>>> THERE IS NO PLACE THAT I WOULD RATHER BE ON THANKSGIVING THAN RIGHT HERE AND NOW AT A FOOTBALL GAME. CERTAIN THINGS GO TOGETHER. THE TURKEY, THE FAMILY, THE TRADITION. FOOTBALL. WE HAVE IT ALL TODAY. >> I LEARN A LOT OF THINGS PLAYING IN MINNESOTA FOR 11 YEARS. ONE OF THOSE THINGS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. FOOTBALL. TIMING IS AN UNDERRATED QUALITY. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY OVER TO YOUR PLACE FOR THE HOLIDAY, YOU WANT TO TREAT THEM RIGHT. THIS IS MY THANKSGIVING WELCOMING COMMITTEE. SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE VIKINGS HOSTED A THANKSGIVING GAME, I FIGURED WE COULD USE SOME HELP TO GET IT DONE RIGHT. TEAM, WHAT ARE SOME OF Y'ALL IDEAS? >> HOW ABOUT PUT DECORATIONS IN THE VISITORS LOCKER ROOM. >> THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. >> HOW ABOUT FAMOUS MINNESOTA -- >> I TRIED IT. NO. >> HOW ABOUT YOU VICTOR ANY IDEAS? >> WE HASN'T SAID A WORD SINCE GARY ANDERSON MISSED THAT FIELD GOAL. >> TOO SOON, KID. >> BOTH TEAMS TRY REALLY, REALLY HARD. >> MAC JONES THROWS IT, CAUGHT. TOUCHDOWN, THE PATRIOTS HAVE THE LEAD. >> NAH. >> HE IS GOING TO HEAVE ONE -- >> THE VIKINGS ARE GOING TO WIN. >> SOUND THE HORN. LET'S DIG IN. HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM MINNESOTA. >> Mike: FROM HALL OF FAMER JOHN RANDLE AND ADORABLE FRIENDS, A FRIENDLY WELCOME ON A 35-DEGREE EVENING, U.S. BANK STADIUM, DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THE VIKINGS ARE 8-2 AND MAY HAVE THE BEST RECEIVER IN THE BUSINESS, JUSTIN JEFFERSON. TONIGHT THEY TAKE ON THE NFL'S SACK LEADER, MATTHEW JUDON AND THE 6-4 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. IT IS NBC "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT. SO GLAD YOU ARE WITH US AND THANKS FOR HAVING US IN YOUR HOME ON THANKSGIVING. MIKE TIRICO, TONY DUNGY, JASON GARRETT AND MELISSA STARK COMING UP IN A BIT. THE PATRIOTS WON FIVE OF THE LAST SIX. THE OFFENSE IS NOT SPECTACULAR, BUT WHAT IS YOUR READ NOW THEY ARE IN THE RACE? >> Tony: IT IS A NEW OFFENSE. THEY HAVE NOT FOUND THEIR FOOTING YET. I THINK THEY ARE IN GREAT SHAPE BECAUSE OF THEIR DEFENSE. GIVING UP LESS THAN 12 POINTS PER GAME, THAT IS BILL BELICHICK FOOTBALL. THE DEFENSE IS PRETTY SMOTHERING. >> Mike: JASON, IF WE WERE TALKING TO VIKINGS FANS, BEAT DALLAS, 9-1 AND LOSE 40-3 DALLAS AND AROUND THE DINNER TABLES IN THE TWIN CITIES, IT'S ARE WE ANY GOOD. >> Jason: THERE ARE A LOT OF DOUBTERS OUT THERE. THE SHORT WEEK CAME AT THE PERFECT TIME FOR THE VIKINGS. THEY WANT TO GET THE BAD TASTE OF THE COWBOYS' LOSS OUT OF THEIR MINDS AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN. WHEN THEY HAD THE SEVEN-GAME WINNING STREAK, THEY PLAYED A CERTAIN STYLE. ON OFFENSE, RUN IT. PLAY ACTION PASS. BY THE WAY, GET THE BALL TO DALVIN COOK AND JUSTIN JEFFERSON AND GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. >> Mike: THEY ARE LOUD. THEY ARE READY TO GO. SO ARE WE. BIG NAMES, IT SHOULD BE A PERFECT GAME. THE VIKINGS AND THE PATRIOTS. FINAL COURSE FOR YOU ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT 2022. KICKOFF WITH CROWN. >> NBC SPORTS WELCOMES YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. >> TO HONOR AMERICA WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, PLEASE WELCOME MINNESOTA NATIVE, MULTIPLATINUM SONGWRITER AND NATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST, CAITLYN SMITH. ♪ O SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ ♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪ ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ ♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪ ♪ AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ ♪ OH, SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪ ♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪ ♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ ♪ >> Mike: GREAT RENDITION OF THE ANTHEM ON THIS GREAT AMERICAN HOLIDAY, THE DAY OF SEEING FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND A REUNION OF THE HEAD COACHES. MELISSA STARK. >> Melissa: MIKE, TONIGHT IT IS TEACHER VERSUS STUDENT. BILL BELICHICK DRAFTED KEVIN O'CONNELL IN THE THIRD ROUND. HE PLAYED AS THE BACKUP TO TOM BRADY AND MATT CASSEL. BILL BELICHICK REMEMBERS O'CONNELL AS A COOKIE BUT THAT O'CONNELL WAS SMART, SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE AND HIS PLAYS HARD. O'CONNELL IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS HEAD COACH OF THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS SAYS HE STILL HAS HIS OLD NOTEBOOK FROM PATRIOTS TEAM MEETINGS AND REFERS BACK TO THEM AND CAN RATTLE OFF EVERYTHING FROM DO YOUR JOB. I HAVE TO BE AUTHENTIC TO MYSELF. I HAVE TO BE ME. TONIGHT HE BECOMES THE THIRD MAN TO HAVE PLAYED FOR BELICHICK TO GO ON TO COACH AGAINST HIM. >> Mike: BELICHICK AND NEW ENGLAND CHASING BUFFALO AND MIAMI. PATS PLAY THEM TWICE IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS. VIKINGS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE NORTH. DETROIT'S LOSS MEANS THEY CAN CLINCH AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. LOVE THE TRADITIONS HERE. THE TRADITION OF THE HORN. SUNNI LEE. >> Mike: HERE WE GO. NEW ENGLAND WON THE TOSS. NICK FOLK IS KICKING OFF. NWANGWU HAS TWO KICKOFF RETURNS AND IS BACK TO RECEIVE. HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY AND TIME FOR THE FINAL COURSE 2022. OFF WE GO FROM MINNEAPOLIS. NWANGWU FROM THE 2, TRYING TO GET TO THE EDGE AND WHAT A TACKLE AT THE 20 YARD LINE BY MARCUS JONES, THE MAN THAT MADE SPECIAL TEAMS HEADLINES FOR THE PATRIOTS ON SUNDAY. LET'S MEET THE MINNESOTA OFFENSE. >> KIRK COUSINS MICHIGAN STATE. >> DALVIN COOK. >> JUSTIN JEFFERSON. >> ADAM THIELEN, MINNESOTA STATE. >> K.J. OSBORN, THE U. >> EZRA CLEVELAND, BOISE STATE. >> ED INGRAM, LSU. >> BRIAN O'NEILL, PITT. DALVIN COOK. TO THE LEFT HE WILL GET ABOUT THREE YARDS. KIRK COUSINS, IN HIS FIFTH YEAR HERE AT MINNESOTA. THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM FOR IT. HE HAS LED BIG COMEBACK WINS INCLUDING THE BUFFALO WIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. BUT A LOT OF PICKS THROUGH THE FIRST TEN GAMES OF THE SEASON FOR COUSINS, AND SEVEN SACKS LAST WEEK. >> Tony: THEY WILL GO UPTEMPO HERE, MIKE. >> Mike: SECOND AND SIX, TONY FROM THE 24. THROWS AND COMPLETES TO THE BACKUP TIGHT END, JOHNNY MUNDT. A FIRST DOWN AND A GAIN OF 13. >> Jason: KIRK COUSINS LOOKS AWFULLY COMFORTABLE IN THE POCKET HERE. THE PROTECTION IS CLEAN. ALWAYS GOOD TO GET THE PROTECTION EARLY IN THE BALLGAME AND GET RID OF THE COBWEBS AND GET THE BLOOD FLOWING. >> Tony: MATTHEW JUDON ON THE RIGHT SIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME GOING UP AGAINST THE NEW LEFT TACKLE. >> Mike: TO THE 37, OUT QUICK. AND THERE HE IS, JUSTIN JEFFERSON. A GAIN OF ABOUT EIGHT YARDS. WE HAVE A PENALTY MARKER DOWN. ALEX KEMP, OUR REFEREE IS COMING RIGHT OVER WHERE JEFFERSON WAS ENTANGLED WITH THE TOP CORNER FOR THE PATRIOTS. LIP READERS, YOU SAW HIM SAY FACEMASK. NOW HE WILL OPEN THE MIC AND SAY IT. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, FACEMASK DEFENSE NUMBER 31. 