NFL.com Expects ‘Late-Game Madness’ for…
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With the 2021 season nearing the midway point, both the Vikings and Cowboys are in a playoff spot ahead of their Week 8 matchup on Sunday Night Football.
Marc Sessler of NFL.com thinks there will be plenty of intrigue in this week’s prime-time matchup.
Sessler wrote that while the Vikings are slight underdogs at home, he believes Minnesota can hang with Dallas and potentially get a win.
He also noted that, given the Vikings affinity for drama so far this season, he wouldn’t be surprised if this one has some twists and turns until the final buzzer.
Consider edge wonder Danielle Hunter and a Vikings defense tied for an NFL-best 21 sacks after allowing 17 or fewer points in three of its past four games. Kirk Cousins is playing top-shelf football beside a now-healthy Dalvin Cook and a trio of wideouts to match Dallas in the form of Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen and exciting upstart K.J. Osborn.
Minnesota also goes to sleep for drives at a time, but this is a balanced roster that fell to the Bengals, Cardinals and Browns by a combined 11 points. The Vikes don’t blow people out; they don’t get blown out. Close fights and heartbreakers are Minnesota’s specialty. These home ‘dogs were custom-made to drag Al [Michaels], Cris [Collinsworth], Michele [Tafoya] and the ‘Boys into a cauldron of late-game madness.
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