During the fourth quarter of last night’s game between the Cowboys and the Vikings, the hosting Minnesotans were forced to punt at their own 21 with 6:45 to go and down 14-9. The Vikings called on punter Jeff Locke who struggled all night, averaging a paltry 32 yards on 7 punts. This one would barely travel the average and the Cowboys were in business at their own 46.
The visitors were gifted great field position. They had a chance to put the game out of reach for a Vikings offense that made the Ravens offense look like the Houston Oilers’ run-and-shoot squad of the early 90’s, relatively speaking of course.