15-YARD PENALTY. FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: THAT WILL TAKE THE VIKINGS TO THE PATRIOTS' SIDE OF MIDFIELD. >> Jason: RIGHT-HAND PART OF THE FORMATION, JUSTIN JEFFERSON GOES OFF COVERAGE. THEY THROW A BUBBLE ROUTE. YOU CAN SEE THE PHYSICALNESS OF JEFFERSON AT THE END OF THE DOWN AND WHERE JONES GETS THE HAND IN THERE AT THE TOP OF IT AND PULLS IT A BIT. GOOD CALL. >> Mike: OUR THREE-TIME SUPER BOWL REFEREE WITH US. HERE IS COUSINS. ESCAPES AND THROWS ON THE RUN. WIDE OPEN, ADAM THIELEN. MR. MINNESOTA TO THE 25 YARD LINE. A GAIN OF 16. AND THE VIKINGS ARE ON THE MOVE ON THE OPENING DRIVE. >> Tony: FOUR-MAN RUSH OFF OF BASIC ZONE COVERAGE. BENTLEY COMING. COUSINS DOES A GREAT JOB MOVING AROUND AND FINDING THIELEN. >> Mike: A VIKINGS TEAM THAT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING IN OPENING DRIVES HERE THIS SEASON. FROM THE 25. JEFFERSON THROWS TO THIELEN. FIRST DOWN. AT THE 13 YARD LINE. JUSTIN JEFFERSON'S SECOND PASS OF THE YEAR. HE COMPLETED BOTH. >> Jason: MIKE, THIS IS PART OF THE OPENING SCRIPT. JUSTIN JEFFERSON CAN TRULY DO IT ALL. THIS PASS IS DECIDEDLY BEHIND. YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. THEY HAVE BEEN WALKING THROUGH IT ALL WEEK LONG AND DYING TO CALL IT AND LEAVE IT TO JEFFERSON TO EXECUTE IT LIKE THAT BETWEEN THE 1 AND THE 9. >> Mike: THE OTHER COMPLETION WAS AGAINST THE BEARS. FROM THE 14, COOK TO THE RIGHT. DALVIN COOK. DOWN TO THE 10 YARD LINE. KYLE DUGGER, ONE OF THE MULTIPLE SAFETIES IN ON THE TACKLE. >> Tony: I LOVE WHAT KEVIN O'CONNELL HAS DONE. HE COMES OUT NO-HUDDLE, UPTEMPO, TRICK PLAY OFF OF THE BAT. JUST GETS THE JUICES GOING. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DRIVE. >> Jason: I LOVE THE DISTRIBUTION. COOK, A COUPLE OF TIMES, JEFFERSON, THIELEN GOT A TOUCH. REALLY GOOD RHYTHM SO FAR. >> Mike: MINNESOTA OFFENSE, 23 POINTS PER GAME, 13th IN THE LEAGUE. K.J. OSBORN WAS MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE. COOK GOES INSIDE TO THE 7 YARD LINE WITH DEVIN McCOURTY, ONE OF THE GREAT VETERANS IN THE LEAGUE. 35 YEARS OLD. THE OLDEST DEFENSIVE BACK IN THE NFL. DOING IT AND DOING IT AT A HIGH LEVEL. >> Tony: McCOURTY IS A GUY THAT STAYS ON THE FIELD ALL OF THE TIME DIRECTING TRAFFIC. A LITTLE MORE UPTEMPO. >> Mike: THEY STAY ON THE FIELD HERE. COUSINS THROWS. IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN BY JEFFERSON. TEAM GRIDDY ON THANKSGIVING, WHY NOT. >> Jason: WHAT AN OPENING DRIVE BY MINNESOTA. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE PROTECTION. IT IS CLEAN. KIRK COUSINS HAS A CHANCE TO SCAN, JEFFERSON ON THE DRAG ROUTE, UNDERNEATH THE COVERAGE. THEY STACK THEM UP. LET JUSTIN COME IN BEHIND IT. KIRK COUSINS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. HE IS GOING TO FINISH IT FOR YOU. WHAT A DRIVE. >> Mike: GREG JOSEPH TRIES TO MAKE IT SEVEN, AND HE DOES WITH THE EXTRA POINT. >> Mike: "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT BROUGHT TO YOU BY U.S. BANK, AND BY TOYOTA. LET'S GO PLACES. THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE THIS MORNING IN SAINT PAUL, THE 57th ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL GAME. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 1966 WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD. MULTIPLE GENERATIONS REPRESENTED THERE AND IN THE CROWD TONIGHT. THAT IS WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT SPORTS. IT BRIDGES SO MANY GAPS AND DIVIDES AND A DAY LIKE THIS BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER. HOPE YOUR TURKEY WAS GOOD. TOUCHBACK STARTING AT THE 25. HERE IS THE NEW ENGLAND OFFENSE. >> MAC JONES, ALABAMA. >> RHAMONDRE STEVENSON. >> JAKOBI MEYERS. >> DEVANTE PARKER, LOUISVILLE. >> HUNTER HENRY, ARKANSAS. >> JAMES FERENTZ, IOWA. >> YODNY CAJUSTE, WEST VIRGINIA. >> Mike: THE CENTER DAVID ANDREWS, ISAIAH WYNN, THEY GAVE UP SIX SACKS LAST WEEK. THEY HAVE A LOUD CROWD TO DEAL WITH. JONES FUMBLES THE SNAP, GETS IT BACK AND THROWS ACROSS THE FIELD AND THAT IS BROUGHT IN FOR A GAIN OF 26 YARDS BY JAKOBI MEYERS WHO IS SHAKEN UP. FUMBLED AT THE SNAP, A BIT DISCOMBOBULATED BUT ABLE TO HIT MEYERS IN STRIDE. THE ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF WALKS HIM OFF AND THEY GO NO-HUDDLE. HE DID HOLD ON TO THE LEFT HAND AND WALKED RIGHT TO THE BENCH TO BE EXAMINED. DAMIEN HARRIS INSIDE AND HAS A GOOD GAIN FOR THE PATRIOTS HERE OF SEVEN ON FIRST DOWN. AN OFFENSE THAT DID NOT SCORE LAST WEEK AGAINST THE JETS ANY TOUCHDOWNS. THEIR ONLY TD CAME ON SPECIAL TEAMS. FOR THE QUARTERBACK MAC JONES, YEAR TWO. THE FIRST ROUND PICK OUT OF ALABAMA. NUMBERS NOT AS GOOD AS HIS ROOKIE SEASON. MISSED THREE STARTS WITH THE ANKLE AND THIS IS HIS FIFTH SINCE RETURNING. A GAIN OF SEVEN. BACK TO HARRIS AGAIN. HE SPUN FORWARD FOR THE FIRST DOWN BY ZA'DARIUS SMITH, THE BEST PASS RUSHER UP FRONT FOR THE VIKINGS. >> Tony: THAT IS SOMETHING I AM GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. MINNESOTA WANTS TO STOP THE RUN WITH THE FRONT SEVEN AND KEEP THE SAFETIES BACK AND CONFUSE THE QUARTERBACK. CAN THE PATRIOTS RUN IT AT THEM AND MAKE THEM COME OUT OF THE DEEP SHELL? >> Mike: JONES. HUNTER HENRY, THE TIGHT END. HE WILL GET TO THE 24 YARD LINE AGAINST THE MINNESOTA DEFENSE. >> DANIELL HUNTER, LSU, WES PHILLIPS STANFORD. >> JORDAN HICKS, TEXAS. >> ERIC KENDRICKS, UCLA. >> DUKE SHELLEY, PENN STATE. >> HARRISON SMITH. >> CAMRYN BYNUM, CAL. >> PATRICK PETERSON, LSU. >> Mike: SHELLEY THEIR FIFTH OPTION AT CORNER TO START. THEY ARE HURTING OVER THERE. THEY GAVE OVER 400 OR MORE IN 5 OF THE 10 GAMES THIS YEAR. JONES THROWING OVER THE MIDDLE AND CAUGHT BY NELSON AGHOLOR FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! THE PATS WALKING DOWN THE FIELD TO SCORE. >> NELSON AGHOLOR DID NOT START TONIGHT. HE COMES IN IN A THREE WIDE RECEIVER SET. GREAT THROW AND MAC JONES LOOKS THE SAFETIES OFF. WATCH THE EYES. DOWN THE MIDDLE. GREAT THROW. >> Jason: I LOVE WHEN YOU HAVE THE SPEED IN THE SLOT TO AGHOLOR. MAC JONES WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. >> Mike: NICK FOLK WITH THE EXTRA POINT, AND HE WILL KNOCK >> Mike: AFTER THE TURKEY AND AFTER THE GAME JIMMY FALLON WELCOMES JERRY SEINFELD. ALL NEW THE TONIGHT SHOW AFTER THE GAME HERE ON NBC. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AN EARLY TOUCHDOWN, THE FIRST TD IN THE FIRST QUARTER THIS SEASON. >> Tony: WOW. IN THE FIRST FRAME. GOOD JOB. OUT OF THE STUDIO. GOOD STUFF. THIS IS A GOOD RETURNER HERE. FROM THE 2 SPECIAL TEAMS ALL OVER IT. DEATRICH WISE, ARKANSAS. >> DAVON GODCHAUX, LSU. >> LAWRENCE GUY, ARIZONA STATE. >> MATTHEW JUDON, GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY. >> JONATHAN JONES, AUBURN. >> KYLE DUGGER. >> DEVIN McCOURTY, RUTGERS. >> JABRILL PEPPERS, MICHIGAN. >> Mike: YOU SAW THE COWBOYS' DEFENSE, THE ONLY ONES GIVING UP FEWER POINTS THAN THE PATRIOTS. JAKOBI MEYERS WHO CAUGHT THE PASS ON THE FIRST DRIVE WALKING OFF OF THE FIELD FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. COUSINS FROM THE 21. THROWS AND COMPLETES TO JEFFERSON. STAYING BUSY TONIGHT. A GAIN OF FIVE. THEY WILL MARK HIM AT THE 26 YARD LINE. HE COMES IN SECOND IN THE LEAGUE IN YARDS, ONLY TYREEK HILL HAS MORE. >> Tony: LOOKS LIKE THE VIKINGS HEARD JASON GARRETT SAYING GET THE BALL TO 4 AND 18. >> Jason: JIMMYS AND JOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, COACH. >> Tony: YES, THEY DO. >> Mike: SECOND AND FOUR. IT IS COOK. BREAKS THE FIRST TACKLE AND WILL GET NEAR THE 30. I AM CURIOUS, GUYS. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE MENTIONING. BILL BELICHICK'S GAME PLAN. