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Monday night’s Vikings comeback was as much about the run game as it was quarterback J.J. McCarthy. Take out the three rushes when the Vikings were trying to run out the clock, and the Bears gave up 77 rushing yards on 10 fourth-quarter run plays.
That’s more than eight teams gave up in an entire game last week.
“We just had some mental snafus with our run fits,” coach Ben Johnson said Friday.
If it happens again Sunday, the Lions could run for 177. Jahmyr Gibbs might be the fastest running back in football, while David Montgomery’s physical run style typically yields fourth-quarter breakthroughs against exhausted defenses.