Before heavy rain and another round of lightning blasts sent the Vikings and the Oakland Raiders back to their locker rooms and thousands of fans scrambling out of TCF Bank Stadium in search of shelter, 24 minutes of sloppy football was played.
Vikings starters had showed well in their first two preseason games, and the team as a whole played mostly crisp and clean football outside of some penalties and a few fumbles from the backups. But for the first time this summer, the Vikings first-stringers looked to be in preseason form in Saturday night’s 20-12 victory over the Raiders.