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU PLAY LEFT-HANDED. TAKING AWAY THE BEST OPTION KEVIN O'CONNELL HAS ON THE OTHER SIDE. WHEN DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FOR THE NIGHT. >> Jason: WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT MARVIN HARRISON BACK IN THE DAY, ALWAYS LINING UP ON ONE SIDE. THIS GUY IS ALL OVER THE FORMATION. IT IS CHALLENGING TO PUT A COUPLE OF GUYS ON HIM. HE IS GOING TO WIN A ONE-ON-ONE ON EVERY SNAP. >> Mike: THIRD AND ONE. THE PATS BRING FOUR. COUSINS TO THE AIR AND NEARLY PICKED OFF. HE WAS GOING FOR JEFFERSON AND THEIR BEST COVER CORNER, JONATHAN JONES WAS THERE. >> Jason: I HAVE TO TAKE THAT BACK. HE WAS ONE-ON-ONE THERE. JONATHAN JONES, FANTASTIC JOB DRIVING ON THE BALL AND KIRK WAS LATE AND BEHIND WITH THE FOOTBALL. HE HAS TO PUT THAT THING OUT ON THE BOUNDARY. JONES HAS EXCELLENT CLOSING SPEED. THE VIKINGS GOT LUCKY. >> Mike: RYAN WRIGHT IS THE ROOKIE PUNTER AND MARCUS JONES IS BACK DEEP TO RECEIVE. THE LAST TIME HE TOUCHED A PUNT HE ENDED THE GAME ESSENTIALLY AGAINST THE JETS. THE ONLY TOUCHDOWN LAST SUNDAY AT FOXBOROUGH. >> Mike: THANKSGIVING NIGHT FROM MINNEAPOLIS, OUR AERIAL COVERAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. A NICE MILD FEW DAYS HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES, TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING, NO SNOW. >> Jason: THAT IS MILD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. >> Mike: PATRIOTS TAKING OVER FROM THEIR OWN 14. THE SECOND DRIVE OF THE GAME. RHAMONDRE STEVENSON IS THE BACK. BOY, A LOT OF FOLKS LIKE HIM. A GAIN OF ABOUT FIVE THERE. MELISSA STARK. >> Melissa: MIKE, WE SAW JAKOBI MEYERS, THE TEAM'S LEADING RECEIVER GET INJURED MAKING THE PATRIOTS' FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME AND WENT INTO THE MEDICAL TENT, THE UNAFFILIATED NEUROTRAUMA CONSULTANT WENT IN WITH HIM AND HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE X-RAY ROOM. WIDE RECEIVER DEVANTE PARKER ALSO WAS IN THE TENT FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES LOOKING AT HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG AND JUST CAME OUT TO PUT HIS HELMET ON. >> Mike: STEVENSON OUT OF THE BACKFIELD HERE GETS TO THE END AND WILL HAVE THIRD AND A COUPLE. VIKINGS WANTED A HOLDING PENALTY THERE. PARKER CAME IN WITH A KNEE INJURY IN THE GAME AND WAS QUESTIONABLE. WE WILL WATCH THE DEPTH ON THE PATRIOTS' WIDE RECEIVERING CORPS. >> Jason: I REALLY LIKE MAC JONES' RHYTHM SO FAR IN THE GAME. HE LOOKED HESITANT THE LAST FEW WEEKS. HE IS GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS QUICKLY FOR POSITIVE PLAYS FOR NEW ENGLAND. >> Mike: STEVENSON, COMING CLOSE TO MAC JONES BUT COULD NOT -- BOTH TEAMS HAD TOUCHDOWNS ON DRIVE ONE AND THREE-AND-OUTS ON DRIVE TWO. >> Jason: THEY PUT RHAMONDRE STEVENSON ALL THE WAY OUTSIDE, COACH. THEY PUT A BUNCH IN FRONT OF HIM. BALL IS NOT EASY AS IT COULD BE, A LITTLE BIT HIGH. RHAMONDRE THINKS HE SHOULD HAVE HAD IT THERE. >> Tony: THEY HAD SOMETHING IF HE CAUGHT IT. >> Mike: JALEN REAGOR IS BACK TO RECEIVE. A LOW KICK. >> Mike: 14th MEETING BETWEEN THESE TEAMS. THE PATRIOTS' SECOND VISIT TO THIS STADIUM. FANS DON'T WANT ME TO REMIND IT WAS SUPER BOWL LII, THE EAGLES WINNING WITH THE PHILLY SPECIAL. THE VIKINGS START AT THE 43. I LOVE TO HEAR ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION. HERE IS COOK TO THE LEFT. DIVING FORWARD TO THE 49 YARD LINE. THERE IS A PENALTY FLAG DOWN. IT IS DOWN BACK IN THE SECONDARY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE PATRIOTS. >> Tony: USUALLY MIKE WHEN YOU GET THAT FLAG IT IS HOLDING ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE. >> Referee: HOLDING DEFENSE NUMBER 92. FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE END OF THE RUN. FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: DAVON GODCHAUX. >> Jason: MIKE, YOU MENTIONED ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION. MINNESOTA AS MUCH AS ANY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE BEFORE THE SNAP IN THEIR RUNNING GAME WILL CHANGE THE PLAY. YOU HAVE SEEN THAT ALREADY IN THE BALLGAME. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE WITH NEW ENGLAND BECAUSE THEY PLAY SOME UNCONVENTIONAL PERSONNEL GROUPINGS SO THE LOOKS ARE NOT GOING TO BE QUITE AS CLEAN. >> Mike: FULLBACK, C.J. HAM ON THE MOVE AND COUSINS, RUNNING AWAY FROM TROUBLE. SIDELINE FOR THIELEN WHO MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE FOR THE CATCH. A PICKUP OF TWO. >> Tony: MATTHEW JUDON, LEADING THE LEAGUE IN SACKS AND GETS IN THERE A NUMBER OF WAYS. LEFT SIDE. RIGHT SIDE. HERE HE BEATS THE BACK. AND THIS IS THE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT HIM, RELENTLESS. HE STAYS AFTER IT. >> Mike: SHOWS A LOT OF HUSTLE. GREAT JOB BY McMILLIAN, THE SIXTH YEAR MAN OUT OF OHIO STATE. HE CAME FLYING IN FOR A LOSS OF A PAIR AND WILL HAVE THIRD AND TEN COMING UP. >> Jason: WATCH McMILLIAN. HE SIMPLY JUST SHOOTS THE GAP. THIS IS A WIDE ZONE RUN. THERE IS AN EMPTY GAP IN THERE AND HE JUST HITS IT. EASY TO FIND WITH THE RED SLEEVES. COUSINS HAS TIME AND HE THROWS THE INTERCEPTION. JONATHAN JONES WITH A LOT OF SPACE. JONES ACROSS MIDFIELD, INSIDE THE 30, GETTING A BLOCK IN FRONT. TACKLED OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 20. PATRIOTS COME UP WITH THEIR 18th TURNOVER OF THE SEASON. JONATHAN JONES HAS HIS THIRD I.N.T. >> Jason: WHEN KIRK COUSINS HAS A CLEAN POCKET HE IS AS GOOD AS ANYONE IN THE LEAGUE. UNDER PRESSURE HE CAN GET CARELESS. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. HEAT IN HIS FACE. NEW ENGLAND DOES A FANTASTIC JOB PRESSURING THE QUARTERBACK AND KEEPING THEIR EYES ON THE QUARTERBACK ON THE BACK END. THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY FOR A THROW LIKE THAT. >> Tony: THAT IT WAS A DOUBLE-TEAM ON JUSTIN JEFFERSON, JONATHAN JONES CAME OFF OF HIM AND GOT THE INTERCEPTION. >> Mike: HE COULDN'T MAKE THAT SHARP PASS. NOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DAMIEN HARRIS. RUNS TO THE 14 YARD LINE AND A GAME OF THREE. >> Tony: THIS WILL BE A GOOD TEST FOR NEW ENGLAND. >> Jason: WHEN THEY GET IN THIS PART OF THE FIELD, MAC JONES TOLD US LAST NIGHT WE HAVE TO PREVENT OURSELVES FROM GOING BACKWARDS WITH THE MINUS PLAYS, SACKS, PENALTIES. THEY WILL TRY TO INCH IT FORWARDS AND CASH IN ON THE DRIVE. >> Mike: YOU SAW THE NUMBERS, ONLY DENVER IS WORSE IN THE RED ZONE THIS YEAR. HARRIS AND PHILLIPS HAVE THE PENETRATION AND THE FORMER BUFFALO BILL MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TRICKY THAT WAS GOING TO SUCCEED. >> Tony: PHILLIPS GETS A GREAT READ. HE PENETRATES. HE AND ZA'DARIUS SMITH END UP STOPPING THE PLAY WITH PENETRATION. >> Mike: THE NEGATIVE PLAYS WHEN THEY GET DOWN THERE. >> Jason: THIS IS WHAT HAS KILLED THE PATRIOTS. NOW YOU FIND YOURSELF THIRD AND LONG. