The Minnesota Vikings attempted to papercut the Detroit Lions to death on Thanksgiving. In the end, the tiny gashes ended up as mere flesh wounds.
Sam Bradford completed 31 of 37 passes but compiled just 224 yards passing and earned a season-low 7.2 yard per throw average.
"We've probably got to try and find a way to create some explosive plays,'' Bradford said following the 16-13 loss, via the Pioneer Press. "It's hard when you're only picking up five, six, seven (yards) at a time. There's things that we can do to try and figure out how we can create some more explosive plays.