The Vikings are actually 11-0 in one-score video games this season, the most recent coming in Christmas miracle trend as Greg Joseph hit a 61-yard area objective as time expired to raise Minnesota over the New York Giants 27-24.
The 61-yarder is a franchise report and offers the Vikings a 12-3 report with two weeks left within the common season. The Giants fall to 8-7-1, nonetheless hoping to clinch a playoff spot behind the NFC race.
Joseph’s report area objective would not have occurred with out Justin Jefferson’s record-setting catch that put Minnesota on the Giants’ 42-yard line with seconds left on the clock.
On Third-and-11, Jefferson caught a display and raced 17 yards for a primary down. It was his twelfth catch of the day and 123rd of the season, breaking Cris Carter’s franchise report of 122 receptions in a single season. He additionally broke Randy Moss’s franchise report for receiving yards in a season.
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Jefferson’s tenth catch of the day went for a landing to provide the Vikings a 24-16 lead with simply over three minutes left within the recreation.
The Giants answered with a 75-yard drive capped off on a 4th-and-2 handoff that Saquan Barkley took for a 27-yard landing. The 2-point conversion cross from Daniel Jones was caught by tight finish Daniel Bellinger, tying the sport 24-24 with 2:01 to play.
On Third-and-9 on the following drive, Cousins hit Jefferson for a primary down. After which on Third-and-11 after Cousins took a sack, Jefferson made the massive play to set Joseph up for the 61-yarder.
Tight finish T.J. Hockenson had 13 catches for 109 yards and two touchdowns for Minnesota. Jefferson completed with 12 catches for 133 yards and a landing. He is now as much as 123 catches for 1,756 yards and eight touchdowns.
