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2019 Schedule
2-1, 3rd in NFC North
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17hCourtney Cronin

RB Cook sets mark with another 100-yard game

Dalvin Cook became the first Viking to rush for 100 yards in the team's first three games of a season as Minnesota routed the Raiders on Sunday.

Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer 

Kirk Cousins lauded Rick Dennison and Gary Kubiak for creating effective game plans that have allowed the Vikings to establish and consistently maintain a dominant run game, which is a credit to the outside zone scheme those two brought with them to Minnesota: "When you get a really good scheme and you have a really good (running) back, that can be a really good marriage to have an effective run game."

Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer 

The Vikings have averaged 193.7 rush yards per game this season but Sunday was the first time Kirk Cousins was able to take full advantage in the passing game. Cousins went 7-of-9 for 107 yards and a TD of play-action Sunday. He went 8-of-15 for 72 yards and 0 TD on those plays the first 2 games, per ESPN Stats and Info.

Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer 

The Vikings and the Colts were the only two teams in the NFL with more rushing yards than passing yards. The uniqueness of that in today's league predicated on passing isn't lost on Vikings players but rather realized and appreciated based on Mike Zimmer's mentality: "It's part of our head coaches identity," Dalvin Cook said. "That comes with the old school rules. We know the type of defense we've got, if we can keep this thing close and keep this thing manageable for us to go win the football game, that's part of running the football and taking big shots and making plays and just converting. That's what Zim likes to do . I like it, if that's what Zimmer likes to do."

Zimmer pokes fun at Cousins' run (0:20)
20h

NFL rushing leader Cook leads Vikes romp past Raiders 34-14

NFL rushing leader Dalvin Cook cruised past the 100-yard mark for the third straight game, Kirk Cousins rebounded from his rattled performance the week before with a turnover-free afternoon, and the Minnesota Vikings rolled by the Oakland Raiders...

Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer 

Vikings have a 21-7 lead going into halftime, the byproduct of outgaining the Raiders 205-139 in total yards, 15-7 in first downs. Kirk Cousins has had some ups and downs but has mostly looked good so far. A stat line of 8-14 passing for 115 yards, a touchdown and no turnovers is the type of performance he needs to continue on with to find some firmer ground after what happened last week. The game flow has dictated that Cousins doesn't have to do too much against this defense, and his stat line would suggest the same.

Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer 

Anthony Barr went through an on-field warm up starting around 10 CT and was doing several lateral movement exercises seemingly to test how his injured groin felt. Appears it's still not where it needs to be in order to play, as he's one of seven inactives today. Full inactive list: Barr, Mackensie Alexander, Brett Jones, Dru Samia, Oli Udoh, Jalyn Holmes, Armon Watts.

Ninkovich, Cruz disagree on Raiders-Vikings (0:38)

Seth Walder ESPN Analytics 

The Vikings had fewer than three wide receivers on the field for 46 of their 60 offensive plays against the Packers, per NFL Next Gen Stats. Minnesota trailed most of the game.

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Team Stats

Passing Yards164.730th
Rushing Yards193.72nd
Points For26.07th
Points Against15.7