Saturday, December 23, 2017

Vikings shutout Packers for road victory

The Minnesota Vikings traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin to take on the Packers on Saturday night. The Packers have already been eliminated from playoff contention with the loss last week to Carolina. The Vikings have already clinched the NFC North title and are looking to get home field advantage or at least a first round bye so that they would not need to leave their home state for the reminder of the playoffs as the Super Bowl is at their home field. Who would come out on top in this NFC North matchup on Saturday night? Let's find out! The Packers would start with the ball and the drive would result in a punt. The Vikings would go on a nine play drive that ended with a 49 yard field goal by Kai Forbath for a 3-0 Vikings lead. The Packers would go three and out on their next drive. The Packers defense would answer with a three and out. The Packers would go three and out again and the Vikings would take over. They would go on a quick five play drive with Case Keenum going to Stefon Diggs for a four yard touchdown and a 10-0 lead. The Packers would punt the football once again. The Vikings and Packers would trade three and outs. The Vikings looked like they were driving the ball but the drive would end with a punt once again. The Packers would drive the ball all the way to the Vikings 15 yard line but the drive would end with an interception by Harrison Smith. The Vikings couldn't capitalize before the half and would go to halftime with a 10-0 lead. The Vikings would get the ball to start the second half and would punt on their first possession of the second half. The Packers would drive down the field and faced a fourth and 7 and Brett Hundley's pass would fall incomplete and the Vikings would take over. The Vikings would go on a 12 play drive that ended with a 20 yard field goal by Forbath to make it 13-0 Vikings. The Packers and Vikings would trade three and outs. The Packers would drive all the way to the Vikings 13 yard line and faced a fourth and 3 and Hundley's pass would fall incomplete and the Vikings would take over. The Vikings would punt on their next possession. The Packers would face a fourth and 10 at their own 29 yard line and the pass would fall incomplete once again. The Vikings would take advantage of the good field position to get a 27 yard field goal to make it 16-0 Vikings lead. The Packers would face a fourth and 1 and Hundley's pass would be intercepted by Harrison Smith for his second pick of the game as the Vikings shutout the Packers 16-0.

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