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HERE. >> Mike: PASS COMPLETES AS AGHOLOR HOLDS ON INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE. THAT WILL SET UP A FIELD GOAL OF ABOUT 33 YARDS. >> Tony: AND THAT IS A WIN FOR THE MINNESOTA DEFENSE. SUDDEN CHANGE. YOU STOP THEM. HOLD THEM TO A FIELD GOAL. THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE ON DEFENSE AFTER A TURNOVER. >> Jason: TACKLES IF FOR LOSS, SACKS, PENALTIES HAVE KILLED THE PATRIOTS IN THIS PART OF THE FIELD AND IT SHOWED UP ONE MORE TIME. >> Mike: WE WILL SEE IF THE TURNOVER WILL TURN INTO A FIELD GOAL. FOLK IS ON. >> Mike: THE VOICE IS LIVE. ON NBC AND OF COURSE STREAMING ON PEACOCK. TWIN CITIES, OVER IN ST. PAUL, THE STATE CAPITAL OF MINNESOTA. THE FIRST SEVEN BY MINNESOTA AND THE NEXT TEN BY THE PATRIOTS. FOLK KICKS AND WILL BE RETURNED FROM THE 4. TRYING TO PICK WHICH DIRECTION HE IS GOING. PEPPERS STOPS HIM THERE. JUSTIN JEFFERSON, YEAR THREE. HE CAME OUT OF LSU. YOU KNOW, HE ONLY HAD ONE SEC OFFER. THE FIRST RECEIVER, FOUR OTHERS WENT AHEAD OF HIM. HE KEEPS AN EYE ON WHAT THEY DO AND WE ARE ALL KEEPING AN EYE ON HE DOES. MOST YARDS IN THE LEAGUE IN THE LAST TWO PLUS SEASONS. IN HIS SIGHTS, RANDY MOSS. THE PLAYER TO LEAD THE NFL IN THE RECEIVING YARDS OVER THAT THREE-YEAR STRETCH. HE HAS BURST ON THE SCENE. A COUPLE OF PRO BOWLS. HE IS A HALL OF FAMER ALREADY. ALEXANDER MATTISON, THE GIVE. NO GAIN THERE. WHEN HE MADE THE GREAT CATCH IN BUFFALO, THE GLOVE WENT UP TO THE HALL OF FAME IN CANTON AND THEY WILL TALK FOREVER. >> Tony: WE HAD SUCH A NICE VISIT WITH HIM. >> Jason: HE HAS A GREAT WAY ABOUT HIM. HIS SMILE AND HIS SPIRIT ARE INCREDIBLE. HE KNOWS THE FOUR DRAFTED AHEAD OF HIM. HE FOLLOWS AND KEEPS AN EYE ON THEM. HE HAS AN EDGE AND A KILLER INSTINCT SHOWING UP ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD EVERY WEEK. >> Mike: MATTISON. THAT IS CAUGHT BY THIELEN, A LIMITED GAIN THERE. HERE IS MELISSA. >> Melissa: JUSTIN JEFFERSON SAID HE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM ADAM THIELEN. HE SAID THIELEN TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING IMMEDIATELY. I ASKED THIELEN ABOUT IT. HE SAID I'M AN OPEN BOOK. I AM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO. JEFFERSON, HE IS SO CALM AND GIFTED. HE DOESN'T NEED ME. IF I DO ANYTHING, I KEEP HIS CONFIDENCE UP AND ASSURE HIM HE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. >> Mike: THEY HAVE BEEN SO ESSENTIAL TO EACH OTHER. YOU CAN SEE THIELEN LIMPING OFF AFTER THE HIT ON SECOND DOWN. JALEN REAGOR HAS COME IN AS THE RECEIVER ON THIRD AND SEVEN. COUSINS THROWS AND BROUGHT IN BY T.J. HOCKENSON. VERY RARE. TRADED IN THE DIVISION >> Melissa: BACK IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH KEVIN O'CONNELL. THE PATRIOTS GOT THREE POINTS OFF OF THE INTERCEPTION. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PLAY? >> WE HAD A NEGATIVE RUN ON SECOND DOWN FORCING US INTO A THIRD AND LONG. I THOUGHT THE PROTECTION HELD UP WELL. WE HAVE TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION WHEN THE LONGER YARDAGE THIRD DOWNS COME UP, WE HAVE TO MANAGE THOSE IN A WAY WHERE WE FINISH THOSE POSSESSIONS WITH A CONVERSION OR A PUNT IF WE HAVE TO. KIRK MADE A GREAT THIRD DOWN CONVERSION AND WE WILL BE FINE. >> Melissa: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE ON THE REST OF THE DRIVE? >> CONSISTENCY, USE OUR TEMPO AND TRY TO KEEP THEM OFF BALANCE. >> Mike: KEVIN O'CONNELL IS A GOOD HEAD COACH. I HAVE TWO GOOD HEAD COACHES UP THERE WITH ME. THE THROW BY COUSINS SHOWS YOU THAT. ONLY SEAN McVAY YOUNGER. HE WAS WITH McVAY WITH THE RAMS THE LAST TWO YEARS. SECOND QUARTER BEGINS. IT IS ALEXANDER MATTISON ON A RUN TO THE LEFT TO THE 37 YARD LINE. HALL OF FAME COACH DUNGY, WHAT WAS IT THAT WAS SO GOOD. >> Tony: IT WAS JUST THE TIMING HERE. OUT BREAKING ROUTE AND HE LETS IT GO BEFORE HOCKENSON MAKES THE BREAK. THAT WAS A CONFIDENT THROW AND AFTER AN INTERCEPTION TO COME BACK WITH ONE LIKE THAT SHOWS YOU SOMETHING. >> Jason: THE NEAR INTERCEPTION TO JONES. THROWS THE PICK. YOU SAID IT, YOU LET IT GO EARLY AND HALFWAY THERE BEFORE HOCKENSON TURNED. BIG TIME CONVERSION. SECOND AND SIX. PRESSURE ON. COMPLETES TO JEFFERSON ON THE RUN TO THE 42 YARD LINE. A GAIN OF 21. FIRST DOWN MINNESOTA. >> Tony: THERE IS THAT GUY AGAIN, BUT IT STARTS UP FRONT. PLAY ACTION. THE PROTECTION IS CLEAN. KIRK COMES OUT OF IT AND RIPS IT IN THERE. THERE IS THE HOLE. JEFFERSON IS THERE. TWO REALLY CONFIDENT THROWS BY KIRK COUSINS. WHEN YOU ARE THROWING TO HOCKENSON AND THAT GUY JUSTIN JEFFERSON, EASY TO SEE WHY HE IS CUTTING IT LOOSE. >> Tony: ONE-ON-ONE AND JUSTIN JEFFERSON TOLD US I WOULDN'T DO THAT AGAINST ME. >> Mike: K.J. OSBORN IS THE MOVE MAN. BACK DOWN TO HOCKENSON. A BIG BLOCK ON THE LAST PLAY. HE HAS A GAIN HERE OF SEVEN TO THE 35 YARD LINE. KIRK COUSINS TOLD US THAT HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HOCKENSON GOT HERE SO FAST AND HOW QUICKLY GOT UP TO SPEED AFTER HIS TIME IN DETROIT. >> Tony: THAT WAS A GOOD DECISION BY KIRK COUSINS. THEY HAD A PLAY ACTION SHOT PLAY. WASN'T THERE. TAKE YOUR FIVE-YARD-GAIN. KEEP THE CHAINS MOVING. >> Mike: THIS PLACE IS LIBRARY QUIET. ALEXANDER MATTISON, FIRST DOWN TO THE 27 YARD LINE FOR THE FOURTH YEAR BACK OUT OF BOISE STATE. KIRK COUSINS ENGINEERING A NICE DRIVE HERE. DO YOU KNOW KIRK COUSINS IS ALREADY THIRD IN WINS BY A STARTING QUARTERBACK? >> Tony: I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT, MIKE. I AM A VIKINGS FAN. I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN NUMBER ONE OR TWO, BUT NOT NUMBER THREE. >> Mike: TO THE TIGHT END JOHNNY MUNDT. MATTHEW JUDON WAS COMING BUT COUSINS GOT RID OF IT. >> Tony: MATTHEW JUDON PLAYS THE BOOTLEG HERE. THEY EXPECT HIM TO CHASE THE RUN. HE GOES UPFIELD. HIS FLAT RECEIVER WASN'T OPEN. HE COMES BACK TO MUNDT INSIDE. THAT IS A GREAT REACTION. >> Jason: CALL THAT A SHEEP ROUTE, COACH. FIND THAT GUY RIGHT THERE. HE AND MUNDT ON THE SAME PAGE. >> Mike: IT WILL BE MINUS ONE ON THE RUN. JALEN MILLS ON THE CORNER WITH THE STOP. >> Tony: KIRK SAID THIS IS SOMETHING HE HAD TO ADJUST TO. NOW HE IS MAKING A LOT MORE DECISIONS IN THE RUNNING GAME AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THAT WAS NEW FOR HIM. >> Jason: SO MUCH OF WHAT THEY DID IN THE LAST TWO YEARS COMES FROM GARY KUBIAK WHO WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR HERE. HERE IS FAST TEMPO BY MINNESOTA HERE ON THE THIRD AND SHORT. >> Mike: THIRD AND THREE. COUSINS HITS COOK ON THE RUN. FIRST DOWN, DALVIN COOK. A BEAUTIFUL OPEN FIELD TACKLE BY MYLES BRYANT, BUT IT IS FIRST DOWN FOR THE VIKINGS JUST INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE. >> Jason: KEEP GETTING THE BALL TO THIS GUY, DALVIN COOK. THEY GO FAST AND LINES UP IN THE SLOT. THIS IS A BIG TIME TACKLE ON THE BACK END BY MYLES BRYANT. THIS COULD HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY. >> Tony: HE CAN DO SO MUCH. INCREDIBLE LINING UP AS A WIDE RECEIVER. >> Mike: 11th PLAY OF THE DRIVE. COUSINS. DALVIN COOK AND FIRES IT THROUGH HIS HANDS AND INCOMPLETE. MELISSA SET THE TABLE AT THE TOP OF THE GAME. KEVIN O'CONNELL, THE COACH OF THE VIKINGS GOING UP AGAINST BILL BELICHICK WHO DRAFTED HIM. IT IS FUN TO WATCH THIRD DOWNS. YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THE PATRIOTS ARE SO GOOD WITH ALL OF THEIR PERSONNEL GROUPS. IT IS QUICK. WE ARE NOT LETTING BELICHICK BE THE MASTER CHESS MOVER. >> Jason: HE KEPT HIS NOTEBOOK. A GOOD IDEA. >> Tony: NONE OF THAT TONIGHT. >> Mike: THIELEN BACK IN THE GAME THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE GAMES. COOK. INSIDE THE 10 TO THE 9 YARD LINE. >> Tony: THAT IS A GREAT RUN, MIKE. THERE WAS SO MUCH PENETRATION THERE AT THE POINT OF ATTACK. HE IS GOING TO SEE WHITE COLORS SHOWING UP IN HIS FACE. THAT IS A GREAT CUT BACK. HE AVOIDED THE LONG YARDAGE. THIRD AND TEN. THIRD AND FIVE IS MANAGEABLE. MANNED UP ON JEFFERSON. >> Mike: COUSINS, IN TRAFFIC IT IS CAUGHT BY JEFFERSON. WE HAVE A FLAG DOWN. SOMEHOW THROUGH ALL OF THOSE BODIES JEFFERSON CAUGHT IT. BUT A FLAG BACK WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT COUSINS. >> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE NUMBER 67. TEN-YARD PENALTY. THIRD DOWN. >> Mike: THE ROOKIE RIGHT GUARD, ED INGRAM. >> Jason: INGRAM IS THE RIGHT GUARD HERE, AND HE DRAWS THE SHORT STRAW HAVING TO BLOCK JUDON INSIDE. JUDON IS SO GOOD ON THOSE INSIDE MOVES. INSTANT PRESSURE. INGRAM HAD NO CHANCE. >> Tony: LOOKED LIKE SINGLE COVERAGE BUT IT WASN'T. DISRUPTS THE ROUTE AND STILL IT'S CAUGHT. >> Jason: GOT TO BE SMART HERE. THIRD AND LONG, PRESERVE THE FIELD GOAL OPPORTUNITY. >> Mike: THE PATRIOTS ARE THERE AND WAITING FOR HIM. THEY WILL BRING HIM DOWN AT THE 12. JALEN MILLS, ONE OF THE TWO DEFENSIVE BACKS TO SET UP THE FIELD GOAL. >> Tony: THAT IS A GOOD CALL AND GOOD EXECUTION. