Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks: Second quarter discussion

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThe final NFL game of Week 14 got underway at CenturyLink Field with the Seattle Seahawks winning the coin toss and deferring to the second half, meaning the Minnesota Vikings would get the football first. Sebastian Janikowski put his foot to the ball and Ameer Abdullah returned the kickoff to the Minnesota 23 for the Vikings’ first drive of the evening.

Kirk Cousins led the Minnesota offense out onto the field, and got things started with a short run by Dalvin Cook. Cousins then rolled to his right and lofted one to Stefon Diggs for a first down, moving the ball to the 39. A pair of runs by Cook brought up a 3rd-and-4 situation for the purple, and a delay of game…