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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26, Minnesota Vikings 14: Missed opportunities doom Vikings in loss

When you’re playing a team as talented as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it’s imperative that you take advantage of every opportunity you’re given or you’re probably not going to win.

The Minnesota Vikings found this out the hard way on Sunday afternoon at Raymond James Stadium.

Courtesy, at least in part, of three missed field goals and a missed extra point from Dan Bailey, the Vikings shot themselves in the foot enough times to make sure that they could not be victorious, losing to the Buccaneers by a final score of 26-14.

After a scoreless first quarter of play, the Vikings got on the board early in the second quarter, with Dalvin Cook scoring his fourteenth touchdown of the season on a 1-yard run.