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As the Philadelphia Eagles’ unbeaten streak came to an end last Monday night, one team stood out as the hottest team in football.
This overtime win showed everything the Vikes can do and excel at. Dalvin Cook scored the goal at 81 yards. The defense persevered when it was needed and played big in important moments. The best wide receiver in the NFL at the moment – Justin Jefferson – showed an individual game that will go down in history.
Minnesota’s reputation was in question every week as they beat “inferior” teams, but their big win in Buffalo showed they should be taken seriously as Super Bowl contenders.
With the score 8-1 and with all the confidence in the world, can Minnesota beat an NFL team?
We’ve got to start here… We’re seeing greatness in the form of a 23-year-old Minnesota football player in his third year. It’s just stunning, and every week he does something that drives him crazy.
In a game against Buffalo, his fourth and eighteenth one-handed jump was compared to Odell Beckham’s record-setting throw and will go down in history as one of the greatest catches in recent memory.
What may have been overlooked by the reaction to the wild end in Buffalo is that Jefferson managed to rack up a career-high 193 yards on 10 catches. And, according to Next Gen Stats, nine of those 10 had a completion rate below 50%—more than any game since that statistic was recorded.
When you watch them all individually, you can see the degree of difficulty:
For two years, Jefferson was a professional bowler and second-team All-Pro, but even then he felt underappreciated and undervalued as the Vikings sank to 7-9 and 8-9 records and missed out on the playoffs.
