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    Mike Zimmer: I’ll go for it again on fourth down the next time

    Getty Images Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer had a big decision to make late in Sunday night’s game against the Seahawks. His team was up five at the two minute warning and faced a fourth-and-one from Seattle’s 6-yard-line. A first down would have all but decided the game while a field goal...
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    Seahawks’ defense on pace to shatter NFL record for most yards allowed

    Getty Images The Seahawks are on pace for an NFL record they’d rather not break. Seattle’s defense has allowed 2,356 yards this season. That’s not just the most in the NFL this year, it’s a record pace: At their current pace of allowing 471 yards a game, the Seahawks would allow 7,539 yards in...
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    49ers embark on seven-game gauntlet

    Getty Images Last year, the 49ers had a three-game November gauntlet that helped prove their status as one of the best teams in the league: Packers, at Ravens, at Saints. (The 49ers went 2-1.) This year, the 49ers embark on a seven-game stretch that will either re-establish them as contenders...
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    Pete Carroll: Seahawks have a deep-seated belief we can get it done

    Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says his team never doubted it could win on Sunday night, even when the Vikings were inches away from clinching the game. Carroll said when the Vikings were going for it on fourth-and-inches, needing just one more first down to run out the clock and secure a 26-21...
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    Seahawks are first team in two years to win without converting a third down

    Getty Images The Seahawks failed to convert on a single third down on Sunday night, which ordinarily spells certain defeat. But they still won. Seattle went 0-for-7 on third downs in its 27-26 win over Minnesota, making the Seahawks the first team in the NFL this season to fail to convert a...
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    Dalvin Cook leaves for locker room with groin injury

    USA TODAY Sports Dalvin Cook is having the best three-game rushing stretch of his four-year career. He had 65 yards in a little over a half Sunday, giving him 376 rushing yards over the past 2 1/2 games. Cook also has five catches for 24 yards against the Seahawks. But the Vikings star...
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    Logan Ryan on Dak Prescott: It was a routine tackle with no ill will

    Getty Images Logan Ryan has 525 career tackles after making nine Sunday. One of those he will never forget. His tackle of Dak Prescott in the third quarter began innocently enough. “That was nothing but a routine tackle with two competitors,” Ryan said. “He’s trying to stiff arm me while I’m...
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    Russell Wilson throws fourth-down TD with 15 seconds left to keep Seattle undefeated

    Getty Images The Seahawks remain undefeated, escaping the jaws of defeat yet again at home. DK Metcalf caught a 6-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 15 seconds remaining to give the Seahawks a come-from-behind 27-26 victory over the Vikings. It was the second fourth down Metcalf converted...
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    Vikings dominate first half, taking 13-0 lead over Seahawks into locker room

    Getty Images The Seahawks are averaging 35.5 points and 416.3 yards per game this season. Not tonight. Not so far. Seattle ran 18 plays for 66 yards with five first downs and went 0-for-3 on third down. Four Vikings have a sack of Russell Wilson, including Yannick Ngakoue and Eric Wilson. The...
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    Mike Iupati out for Seahawks; Holton Hill inactive for Vikings

    Getty Images In addition to safety Jamal Adams, the Seattle Seahawks will be without starting left guard Mike Iupati for their game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. Iupati had a back issue surface during the week in addition to a knee injury that he had already been listed on the...
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    Vikings strike first with impressive opening drive in Seattle

    Getty Images The Vikings started off about as well as an offense can tonight in Seattle. After receiving the opening kickoff, Minnesota marched down the field, with Kirk Cousins completing five passes and Dalvin Cook running the ball five times, and concluded the opening drive with a Cook...
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    Vikings jump out to 10-0 lead in Seattle

    It’s been a one-sided first half in Seattle, and not for the side that was expected to win. The seven-point underdog Vikings are out to a 10-0 lead after two long drives by Kirk Cousins and the offense. Midway through the second quarter, Cousins has completed nine of 12 passes for 89 yards...
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    Vikings sign George Iloka from practice squad

    Getty Images The Vikings signed safety George Iloka from the practice squad for Sunday’s game, the team announced Saturday. They waived defensive end Eddie Yarbrough in a corresponding move. Yarbrough was inactive the past three games after playing 22 defensive snaps in the opener against...
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    Week Five injury report roundup

    Getty Images Week Five of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Bears and it continues with 11 more games on Sunday, which means that the 22 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...
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    Jamal Adams is expected to return Week Seven

    Getty Images Safety Jamal Adams won’t play this week, but his return might come sooner than later. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is optimistic Adams can get back on the field following Seattle’s Week Six off week. That would put Adams in the lineup for Week Seven against the Cardinals. “It’s...
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    Russell Wilson: D.K. Metcalf “best in the world at what he does”

    Getty Images Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was full of praise for wide receiver D.K. Metcalf after the team’s season-opening win in September and the last month has done nothing to douse his fondness for the second-year wideout. Metcalf has 16 catches for 403 yards and three touchdowns...
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    Chris Carson calls Trysten Hill twisting his knee B.S., but says Hill apologized

    Getty Images Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill committed what may have been the dirtiest play of this NFL season when he twisted Seahawks running back Chris Carson‘s knee on a tackle. Unsurprisingly, Carson thought it was inexcusable. Carson told reporters today that he viewed the move by...
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    Sean McVay, Pete Carroll: NFL should punish teams for protocol violations

    Getty Images Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was one of five coaches fined $100,000 for failing to wear a face covering during Week Two. Rams coach Sean McVay hasn’t paid a fine, but he did get a stern warning from the NFL for the same transgression in Week One. Carroll and McVay agree the NFL...
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    Pete Carroll expecting to work Damon Harrison into the mix as soon as possible

    USA TODAY Sports Even though Damon Harrison signed with the practice of the Seattle Seahawks, expect him to be playing in games with his new team relatively quickly. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said on Wednesday that they are using the practice squad as a place for Harrison to get up to...
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    Seahawks make Snacks Harrison official, among other roster moves

    Getty Images The Seahawks made it official, adding veteran defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison to their practice squad. But that wasn’t the extent of their moves. The team also announced the signing of defensive end Jonathan Bullard to the 53-man roster, off the Cardinals practice squad...
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