Christopher Gates has been the lead writer at The Daily Norseman since the site launched in July of 2006, covering the Minnesota Vikings day in and day out.
With his five-touchdown performance on Sunday afternoon against the Atlanta Falcons, Sam Darnold has cemented himself as the best story in the National Football League this season. He’s now got 28 touchdown passes, good for third in the National Football League behind Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson, and he’s led a Minnesota Vikings team that was projected to win no more than five or six games to an 11-2 mark with four games left in the regular season.