch in which Minnesota scored one touchdown on seven drives in the second half.