Key Highlights
- That wasn’t on anyone’s bingo card. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn a game that set football back a few decades (but in the most entertaining way possible), the Vikings somehow pulled off a 23-10 victory over the Lions at U. S.
- Bank Stadium on Christmas Day. With rookie quarterback Max Brosmer filling in for an injured J. J.
- McCarthy, the offense was practically nonexistent through the air.
- Brosmer completed 9 of 16 passes for 51 yards, but after eating seven sacks, the team finished with a measly three net passing yards. According to the Associated Press’s Josh Dubow, that figure is the second-fewest for any winning team in the last 42 seasons, trailing only the Houston Texans, who beat the Raiders with -5 net passing yards in 2006. Ben Goessling of the Star Tribune noted it was the fewest passing yards in a win in Vikings history and the lowest by any team since the Seattle Seahawks won with two yards back in 1983. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSo, how do you win a game when you can’t throw the ball?
- You unleash a defensive masterclass. Defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ unit was electric, forcing six turnovers from a bewildered Jared Goff and the Lions’ offense.