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The Minnesota Vikings and the Houston Texans are set to take on this Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium.
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Both groups are 2-0. Minnesota is coming off an upset 23-17 win in your home versus the San Francisco 49ers, while Houston is coming off a 19-13 win over the Chicago Bears. Minnesota leads the all-time series 5-0, however this Houston group is much various than in many years. The last time these 2 groups dealt with each other remained in 2020 at NRG Stadium.
Kirk Cousins went 16/22 for 260 lawns and a goal. Dalvin Cook hurried for 130 lawns and 2 goals on 27 brings. Adam Thielen captured 8 passes for 114 lawns and a goal. Justin Jefferson captured 4 passes for 103 lawns.
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On defense, Eric Kendricks had a game-high 12 takes on. Yannick Ngakoue had 2 sacks. Minnesota won 31-23, enhancing to 1-3 on the season. They ended up 7-9. Houston was up to 0-4 with the loss completed at 4-12.
“It certainly feels great to win a football video game, to assist the self-confidence of our group, to get us back in rhythm of understanding we can head out there and win the football video game if we play as a whole in each stage of the video game,” Cook stated.
For Houston, Deshaun Watson went 20/33 for 300 backyards and 2 goals. David Johnson hurried for 63 backyards on 16 brings. Will Fuller captured 6 passes for 108 lawns and a goal. Zach Cunnigham tape-recorded a team-high 10 deals with. Whitney Mercilus tape-recorded 2 sacks.
Last season, Houston went 10-7 and might effectively remain in Super Bowl contention the remainder of the method. Their wins have actually not been really outstanding, they are still wins, and it is still extremely early. C.J. Stroud and Nico Collins are amongst the leading young stars in the video game.
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This will be an excellent video game, specifically because it will be the very first time Stefon Diggs and Danielle Hunter will face their previous groups in Minnesota. Diggs faced them 2 years back at Buffalo, and Hunter left this previous offseason as a totally free representative.
Both were prepared by Minnesota in 2015. Diggs bet 5 seasons, and Hunter bet 9. Fans will be really nervous to see both of them bet their preferred group.
Hunter will most likely get a warm reception from the fans. What will it resemble for Diggs? While fans will always remember the 2017 Minneapolis Miracle, he likewise did not end his time in Minnesota on the very best terms.
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Heading into the season, this appeared like among Minnesota’s hardest video games on the schedule. It still might be and likely will be. This video game might extremely well go in any case. If Minnesota wins this video game, the outlook the remainder of the method will look far better than numerous initially anticipated.