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What false narratives are you going to tell the public from this Sunday's game? What about the inept ability of Kirk Cousins mismanaging the offense?
— Bill Gagnon in San Jose, California
Well, the offense put up 464 total yards on Sunday, so let's not act like that side of the ball was a total disaster. Dalvin Cook had a career-high 181 rushing yards, and Justin Jefferson looked like a star in the making with 175 receiving yards and a score on seven catches.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Vikings became the first team in NFL history to have both a player with 175-plus rushing yards and a player with 175-plus receiving yards in the same game. But we know how the end result turned out.
Kirk Cousins had his moments, too, on Sunday. But he couldn't rally the team when they needed him most, and franchise quarterbacks will always get dinged publicly for that.
Through 50-plus minutes, the Vikings offense looked great. But on the final two drives, the offense went nowhere.
Up 30-28 with 6:31 left, the unit managed five plays for just 12 net yards and were forced to punt. And after the Titans took a lead, the offense managed one net yard on four plays and the last gasp ended with a Cousins' interception.
Cousins said after the game that when you put up nearly 500 yards and 30 points, those are games you expect to win. And for the most part, he's correct.
But the situation called for just a little bit more in the fourth quarter, and the quarterback and his offensive teammates didn't deliver. Good, but not good enough, for the Vikings offense on Sunday.