The Minnesota Vikings defense doesn’t give up many opportunities for walk-in touchdowns. The Vikings are talented, disciplined and well coached on that side of the ball, which is why they’re the fifth-ranked unit in the league.
When teams do catch the Vikings in a blitz, and have the perfect play on, like Matthew Stafford and the Lions did early in the second quarter Thursday, they have to take advantage of those opportunities. The Lions didn’t, and it took four points off the board when they had to settle for a field goal instead of a touchdown.
This near miss early in the second quarter is the subject of this week’s Dunham's Film Review.