Thoughts on the Vikings’ Win Over the Cardinals

The Minnesota Vikings squeaked out a narrow 23-22 comeback victory over the Cardinals on Sunday. It was a game that the Vikings trailed nearly the entire game, which has not been their modus operandi this season. And after a missed field goal and three-and-out followed by a Cardinals touchdown, putting Arizona up 19-6 late in the third quarter, it looked like it just wasn’t going to be the Vikings’ day.

But then Sam Darnold and the Vikings’ offense put the hammer down and rattled off a six-play touchdown drive in three minutes and twenty seconds before the end of the third quarter. And then the Vikings’ defense forced Kyler Murray into a bad decision resulting in an interception to begin the…