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE THIRD AND 15 AGAINST THE PATRIOTS' DEFENSE. TAKE WHAT YOU GET. GET IT IN FIELD GOAL RANGE AND TAKE YOUR POINTS. >> Mike: GREG JOSEPH'S SECOND YEAR WITH THE VIKINGS. THIS ONE IS FROM 30. AND IT TIES THE GAME AT 10-10. LONG, LONG DRIVE. >> JOHN WAS A BIG MAN. HE WAS A BIG PERSONALITY. HALL OF FAME COACH AND HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCER AND HAS DONE SO MUCH TO PROMOTE THE LOVE OF FOOTBALL. A SPECIAL, SPECIAL MAN. ONE OF THE GREAT AMBASSADORS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. >> Mike: BOY, WOULD YOU LOVE TO BE THERE FOR THE BELICHICK/MADDEN CONVERSATION. >> Jason: PHENOMENAL. >> Mike: THE DEPTH AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE HISTORY OF THE NFL AND THE MEANING OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LEAGUE. JONES HAS A LANE. JONES CUTTING TO THE OUTSIDE. GOOD RETURN BY JONES, OUT TO MIDFIELD. WE HAVE AN INJURED VIKINGS BACK AT THE 20 YARD LINE AS WELL AS A PENALTY FLAG THAT IS DOWN. >> Referee: OFFICIALS TIME-OUT. >> Mike: THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS. ALSO A BACKUP CORNER WHERE THEY ARE VERY THIN HERE TONIGHT. THEY WILL COME OUT TO LOOK AT BOYD. IT WAS NOT A PENALTY FLAG BUT A YELLOW MOUTHPIECE. BOYD IS UP AS WELL. JONES BRINGS IT BACK 46 YARDS. JONES HAS BEEN A FABULOUS ADDITION TO THE PATRIOTS TEAM. >> Tony: HE REALLY HAS. >> Jason: SECOND IN THE LEAGUE IN KICKOFF RETURNS. >> Mike: AND HERE IS MAC JONES, THE BALL JUST SHY OF MIDFIELD. RHAMONDRE STEVENSON, NICE RUN TO THE 36 YARD LINE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BELICHICK, GUYS. HOW EFFUSIVE WAS HE IN PRAISING THE RUNNING BACK, STEVENSON. >> Jason: IT WAS INCREDIBLE. HE WENT ON AND ON. HE TALKED ABOUT RHAMONDRE FOR PROBABLY 15 MINUTES AND COMPARED HIS GROWTH TO TOM BRADY AND LAWRENCE TAYLOR. >> Mike: THE GROWTH, SO IMPRESSIVE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO GAMES ALL OF THE TIME AND TALK ABOUT THE PRODUCTION MEETINGS WITH BILL BELICHICK. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, LAST NIGHT WAS GREAT LISTENING TO THE THREE OF YOU TALK FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL HISTORY WITH BELICHICK. HE WAS ENJOYING IT AS MUCH AS YOU GUYS WERE. >> Tony: HE WAS GREAT AND GAVE US SOME JEWELS. STEVENSON, HE SAID HE IS ONE OF OUR MOST DEPENDABLE PLAYERS. THAT SAYS SOMETHING TO ME BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HE VALUES. THIRD AND THREE COMING UP FOR NEW ENGLAND. >> Tony: YOU CAN SEE THE PHILOSOPHY. >> Jason: THEY ARE GETTING IT OUT QUICKLY WITH THE SCREENS. BELICHICK SAYS I AM NOT BIG ON TITLES. THIRD AND THREE. VIKINGS BRING FOUR. STEVENSON IN THE OPEN FIELD. DID HE GET THERE? IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN. JUST GETTING A FINGER ON HIM AND COMING UP SHORT WITH THE FOURTH AND ONE. >> Mike: THE FIELD GOAL UNIT IS ON FOR THE PATRIOTS. SHIN AND KNEE CLEARLY DOWN. THE MARK WAS PERFECT AND IT WILL >> Mike: BIG ONE FOR TEAM USA IN THE WORLD CUP IN QATAR. U.S. TAKING ON ENGLAND ON TELEMUNDO, 1:30 EASTERN TOMORROW. ALMOST THE ENTIRE ENGLAND TEAM IS MADE UP OF PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS. THE KEEPER, MATT TURNER. TOP GOALKEEPER IN MLS THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. HE WILL HAVE A BIG ONE ON HIS HANDS TOMORROW. >> Tony: WE ARE GOING TO CHECK OUT MATTHEW JUDON. DOUBLE-TEAM. YOU TRY TO COME INSIDE. HE TOLD US HE DOESN'T LIKE TO COME INSIDE. HE IS GOING TO ADJUST HIS RUSHES. YOU SAID IT EARLIER, COACH, THIS GUY IS RELENTLESS. >> Mike: EXHAUSTING. WHOA! WHAT A HIT BY TAVAI. HE GOT DALVIN COOK AND TOOK HIM DOWN. A LOSS OF TWO ON THE PLAY. >> Jason: YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THE MECHANICS, CHANGE IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES, REVERT AND YOU HAND IT OFF AND TAVAI IS IN YOUR LAP. >> Tony: THE DOUBLE-TEAMS ARE COMING LATE. HE IS SHOOTING HIS GUN AND THEY HAVE TO COME OFF QUICKER. >> Mike: PATRIOTS BRING PRESSURE. COUSINS RETREATING, TOWARDS HOCKENSON AND McCOURTY WAS THERE WAITING FOR IT. BRINGS UP A THIRD AND LONG AS THE NEW ENGLAND DEFENSE STARTS TO HEAT UP. >> Jason: IF THEY SEE A GAP, THEY CAN HIT IT. ONE OF THE THINGS COACH BELICHICK VALUES IN HIS DEFENSIVE PLAYERS IS A HIGH FOOTBALL I.Q. THE GUYS THAT SEE IT AND HIT IT AND KNOW IF THEY DO IT THEY BETTER BE RIGHT. IT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO ON DEFENSE. THAT IS JUDON, SHAKES COUSINS HAND ON THE WAY. >> Referee: OFFSIDE, DEFENSE NUMBER 9. UNABATED TO THE QUARTERBACK. >> Tony: THAT IS BIG. YOU HEARD KEVIN O'CONNELL SAY WE HAVE TO BE SMART. NOW HE WILL DIAL UP SOMETHING MORE AGGRESSIVE, I THINK. YOU WILL LIVE WITH A COUPLE OF THOSE. >> Mike: YOU WERE SAYING YOU WERE OKAY WITH THAT ONCE IN A WHILE? >> Jason: DEMARCUS WARE. THIRD AND SEVEN. COUSINS FOR JEFFERSON. HE HAULS IT DOWN. >> Tony: THE IN AND OUT DOUBLE, THEY DID IT THE LAST THIRD DOWN. WHAT DO YOU DO, YOU RUN THROUGH IT. >> Jason: ABSOLUTELY. THEY CALL IT AN EAST/WEST DOUBLE. COVERING THE EAST AND THE WEST. THEY ARE NOT COVERING THE NORTH. >> Tony: WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD GO TO THIS. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. >> Mike: LOOK WHERE HE PINS IT AND BETWEEN THE BICEPS KEEPS IT IN PLACE. THIS GUY IS RIDICULOUS. 37 ON THAT ONE FOR JEFFERSON. 35, DALVIN COOK FOR FIVE YARDS. SO, WE ASKED ABOUT THE CATCH. YOU KNOW WHAT THE CATCH WAS, RIGHT. I SAID ARE YOU TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT IT? I NEVER GET TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT THAT. HE SAID THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY CATCHES YOU CAN SAY WERE ONE OF THE BEST. HE WASN'T BRAGGING, HE WAS AS A MATTER OF FACT OF FACT. >> Mike: COUSINS, JEFFERSON AGAIN. 16 ON THAT ONE. >> Jason: THROW TO HIM ALL DAY. IT IS TOO MUCH FUN. >> Tony: HE SAID ODELL AND JARVIS, JA'MARR CHASE AND I STARTED PRACTICING IT AND NOW THEY ALL THINK IT IS NORMAL. >> Jason: THEY ARE MAKING IT NORMAL. >> Tony: I LOVE HOW KIRK COUSINS IS CUTTING IT LOOSE. HE JUST RIPS IT WITH PEOPLE RIGHT IN HIS FACE. COUSINS LOOKING FOR HOCKENSON. T.J. HOCKENSON, FIRST AND GOAL, MINNESOTA. THEY MARK IT JUST INSIDE THE 5. >> Jason: WATCH HOCKENSON OFF OF THE BALL ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. WORKS BACK, ACROSS THE FORMATION. PLAY ACTION AND MOVING THE BALL HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. >> Mike: THEY DID GIVE HIM THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 4. I THOUGHT THE INITIAL SPOT WAS RIGHT. FIRST AND GOAL VIKINGS FROM THE 4. DALVIN COOK INSIDE. COOK KEEPS PUSHING, INSIDE THE 1. YOU CAN SEE THAT McCOURTY TRIED TO GET HIS HANDS ON THE BALL AS WE SNEAK UP ON THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING HERE. >> Jason: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MINNESOTA MANAGE THIS SITUATION HERE. THEY CAN TAKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING, AND WHY NOT DO THAT. LOOK AT THE DRIVE BY DALVIN. >> Mike: YEAH. NO BODY PART IS DOWN. McCOURTY DOES A NICE JOB OF >> Mike: THAT IS RIGHT, THE COLTS AND THE JETS COMBINED FOR 224 YARDS OF OFFENSE IN TWO GAMES THE LAST TWO AGAINST THE PATRIOTS AND THE VIKINGS FIRST HALF OFFENSE EXCEEDED THAT TOTAL. TRYING TO PUNCH IT IN TO TAKE THE LEAD OUT OF THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. ONEWENU