Rams Outlast Vikings in a Shootout, 38-31

Many facets of the game of football were on display tonight. For the majority of the game, defense was not one of them. Under a picture-perfect California sky, the Minnesota Vikings kicked off the NFL’s Week Four schedule Thursday night by taking on the Los Angeles Rams . The Rams won the toss and deferred, bringing Kirk Cousins and the Vikings offense onto the field to start the game.

Cousins’ passing offense moved the ball down the field, and Dalvin Cook’s running was hot and cold. On third-and-ten from the Rams sixteen, Cousins hit Vikings newcomer Aldrick Robinson on a pretty pass in the end zone. Fellow Vikings newcomer Dan Bailey banged the extra point through, to make the score 7-0…