A little bit of the apparent speed of that official is that he takes a much straighter line than the players, but he is still a lot faster than I am. 😆
What an ABSOLUTE DIME by Sam Darnold!!!! 55 yards (he let it go 3 yards in his own end zone to the Niners 48 yard line) in the air and hits Jefferson right in stride which allowed him to run the last 48 yards into the end zone.
https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1835376178128961996
How about the wheels by that official (back judge?)! And his ability to be in position to make a call, yet stay out of the way. Thumbs up!
People are talking about his speed on X/Twitter.
If Jefferson and/or Addison are unavailable for next week's game the Vikings might want to see if the back judge can catch and if so look to sign him to add some depth at WR. 😉 😀
In related news: I am trying to find the video I remember seeing where fightclub30 is out skating Pavel Bure.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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I did not have fullback C.J. Ham blocking a punt on my bingo card. Ham can do it all!!! 😆
16-0 against other NFC teams.
That looked like nothing close to 50% Niners fans.
Anyway while I realize stats rarely tell the whole story (and I didn't watch the game) if you had given me these stats I would never have guessed the Vikings would have a 9-point 4th quarter lead:
- Offense - 1 INT, 3 Fumbles (1 lost), 4 sacks given up
- 1st downs SF 24 MN 17, TOP SF 34:48 MN 25:12
- Penalties SF 4 (30) MN 7 (53)
Yet they found a way to win. This team is definitely improved, but sadly I think they still miss the playoffs as well as a Top 10 pick.
Total Yards - Vikings 403, San Francisco 399
Turnovers - Vikings 2, San Francisco 2
Punts they Blocked - Vikings 1, San Francisco 0
3rd Downs - Vikings 7 for 12, San Francisco 2 for 10
4th Downs - Vikings 0 for 0, San Francisco 1 for 3
The total yards and turnovers being even allowed the Vikings to win with better special teams and repeatedly winning the clutch downs (3rd and 4th downs).
The Vikings defense getting 6 sacks was critical. The 4th sack the 49ers got was the designed half back pass where Ty Chandler got pushed out of bounds for a one yard loss.
In the end there is only one stat that matters for the Vikings under KOC. 😀
In related news: The Vikings should punt on 1st down to avoid turnovers. 🤣
That looked like nothing close to 50% Niners fans.
Anyway while I realize stats rarely tell the whole story (and I didn't watch the game) if you had given me these stats I would never have guessed the Vikings would have a 9-point 4th quarter lead:
- Offense - 1 INT, 3 Fumbles (1 lost), 4 sacks given up
- 1st downs SF 24 MN 17, TOP SF 34:48 MN 25:12
- Penalties SF 4 (30) MN 7 (53)
Yet they found a way to win. This team is definitely improved, but sadly I think they still miss the playoffs as well as a Top 10 pick.
The seats in the lower left of the photo are likely mostly corporate seats and were nearly all purple. But the rest of the stadium was a high concentration of red. Maybe not 50% but quite high. When the niners had nice plays the crowd noise was loud enough to trigger Vikings fans who weren’t paying attention to start cheering.
Damn!! Kwesi is cookin'!!!
https://twitter.com/MattAnderson_8/status/1835726146060607736
WOW!!!! I didn't realize Sam Darnold's arm was this strong. 😯 🤣