IS ELIGIBLE ON SECOND AND GOAL. COUSINS PUSHES FORWARD AND CANNOT GET TO THE GOAL LINE. GODCHAUX IN ON THE TACKLE. THAT WILL BRING UP A THIRD AND GOAL. BELICHICK, STROLLING DOWN THERE. >> Tony: AND THIS IS THE KEY RIGHT HERE, GETTING THAT PENETRATION. THESE ARE BIG MEN INSIDE. SO, I AM LOOKING PLAY ACTION PASS OR A WIDE RUN HERE. >> Mike: BELICHICK FINALLY TOOK THE TIME-OUT AS HE WALKED DOWN THERE WITH 1:29 REMAINING IN THE FIRST HALF. WE GO DOWN TO MELISSA STARK. >> Melissa: DALVIN COOK AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER JAMES PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER. THEIR MOM SAID IT WAS THE HARDEST GAME EVER TO WATCH. WELL IT DID NOT GET EASIER TODAY. JAMES PLAYED EARLIER AGAINST THE LIONS. THERE THEY ARE. DALVIN PLAYING TONIGHT. MOM SAID IT WAS A HUGE DILEMMA WHICH GAME TO GO TO. THE BOYS OFFERED TO GET HER A PLANE BUT GIVEN THE HOLIDAY SHE DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO STAY HOME AND WATCH BOTH GAMES RELAXING WITH FAMILY. >> Mike: HAVE DINNER, COSTUME CHANGE. GET IN HER VIKINGS GEAR. SEE IF DALVIN CAN PUNCH IT IN HERE. IT IS A FAKE. COUSINS FLIPS IT TO HOCKENSON. TOUCHDOWN MINNESOTA. >> Jason: MINNESOTA PUT BIG PEOPLE OUT ON THE FIELD. HOCKENSON SNEAKS ACROSS THE FORMATION. KIRK THE FAKE, PATIENCE, LAYS THE BALL. >> Tony: I LOVE IT. >> Mike: JOSEPH MISSED THE EXTRA POINT. WE TOLD YOU THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. HE NOW MISSED FIVE EXTRA POINTS. HE MISSED FOUR ALL >> WHEN COACH MADDEN IS DOING THE GAME ON THANKSGIVING IT WAS A VERY BIG DEAL. >> YOU WANT TO PERFORM AT YOUR VERY BEST BECAUSE THE WORLD IS WATCHING. KNOWING MADDEN WOULD BE CALLING THE GAME MADE IT THAT MUCH MORE SWEET. >> Mike: JOHN'S SON MIKE WILL NARRATE OUR STORY ON JOHN MADDEN. >> Tony: I AM SURE THE PATRIOTS WORKED ON THIS. KYLE DUGGER IS DOWN HERE. HE HAS TO KEEP EVERYTHING ON HIS INSIDE SHOULDER AND BE AS WIDE AS THE WIDEST. SEES IT JUST LATE AND HE FALLS DOWN. THAT SHOULD BE COVERED. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THAT. THAT IS HIS RESPONSIBILITY. >> Jason: COACH BELICHICK NOT HAPPY. HE TOLD HIM A MILLION TIMES. YOU GOT THE FLAT GUY. >> Mike: THESE GUYS COMING IN ON A SHORT WEEK. 17 IN THE FIRST HALF ON THIS DEFENSE. YOU HAVE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. PATRIOTS GET THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF. MAC JONES TO RHAMONDRE STEVENSON. HARRISON SMITH, THE VETERAN. >> Tony: THAT IS A GREAT TACKLE BY HARRISON SMITH. STEVENSON IS A BIG BACK. TO GET HIM AND NOT LET HIM GET OUT OF BOUNDS IS A BIG PLAY. >> Mike: JAKOBI MEYERS, INJURED ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME IS BACK OUT THERE FOR NEW ENGLAND. JONES GETS IT TO HUNTER HENRY WITH A LOT OF ROOM. HUNTER HENRY STAYS INBOUNDS AND GOES TO THE 48 YARD LINE. TIME-OUT NEW ENGLAND. WE ARE BACK IN 30 SECONDS AFTER THIS FROM AWS. 3 F2 16 x 3 EL MARCADOR, FALTAN 55 >> Jason: GOOD DECISION BY MAC. NICE COMPLETION TO HUNTER HENRY. YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS IN THAT SITUATION AND PRESERVE THE TIME-OUT. >> Tony: WE ARE BOTH COACHING, GREAT JOB BY THE DEFENSE PLAYING MAN. >> Jason: I AM SAYING GET OUT OF BOUNDS. >> Mike: ALL WEEK LIKE THIS WITH THESE GUYS. FROM THE 48. FOUR-MAN RUSH. COMPLETES TO DEVANTE PARKER AT THE 31 YARD LINE. 33 YARD LINE IS WHERE THEY WILL MARK IT. NO TIME-OUTS. >> Tony: THIS PASS PROTECTION HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING BY THE PATRIOTS DURING THIS DRIVE. >> Mike: THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE OF LATE. JONES, PARKER. FEET DOWN, YES. INSIDE THE 20 AT THE 19 YARD LINE. >> Jason: HE HAS BEEN UNDER DURESS A LOT HERE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THE POCKET HAS BEEN CLEAN. YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT MAC JONES IS ALL ABOUT. I LOVE HIS DECISIVENESS THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF AND ON THIS DRIVE AND A REALLY, REALLY NICE CATCH ON THE BACK END BY DEVANTE PARKER. >> Mike: ALL RIGHT. ONE TIME-OUT, 30 SECONDS. THE PATRIOTS' BALL AT THE 18. JONES, 24 SECONDS TO GO. >> Tony: AND THIS IS A MISTAKE BY MAC. HE HAS TO THROW THE BALL AWAY. >> Jason: THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME AND HAD TIME-OUTS. HUNTER HENRY DOES NOT GET OUT OF BOUNDS. AND THEN MAC RUNS AND HAS TO TAKE THE TIME-OUT. THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT COME BACK AND HAUNT YOU A LITTLE BIT. >> Mike: WE TALKED ABOUT MAC JONES. WE HAD A GREAT VISIT AROUND ALABAMA, WITH TUA. HE REDSHIRTED. WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP. ONLY HIS 25th START. FEELS LIKE HE HAS BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN THAT. THERE ARE PLAYS LIKE THAT WHICH YOU DON'T EXPECT. >> Jason: NO DOUBT. NOBODY IS MORE PREPARED TO PLAY FOR COACH BELICHICK THAN MAC JONES LEARNING FROM COACH SABAN DOWN THERE. HE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. >> Mike: SECOND AND TEN. HERE IS JONES THROWING IN THE MIDDLE WITHOUT TIME-OUTS AND THE CAUGHT BALL BY AGHOLOR AT THE 5. THEY ARE GOING TO GET DOWN AND KILL IT. DOWN TO 13, NOW 12 SECONDS. GOOD JOB BY THE PATRIOTS TO GET ON THE BALL AND THEY WILL GIVE THEMSELVES A SNAP IF THEY WANT TO THROW END ZONE WITH 8 SECONDS REMAINING. >> Tony: YOU CAN TAKE ONE SHOT TO THE END ZONE HERE IF YOU TRUST YOUR QUARTERBACK. >> Jason: ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN. FOR MINNESOTA, DON'T PLAY MAN-TO-MAN WHERE IT IS TIGHT AND YOU GIVE HIM A QUICK THROW. PLAY OFF COVERAGE. >> Tony: EXACTLY. GET BACK ON THE GOAL LINE. PROTECT THE GOAL LINE. MAKE THEM THROW IT IN FRONT OF YOU. >> Jason: UNLESS YOU HAVE PATRICK PETERSON, BY HIMSELF WITH DEVANTE PARKER, AND NOW HE IS PLAYING OFF. >> Mike: SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE 5. JONES GOT RID OF IT. BATTLING WITH DUKE SHELLEY. MAC JONES CAN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS NO FLAG ON SHELLEY. THE FIELD GOAL UNIT WILL COME ON. >> Tony: MINNESOTA WITH THIS BUMP-AND-RUN COVERAGE. TAKE YOUR SHOT AT BOURN. THIS IS A GOOD READ AND A GOOD THROW AND GOOD COVERAGE. I WOULD NOT TAKE THAT CHANCE. WHY PUT YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION. >> Jason: ESPECIALLY WITH SHELLEY WHO IS 5'8". A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. >> Mike: THREE SECONDS UNTIL HALFTIME. A PRETTY GOOD FIRST HALF IN WHAT HAS BEEN A GOOD FOOTBALL DAY AS WELL AS WE CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING AND GO BACK DOWN TO MELISSA. >> Melissa: SINCE 2018 ADAM THIELEN AND THE THIELEN FOUNDATION PROVIDED MORE THAN $2 MILLION TO SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THEIR HOME STATE, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUTH WHO NEED RESOURCES MOST. THEY UPGRADED FACILITIES, WEIGHT ROOMS AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS. THIELEN TOLD ME BY PROVIDING RESOURCES LIKE THIS TO THE KIDS, HE HOPES THAT IT WILL BRING BACK A SENSE OF PRIDE TO THEIR CITY. >> Mike: ADAM THIELEN. THEY ARE SO PROUD OF HIM. NOT JUST THE FOUNDATION AND THE FAMILY BUT THE TERRIFIC BACK STORY OVER THE YEARS FROM MINNESOTA STATE, MANKATO STATE AND THE UNDRAFTED GUY TO FOURTH ON THE ALL-TIME VIKINGS' TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION LIST. ONE AWAY FROM THE GREAT ANTHONY CARTER. THIRD TO CRIS CARTER AND RANDY MOSS AHEAD OF HIM. >> Tony: GOOD COMPANY TO BE IN FOR AN UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT. >> Mike: POPPED UP HERE. MUNDT WILL TAKE IT AND TAKE A KNEE. GIVES HIMSELF