American Football Insights

Week 8 review

Exciting Games (spoiler-free)

Away Team	Home Team	Excitement	Notes	Highlights
		81%	Thursday Night Football. The Vikings visit the Rams. The Vikings (5-1) are coming off a defeat, going down 29-31 at home to the Lions last week. Meanwhile, the Rams (2-4) are coming off a 20-15 home-win against the Raiders.

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Big Pass plays

Team	Opponent	Situation	Field-position	Play	YouTube
		3rd quarter, 8:05 left. Vikings 14 - Rams 14.	Vikings ball, on the Rams 31 1st and 10.	Sam Darnold to Justin Jefferson for 27 yards! 1st and goal on the Rams 4.
		3rd quarter, 2:40 left. Vikings 17 - Rams 20.	Rams ball, on the Vikings 25 2nd and 8.	Matthew Stafford to Demarcus Robinson for 25 yards. Touchdown!
		4th quarter, 15:00 left. Vikings 17 - Rams 21.	Vikings ball, on the Rams 48 3rd and 3.	Sam Darnold to Aaron Jones for 25 yards! 1st and 10 on the Rams 23.

Big Run plays

Team	Opponent	Situation	Field-position	Play	YouTube
		2nd quarter, 14:55 left. Vikings 14 - Rams 7.	Rams ball, on the Vikings 46 1st and 10.	Kyren Williams runs for 17 yards! 1st and 10 on the Vikings 29.
		1st quarter, 10:00 left. Vikings 7 - Rams 0.	Rams ball, on their own 43 1st and 10.	Kyren Williams runs for 13 yards! 1st and 10 on the Vikings 44.
		2nd quarter, 5:30 left. Vikings 14 - Rams 14.	Rams ball, on their own 9 3rd and 18.	Kyren Williams runs for 13 yards! 4th and 5 on their own 22.