In our Cheering Interest Guide for this week, we laid out the scenario in which your Minnesota Vikings could clinch a playoff berth in Week 16 of the regular season, and the first of the three dominoes that needed to fall in order to make that happen has done so.
And the Vikings can thank Blaine Gabbert. Yeah, that Blaine Gabbert.
Gabbert, in relief of an injured Marcus Mariota, found former Vikings’ tight end MyCole Pruitt for a 2-yard touchdown just before the two-minute warning at Nissan Stadium to push the Tennessee Titans a 25-16 victory over the Washington Redskins on Saturday afternoon.