UP AND WE HAVE ONE SECOND REMAINING. KIRK COUSINS IS LIKE COME ON. YOU ARE GOING TO RUIN MY RUNNING AVERAGE. >> Jason: GIVE KIRK COUSINS A CHANCE TO TAKE A KNEE NOW. >> Mike: IF YOU ARE KEVIN O'CONNELL, YOU HAPPY WITH THE FIRST HALF? >> Jason: ABSOLUTELY. GOT OFF TO A GOOD START ON THE FIRST DRIVE. HICCUP WITH THE COUSINS' INTERCEPTION, BUT THEY CAME RIGHT BACK. NEW ENGLAND CAN BE CHALLENGING ON DEFENSE. THEY USE A LOT OF PERSONNEL GROUPS. THEY WERE IN GOOD RHYTHM. >> Mike: IF YOU ARE BILL BELICHICK? >> Tony: I AM HAPPY WITH MY OFFENSE AND CONCERNED WITH MY DEFENSE, JUSTIN JEFFERSON. HOW ARE WE GOING TO SLOW HIM DOWN IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Mike: THE MISSED EXTRA POINT IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE HALF OTHERWISE ALL EVEN AT 16-16. A REFLECTION ON THE LEGACY OF JOHN MADDEN COMING UP ON THE TOYOTA HALFTIME. HALFTIME IN GAME 3 OF THANKSGIVING 2022. >> IT IS A MINUTE TO THE KICK. RAISE YOUR GLASS AND KICKOFF WITH CROWN. >> THANKSGIVING NIGHT 2022. >> COUSINS THROWS AND IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. >> TEAM GRIDDY ON THANKSGIVING. >> WHAT A DRIVE. >> THROWING DOWN THE MIDDLE. CAUGHT BY NELSON AGHOLOR. RESOUNDING OPENING STATEMENT. COUSINS, HE THROWS THE INTERCEPTION. JONATHAN JONES. COUSINS TO HOCKENSON. >> CHEVROLET FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE. >> Mike: 16-16 AS WE GET SET TO START THE THIRD HERE IN MINNESOTA. PATRIOTS DEFENSE ALLOWED 231, MOST IN A FIRST HALF THIS SEASON. QUARTERBACKS HAVE BEEN GOOD, ONE INTERCEPTION BY COUSINS AND HE WAS SACKED ONCE. JUSTIN JEFFERSON, 94 RECEIVING YARDS, THE MOST THROUGH THE FIRST THREE SEASONS FOR A PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY, AND THE HOCKENSON ADDITION, FOUR GAMES, NEW TEAM, 25 CATCHES. ALSO A NEW NFL MARK. A LITTLE BIT OF THE SUB STORY. MIKE TIRICO, TONY DUNGY, JASON GARRETT IN THE BOOTH. MELISSA STARK DOWN ON THE SIDELINE. AS THE PATRIOTS GET SET TO RECEIVE THE GREG JOSEPH KICKOFF. JASON, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE IN THE FIRST HALF WITH MAC JONES? >> Jason: WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ZA'DARIUS SMITH OR DANIELL HUNTER. THE REASON IS MAC JONES IS GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS QUICKLY. ONE, TWO, THREE AND THE BALL IS OUT TIME AFTER TIME AGAIN. WANTS TO THROW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD AND THE POCKET IS THAT MUCH MORE CLEAN AND HE CASHES IN ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. >> Mike: HUNTER, SIX STACKS THIS YEAR. ONE IN THE FIRST HALF. DAMIEN HARRIS IS THE BACK AS HE WAS TO START THE GAME. KEEPS HIS FEET GOING BUT ONLY TWO YARDS AS HARRISON PHILLIPS WAS FILLING UP THE MIDDLE. >> Tony: I WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF NEW ENGLAND DOES NOT MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO RUN THE BALL A LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU HAVE TO CHALLENGE THIS SEVEN-MAN FRONT TO SEE IF YOU GET MINNESOTA OUT OF THAT. >> Jason: THE EARLY PART OF THE DRIVES IN THE SECOND HALF, IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY REFLECT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT HALFTIME. >> Mike: SECOND AND EIGHT. RHAMONDRE STEVENSON OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. GOOD SHIFTY MOVE ALONG WITH THE POWER. ONE SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 34 YARD LINE. THE HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS WE TALKED ABOUT, JASON. NOT BIG, H ADJUSTMENTS? >> Jason: I THINK THE BEST TEAMS ADJUST THROUGHOUT THE GAME, SERIES TO SERIES TO SERIES. BUT YOU ARE DEFINITELY IN THERE ON YOUR WHITEBOARD AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE STARTING WITH AND REAFFIRM THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT YOU EMPHASIZE. >> Tony: THAT WAS ANOTHER QUICK THROW BY MAC JONES. >> Jason: SURE WAS. THEY LIKE THAT FORMULA, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. >> Mike: THIRD AND ONE. CROSSING IS PARKER, FIRST DOWN, DEVANTE PARKER. TO THE 43 YARD LINE. CAME IN QUESTIONABLE WITH A KNEE AND LEFT EARLY ON AND TWO CATCHES SINCE HIS RETURN. >> Tony: WE DON'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT DANIELL HUNTER. HERE IS DAMIEN HARRIS. GOING TO PICK UP ZA'DARIUS. TIGHT ENDS AND BACKS HAVE HELPED THESE LINEMEN OUT THIS EVENING. >> Mike: FROM THE 44, THE INSIDE GIVE. IT WILL BE HARRIS FOR NOTHING. AND DOING THIS, TONY AND JASON, WITHOUT DAVID ANDREWS, THEIR CENTER WHO MISSED A COUPLE OF GAMES WITH A CONCUSSION AND INJURED HIS KNEE AGAINST THE JETS. IT HAS BEEN JAMES FERENTZ IN THERE AT CENTER AND THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. >> Tony: HE HAS TAKEN A LOT OF SACKS. >> Jason: COACH BELICHICK TALKED ABOUT GAME WRECKERS. ZA'DARIUS SMITH AND DANIELL HUNTER ARE GAME WRECKERS AND HAVE NOT WRECKED THE GAME. IMPRESSED WITH THE APPROACH. >> Mike: THE LEFT TACKLE WAS BENCHED AGAINST THE JETS. HE HAS HELD UP. AGHOLOR. IT WILL BE THIRD AND THREE. >> Tony: CHANGING THE RHYTHM AND THROWING THE BALL QUICK. BLOCKING WITH THE BACKS AND THE TIGHT ENDS AND HELPING OUT. COACHING STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB FOR NEW ENGLAND TODAY. >> Mike: TALKED ABOUT VETERAN COACHES. ED DONATELL, HIS FIRST YEAR HERE WITH THE VIKINGS. MAC JONES PUMPS IT, THROWS IT TO THE MIDDLE AND AGAIN COMPLETE. FIRST DOWN PICKED UP BY JAKOBI MEYERS AT THE 37 YARD LINE. >> Tony: WHEN YOU TAKE THAT APPROACH TRYING TO GET THE BALL OUT OF YOUR HANDS, YOU CAN GET INTO THE STICKY THIRD DOWN SITUATIONS. IT IS ALL ABOUT PROTECTIONS. JAKOBI MEYERS MADE THE BIG PLAY ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME. HE IS BACK IN THERE AND RUNS A DODGE ROUTE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND HE DELIVERS A STRIKE. BUT AGAIN, IT STARTS WITH THE PROTECTION. >> Mike: MEYERS IS HEADED OVER TO THE SIDELINE SO IS DAMIEN HARRIS ON THIS DRIVE. STEVENSON, THE FAKE. JONES JUST GETS RID OF IT AND INCOMPLETE. RECEIVER IN THE AREA WAS PARKER. FOR A SECOND THE VIKINGS' SIDELINE THOUGHT ONE OF THEIR TWO, INCLUDING PATRICK PETERSON COULD GET TO IT. >> Tony: THAT WAS A GREAT READ BY PETERSON. THEY WANTED THE DEEP CROSS AND PETERSON WAS GOING TO PICK IT OFF IF MAC JONES HAD THROWN IT. >> Jason: PATRICK PETERSON PLAYED A COUPLE OF GAMES IN THIS LEAGUE. >> Tony: HE LOVES THIS SYSTEM. HE WISHED HE COULD HAVE PLAYED IN THIS SYSTEM HIS WHOLE CAREER. >> Mike: 32 CAREER PICKS AND HARRISON SMITH HAS 33. HUNTER HENRY BREAKS A TACKLE ON HIS WAY TO THE END ZONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN! GOOD MOVE IN THE OPEN FIELD FOR HENRY, OPENING DRIVE SCORE FOR THE PATRIOTS. NEW ENGLAND TAKES THE LEAD AGAIN. >> Jason: PLAY ACTION HAS BEEN AWFULLY GOOD FOR NEW ENGLAND. THEY GET THE OPEN MIDDLE. YOU SEE THE TWO SAFETIES, OKAY. THEY ARE GETTING WIDE. HUNTER HENRY DOWN THE MIDDLE. PLAY ACTION, THE LINEBACKERS SUCK UP. YOU GET HUNTER HENRY DOWN THE MIDDLE. MAC JONES HAS BEEN ON FIRE. THE BALL COMES OUT OF HIS HANDS QUICKLY. HUNTER HENRY IS HARD TO TACKLE AFTER THE CATCH. >> Mike: NOBODY DOES IT LIKE BELICHICK. SCORE BEFORE THE HALF, COME BACK GET THE BALL, BOOM. HUNTER H >> Mike: "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HYUNDAI. IT'S YOUR JOURNEY. BY SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. IT'S THIS SATURDAY. GET OUT AND SUPPORT LOCAL SHOPS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE GOOD OF SMALL BUSINESSES, LET'S SHOP SMALL WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS. PLACES LIKE THIS, FAMILY-OWNED SINCE 1939 AND RUN BY THIRD GENERATION TURKEY FARMERS. A NEW GENERATION OF SHOPPER. U.S. BANK STADIUM, BEAUTIFUL. ONE OF MY FAVORITES IN THE LEAGUE. PATRIOTS DOING A GOOD JOB. GETS FREE DOWN THE SIDELINE. HE IS INBOUND. HE IS GOING. 