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The Minneapolis Miracle II: Vikings Rally for the Biggest Comeback in NFL History
There have been many causes to doubt the true power of the Minnesota Vikings this season regardless of their 10-3 document coming into this weekend. The Vikings had gotten by whereas eking previous opponents in shut video games all yr and had really given up extra factors than they’d scored.
The workforce’s points have been on full show Saturday when Minnesota went down 33-0 to the lowly Indianapolis Colts. It regarded like a becoming sequel to final weekend’s loss to the Detroit Lions.
Then instantly, the Vikings’ uncommon capability to win nail-biters kicked into gear— this time in unprecedented trend.The Vikings pulled off the most important comeback in NFL historical past in a sport that’s already being hailed as a traditional.
When the Vikings beat the Colts 39-36 on a game-winning discipline aim in extra time, it topped a sport merely often known as “The Comeback.” That was within the playoffs after the 1992 season, when the Buffalo Payments stormed again from a 32-point deficit to beat the Houston Oilers. In a weird twist, the Payments quarterback that day was Frank Reich—who was fired because the Colts coach earlier this season.
However what unfolded in Minneapolis on Saturday transcended the sheer margin that the Vikings overcame. Just about every little thing that would go fallacious had gone fallacious for them. And whilst they began mounting an inconceivable comeback, unlucky turns stored going in opposition to them. Their win likelihood at one level within the third quarter was lower than 0.1%.
Vikings followers throughout Saturday’s unprecedented comeback.
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The primary few possessions of the sport have been as disastrous as potential for Minnesota. After the Colts opened with a discipline aim, the Vikings went three-and-out earlier than having a punt blocked for a landing. Two performs into the subsequent possession, Indianapolis compelled a fumble main to a different landing. It was 17-0, and the Vikings had barely touched the ball.
From there, it stored getting worse. Minnesota’s offense once more stalled after three performs, resulting in a failed fourth-down try. The identical factor occurred on the subsequent possession, besides that one ended with a failed pretend punt. After Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins threw a pick-six halfway by way of the second quarter, the rating was 30-0. An extra discipline aim upped that to 33-0 earlier than halftime.
Even the beginning of the second half didn’t start optimistically. However after yet one more three-and-out, Minnesota’s beforehand moribund offense instantly sprang to life whereas its protection began to shutdown Indianapolis.
On three straight possessions, Cousins marched the offense down the sector for touchdowns. Nonetheless, Indianapolis was forward 36-21. The following drive produced Cousins’s second interception, seeming to halt any momentum.
Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins, No. 8, revived his workforce’s dormant offense within the second half.
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However because the Vikings protection continued to get fast stops, their offense acquired extra probabilities. One other landing go made it 36-28, resulting in the massive break they have been ready for—till the refs botched the play.
On the Colts subsequent drive, operating again Deon Jackson clearly fumbled the soccer and defensive again Chandon Sullivan appeared to return it for a landing. But inexplicably, the officers dominated Jackson down. When a replay assessment overturned the apparent error, Minnesota acquired the ball on the spot of the fumble as an alternative of the landing. The following possession resulted in Minnesota’s third turnover on downs of the day.
However after the Vikings acquired a fourth down cease of their very own, it took only one play for them to go the size of the sector. Operating again Dalvin Cook dinner took a brief go from Cousins 64 yards for a rating with simply over two minutes left. After a 2-point conversion, the sport was one way or the other tied up. The sport was headed for extra time.
As epic because the second half was, it regarded prefer it would possibly finish in a deflating tie. Minnesota’s opening drive in extra time ended with a punt. So did the Colts’ first drive. When the Vikings acquired the ball again, there have been below two minutes left and so they have been inside their very own 20-yard-line.
However Cousins led the offense down discipline with a trio of completions to Ok.J. Osborn, Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson, the receivers who keyed the rejuvenated offense. Jefferson, top-of-the-line receivers within the NFL, had appeared harm twice in the course of the sport however had returned to the sector each instances.
After the go to Jefferson, with below 20 seconds left, the Colts defenders tried to put on him to stop Minnesota from spiking the ball and stopping the clock to arrange a sport profitable discipline aim. The officers didn’t purchase it and known as a penalty.
All that was left was the kick—and Greg Joseph’s 40-yarder sailed by way of the uprights to finish the sport.
For Colts quarterback Matt Ryan, it was the second time that he was on the fallacious facet of comeback historical past. He was the Atlanta Falcons sign caller when the workforce coughed up a 28-3 result in Tom Brady and the New England Patriots within the Tremendous Bowl.
For the Vikings, the win cemented them as division champions. It additionally made for an additional little bit of historical past at U.S. Financial institution Stadium.
