Vikings Get off the Schneid with a Win in Carolina

Vikings Territory Breakdown Podcast:

It came four games in but the Vikings finally notched their first victory of the season with a 21-13 win over the Panthers on the road in Carolina. It started very good on the first drive, when incredibly pear-shaped (as they say) with a 99-yard pick-six return for the Panthers and then came around back to goodness with a defensive score for the Vikings (a sack strip by Harrison Smith leading to a fumble return TD for D.J. Wonnum). When all was said and done, the Vikings had a victory, but it wasn’t very pretty.

Kirk Cousins had one of his worst games as a Viking, yet still threw for two touchdown passes to Justin Jefferson. The defense struggled to put…