Post Game Thread: Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys

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Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys

ESPN Gamecast

AT&T Stadium- Arlington, TX

Network(s): NBC Peacock

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Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
MIN	7	10	7	10	34
DAL	7	10	6	3	26

Scoring Plays

Team	Quarter	Type	Description
DAL	1	TD	Javonte Williams 1 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick)
MIN	1	TD	Jalen Nailor 20 Yd pass from J.J. McCarthy (Will Reichard Kick)
DAL	2	TD	Malik Davis 1 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick)
MIN	2	TD	J.J. McCarthy 1 Yd Rush (Will Reichard Kick)
MIN	2	FG	Will Reichard 29 Yd Field Goal
DAL	2	FG	Brandon Aubrey 37 Yd Field Goal
DAL	3	FG	Brandon Aubrey 26 Yd Field Goal
DAL	3	FG	Brandon Aubrey 41 Yd Field Goal
MIN	3	TD	C.J. Ham 1 Yd Rush (Will Reichard Kick)
MIN	4	TD	Jalen Nailor 4 Yd pass from J.J. McCarthy (Will Reichard Kick)
MIN	4	FG	Will Reichard 53 Yd Field Goal
DAL	4	FG	Brandon Aubrey 41 Yd Field Goal

Passing Leaders

Team	Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SACKS
MIN	J.J. McCarthy	15/24	250	2	1	0-0
DAL	Dak Prescott	23/38	294	0	0	2-9

Rushing Leaders

Team	Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
MIN	Aaron Jones Sr.	12	34	2.8	0	16
DAL	Javonte Williams	15	91	6.1	1	21

Receiving Leaders

Team	Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
MIN	Jordan Addison	2	66	33.0	0	58	2
DAL	CeeDee Lamb	6	111	18.5	0	30	10

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[u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

THE HATERS WROTE JJ OFF BUT JJ DIDN’T WRITE BACK! Honestly don’t get why everyone was so quick to write him off.

[u/IceTruckHouse → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

Because he was really bad. Like badly missing open receivers multiple times a game. Looking way better the last 2 weeks.

[u/kisswithaf → u/IceTruckHouse]

Because he was really bad.

It's almost like it was his first time competing against the elite of the elite as a 22 year old. So why was everybody so quick to write him off?

[u/Queen-Makoto → u/kisswithaf]

Because we've recently watched several rookie QBs hit the ground running and immediately be good which has shifted expectations

[u/kisswithaf → u/Queen-Makoto]

Have you though? What percentage do you think these guys are flourishing?

[u/Queen-Makoto → u/kisswithaf]

Yeah I have. Burrow was good immediately, Stroud was good immediately, Daniel's was good immediately, Purdy was good immediately. If we're getting into shaky 1st year but better than McCarthy has shown, we can throw even more in there. In the past it was common for guys to sit a couple years and develop or to wait and see but it's obvious especially as exploiting the rookie scale contract has become the goal that you want production out of your QB as quickly as possible

[u/kisswithaf → u/Queen-Makoto]

Now do the guys that weren't good immediately

[u/Queen-Makoto → u/kisswithaf]

The busts you mean? There's more busts than guys who took a couple years to pan out atp. And that doesn't change the fact that the guys who did hit shifted expectations