5 years in the past, Minnesota superior to the NFC Championship on one of many wildest performs in league historical past, when Stefon Diggs hauled in a 61-yard, game-winning landing go as time expired.
The play was instantly often known as the Minneapolis Miracle. On Saturday, the workforce carried out a second one.
Write to Andrew Beaton at andrew.beaton@wsj.com
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Minnesotans dealing with Hurricane Helene impacts
Some Minnesotans in Florida are dealing with the impacts and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which ripped through several states causing major damage. FOX 9’s Leon Purvis has the latest.
(FOX 9) – Hurricane Helene’s destructive path claimed at least 51 lives across five states, and hundreds were rescued from flooding and damage. The aftermath left neighborhoods underwater and millions without power.
MacKenzie Stein from Minnesota is without power at least until Monday. She moved to St. Petersburg, Florida recently, and evacuated from her home before the Category 4 storm hit. Now, she’s left again waiting for her power to come back on in her apartment.
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“Not even a month ago I moved there, and I got hit with a Category 4 hurricane,” said Stein.
Stein moved to Florida last November from Minnesota.
“When I went to go drive onto my road, my road was actually flooded. Right outside I could see when I pulled up there was about five or six cars stuck out there in the road,” said Stein.
Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend Region with 140 miles per hour winds, with lots of damage on the Barrier Islands.
“Terrible. I’ve lived here since 1983. We’ve been here when other hurricanes come through. I’m actually from Minnesota, but we get down here every couple of months, and yeah, this is probably one of the worst ones,” said Paul Chadbourn from Minnesota.
Stein was relieved there wasn’t any flooding in her apartment. But now she’s without power and air conditioning, leaving her worried about her cats.
“I gave it a few hours, and then I got the notice that they weren’t going to be putting the power back up until Monday,” said Stein.
Mackenzie is hoping her power comes back on Monday. She also mentioned some of her neighbors stayed through the hurricane at her apartment complex.
Now without any air conditioning, they’re forced to find hotels after the storm passed through.
Helene weakened to a tropical depression Friday afternoon.
One option presented to some vendors has been to register for the state’s Cottage Food Producer permit, based on a 2015 law that allows people to “make and sell certain nonpotentially hazardous food and canned goods in Minnesota without a license.”
Chavez said that’s a step in the wrong direction. Such a permit would allow vendors to sell homemade baked goods and pickled fruits and vegetables, but still wouldn’t allow them to operate on city sidewalks or in traffic.
“People might apply, but it isn’t actually going to address the root issue that people are struggling with,” he said.
The issue is one of equity according to Chowdhury, who said some vendors don’t have the necessary knowledge or resources because they’re still new to the country. Licensing or permit fees become barriers for new vendors trying to become compliant.
“When it comes to folks that are immigrants, new to our community, that’s an incredible barrier. So if we’re going to do economic empowerment, that’s the barrier that we want to help resolve, and so I’m 100 percent supportive of waiving these fees,” she said.
A street vendor near Lake Street and Portland Avenue in south Minneapolis. (Dymanh Chhoun, Sahan Journal)
Claudia Lainez, workers’ center director at COPAL, a Latino advocacy organization, said they have been monitoring the growth of street vendors across the metro area specifically because many are undocumented. She said vendors tend to be women because men, even undocumented, typically struggle less to find work.
Those who are targeted often don’t bother filing a formal police report, he said, because of the perception no one will ever be held accountable. Victims are given a case number and frequently receive no follow-up from authorities.
“What will they do about it?” Dakane said. “It’s a waste of time.”
O’Hara acknowledged that understaffing remains a chronic issue at MPD, but urged residents to report such crimes so they can better track the problem. The department launched a “South Side React” team earlier this year to proactively address rising crime, he said, and has seen some success with its new robbery protocol, which redeploys resources and pauses all other service calls to thwart robbery sprees in a specific area.
Police officials sought to expand ShotSpotter, the city’s acoustic gunshot detection system, this summer to broader swaths of south Minneapolis experiencing surges in gun violence, but were forced to roll back the coverage plan over concerns by members of the City Council’s progressive wing, who have expressed skepticism about its ability to curb gun violence. The more limited expansion does not stretch into south Whittier, O’Hara noted, or the nearby hot spot of 19th and Nicollet, where police have seen much spillover.
“I don’t feel safe in my own frickin’ neighborhood,” said Chris Sonnesyn, 59, a longtime Whittier resident who was assaulted in July. When Sonnesyn, an independent contractor, discovered that a homeless man had broken into a client’s apartment and caused $500 in damage, he offered the man a job rather than calling police.
To Sonnesyn’s surprise, the man showed up for work the next day and spent several hours mowing lawns. But as Sonnesyn went to the garage to grab him a soda, the man pulled a rope from his backpack and attempted to strangle Sonnesyn.
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