How All Three Phases Powered the Minnesota Vikings Past the Rams in Overtime

November 10, 2015   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

The Minnesota Vikings made good on Mike Zimmer's courageous decision in overtime, using game-changing plays from all three phases of the game to dominate the extra period and beat the St. Louis Rams by a 18-15 final in Week 9. 
An exhibition in team football produced the perfect finish to a win, vaulting the Vikings to the top of the NFC North. 
It first took a gutsy call from a head coach brazenly confident in his club to get the ball rolling.  
Most in Zimmer's position on Sunday would have won the overtime coin toss and received the football, knowing a touchdown on the opening possession would end the game before the opposition even had a chance to run an offensive play. No one would have thought twice about the choice had Zimmer gone the conventional route and taken the football, especially at home—where the Vikings haven't lost this season. 
Sunday wasn't a day for conventional thinking. 
With a blustery wind causing cha...

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