Vikings at Chiefs - Week 9 - Record: 6-3

For whatever you can say about our very very very bendy defense, they did come through at the very tail end of the game when we needed it.

With the score tied at 23 all, the Vikings had the ball with a bit over two minutes left in the game. And wouldn't you know it. We got a three-&-out. And it wasn't just any three-&-out, it was a dominating one. One play that stood out was Daniel Sorensen's smothering of a swing pass for a loss on 2nd down, especially significant since the Chiefs were abjectly miserable stopping the screen pass all day long.

What can you say about our offense. My word, will it be nice when we get Patrick back. Again, again again again, nothing against Matt Moore. He's done wonderfully, he really has. But those weapons on offense we have.

Tyreek Hill being Superman all over the field, I mean the guy is a phenomenal football player. Our first touchdown was a leaping grab after which he kept his feet under him to propel him into the endzone.

Sammy Watkins with one-handed snatches all over the place. I've always considered the time Watkins missed because of that hamstring injury was a blow to our offense against teams like the Colts and Texans.

Travis Kelce being stout and getting a long clutch reception late to get us into field goal range for Butker to win it.

And Damien Williams. Reid started McCoy, but I wonder how long he is with the team. I hope he's around and they don't just jettison him -- we may need him later -- but it is clear Williams has shown he's the cream of our running core. His 91-yard sprint was a thing of beauty. After a superb weave through the line he turned on the afterburners. When Tyreek joined him as he neared the endzone it looked like the US Olympic track team finishing a close one-&-two in the 400 meter, sweet.

Our run defense did okay actually, but again, there were just too many times we got caught out of position, pursuing too ferociously taking us out of plays. Maybe this is just a by-product of Spagnuolo's defensive scheme, because there were times we made major clutch plays. If you can believe it we held their terrific back Dalvin Cook to under 100 rushing.

It was nice to see this team show they've got some ganas and rise to the occasion late to take this one.
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