20, 10, HE WILL SCORE! 97 YARDS, THE THIRD OF HIS CAREER. >> Tony: THE MINNESOTA BLOCKING UNIT REALLY DID A GOOD JOB ADJUSTING. THEY RAN A COUPLE OF STUNTS, THE PATRIOTS DID. BOY. THIS IS A SPARK, JASON. >> Tony: IT SURE WAS. KYLE DUGGER ALLOWED HIM TO GET TO THE BOUNDARY. WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOUNDARY, YOU HAVE GOT NO HELP. >> Mike: JOSEPH HAS ONE EXTRA POINT AND JUST LIKE THAT WE ARE TIED. NWANGWU, HE HAS SOMETHING GOING. 97, THE ONLY PLAYER WHO HAD MULTIPLE KICKOFF RETURNS LAST YEAR. >> Tony: I TELL YOU, BILL BELICHICK WAS MY SPECIAL TEAMS COACH IN 1980. AS WE SEE HIM WRITING RIGHT THERE, SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE FOR THAT. >> Jason: THERE IS NOTHING HE TAKES MORE PRIDE IN THAN HIS SPECIAL TEAMS UNIT. HIS TEAMS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AS GOOD AS IT GETS. COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AGAINST THE JETS THEY HAD THE RETURN. THIS IS ONE HE WILL NOT BE HAPPY WITH. >> Mike: TO YOUR POINT, 200 GAMES. 2010 THE LAST KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN AGAINST THE PATRIOTS. HERE IS C.J. HAM WITH A HAND ON DUGGER. >> Tony: LITTLE BIT OF HOLDING THERE. >> Jason: THAT IS WHY DUGGER LOST CONTAIN. YOU GET THE HAND, GRAB AND RESTRICT. HAM IS A VETERAN PLAYER TOO, ISN'T HE, TERRY. >> Tony: I HAVE BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH COACH BELICHICK. HE IS GOING TO SAY YOU CAN'T GET HELD. THAT IS YOUR FAULT TOO. >> Mike: JOSEPH WILL KICK IT OFF FOR A TOUCHBACK. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BILL BELICHICK AND HIS COACHING CAREER. SO INTERTWINED FOREVER WITH TOM BRADY. GREAT WITH BRADY AND NOT AS GOOD WITH THE OTHERS. CHUCK KNOLL'S SUCCESS WITH BRADSHAW. JIM KELLY'S SUCCESS WITH MARV LEVY AS THE HEAD COACH. YOU, PEYTON MANNING BUT OVER .500 WITH THE OTHER GUYS. >> Tony: BRAD JOHNSON, SEAN KING, TRENT DILFER DID A GREAT JOB FOR ME. >> Mike: FOURTH TIE OF THE GAME. MAC JONES FIRST DOWN PASS TO RHAMONDRE STEVENSON ON THE EDGE FOR TEN YARDS. DID YOU SAY THAT BILL BELICHICK WAS YOUR SPECIAL TEAMS COACH? >> Tony: HE WAS. I WAS A THIRD-YEAR PLAYER THERE. HE WAS GOING TO USE ME ON THE PUNT BLOCK TEAM. HE TOOK ME FOR 45 MINUTES AFTER PRACTICE, SHOWED ME THE TECHNIQUE. I BLOCKED A PUNT THE NEXT DAY IN PRACTICE. >> Jason: PRETTY GOOD TEACHER AND PRETTY GOOD STUDENT. >> Mike: NO KIDDING. I NEVER HEARD THAT STORY. FIRST DOWN PICKED UP BY STEVENSON. SIX YARDS PICKED UP HERE BY AGHOLOR. IT WAS BRADY. IT IS DIFFERENT IN A LOT OF WAYS. A LOT OF INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE LEFT THE BUILDING WITH BRADY AND McDANIELS. >> Jason: HE SAID IT WAS TOM BRADY'S OFFENSE. NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE IT MAC JONES' OFFENSE. THEY HAVE A CLEAN SLATE. SIMPLER. LESS VOLUME. IT IS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER TONIGHT. >> Mike: STEVENSON, FIRST DOWN MIDFIELD. RHAMONDRE STEVENSON AS THE GAME WEARS ON IN A SHORT WEEK WILL BECOME A BIGGER FACTOR. >> Tony: I KNOW I AM GOING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT THEY HAVE TO RUN THIS GUY. HE IS STRONG AND POWERFUL. GIVE HIM THE BALL AND LET HIM OPERATE. >> Mike: BACK TO STEVENSON AGAIN. HE GAINS A COUPLE OF YARDS. I SAID A LOT OF INTELLIGENCE LEFT THE OFFENSIVE ROOM. NOT THAT MATT PATRICIA IS NOT INTELLIGENT. HE IS SUPER INTELLIGENT. ENGINEER. SPENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AS AN APPLICATION ENGINEER AT A FIRM IN EAST SYRACUSE. HE IS REALLY SMART. BUT YOU BUILT UP ALL OF THE LITTLE STUFF THAT IS NO LONGER THERE. >> Jason: MATT IS AS SMART AS THEY COME BUT HAS BEEN ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE HIS WHOLE CAREER. THERE IS A PERSPECTIVE HE CAN OFFER THAT WILL HELP BUT NO DOUBT IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. MAC JONES EMBRACED MATT PATRICIA AND HELPED HIM GROW AS A QUARTERBACK. >> Mike: HERE IS A SHOT DOWNFIELD FOR DEVANTE PARKER. HE BROUGHT IT IN AT THE 7 YARD LINE. FIRST DOWN. >> Tony: I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THEM TO TAKE A SHOT AT DUKE SHELLEY. HERE, STRAIGHT MAN COVERAGE. GO ROUTE BY DEVANTE PARKER. HE RUNS BY HIM. >> Jason: IT STARTED WITH THE RELEASE. HE GOT OFF OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE CLEAN AND WHEN YOU DO THAT MAC IS GOING TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE. >> Tony: THE PROTECTION HAS BEEN GREAT. IT HAS BEEN AWESOME TONIGHT. >> Mike: LITTLE DISORGANIZED. GETTING THE SNAP OFF. JONES DOING THE SMART THING IN GETTING RID OF IT. >> Tony: THAT IS NOT A UNIQUE THING THAT HAPPENED. AFTER A BIG PLAY DOWNFIELD, YOU HAVE TO BE FAST. SOMETIMES YOU CELEBRATE. YOU GET UP THERE AND RUNNING OUT. >> Mike: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT ON TUESDAY. I WANTED TO KNOW. >> Jason: NOT ENOUGH URGENCY FOR THE PATRIOTS IN THAT SITUATION. CAMRYN BYNUM WAS THERE TO STOP IT. HERE COMES THIRD DOWN HALFWAY THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER. >> Tony: THIS IS A BIG PLAY. WHAT DO YOU DIAL UP THIRD AND GOAL FROM THE 6. >> Jason: I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL PLAYING MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE. I THINK THAT YOU PLAY ZONE. I THINK YOU TRY TO TURN YOUR OUTSIDE RUSHERS LOOSE AND GET TO MAC JONES. >> Mike: TYQUAN THORNTON IN THE GAME HERE. MAC JONES AND IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, HENRY. HE HAS GOT ANOTHER ONE! HUNTER HENRY. SULLIVAN WAS THE DB THERE. WE WILL MAKE SURE IT IS SECURE WHEN HE HITS THE GROUND AS THE PATRIOTS RETAKE THE LEAD. >> Tony: HENRY IS GOING TO JUST COME UP THERE AND BREAK OUT. YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR OUTSIDE LEVERAGE. YOU HAVE HELP INSIDE. THAT IS A GOOD ROUTE. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD CATCH. >> Mike: COMES DOWN WITH FORCE. LOOK AT THE HAND. IT STAYS UNDER THE BALL. THAT IS A GREAT JOB BY HENRY. WOW. >> Tony: IS IT MOVING? >> Mike: LET ME BRING IN TERRY McAULAY WHO IS WATCHING WITH US. >> MIKE, HE IS IS GOING TO GROUND AND HAS TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE HE CLEARLY LOSES CONTROL AFTER THE BALL HITS THE GROUND. >> Tony: BUT THE BALL HITS THE GROUND AND IT MOVES. >> EXACTLY. HE HAS GOT TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF THE CATCH. ABSOLUTELY AN INCOMPLETE PASS. WAS THAT THIS WILL BE OVERTURNED. ANOTHER MINUTE TO CHIME IN. >> YOU CAN SEE THE BALL HIT RIGHT THERE AND ROLLS ON THE GOAL LINE AND THAT IS A CLEAR LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE PASS. >> Mike: ALEX KEMP STILL LOOKING. IT WOULD BE FOURTH AND GOAL FROM THE 6 IF IT IS AN INCOMPLETE PASS. THERE IT IS THE CATCH OVER THE PLANE ALREADY BUT IT IS SURVIVING THE GROUND. >> Tony: HENRY ALREADY HAD THE TOUCHDOWN. THE BALL WAS OVER THE PLANE. SECURE IT AND BRING IT IN TO YOUR BODY. HE IS REACHED OUT TRYING TO MAKE IT WAS OVER THE LINE AND JUST LOST CONTROL THERE. >> Mike: THE PATRIOTS' SIDELINE WAS JUST TOLD. LET'S SEE. THEY ARE OUT FOR THE EXTRA POINT IN THEIR MINDS. >> Tony: YEAH. >> Mike: ALEX KEMP CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION HERE. >> Referee: AFTER REVIEW THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. IT WILL BE FOURTH DOWN. >> Mike: HUNTER HENRY DENIED A SECOND TOUCHDOWN CATCH IN AS MANY DRIVES, AND THAT BECOMES A BIG PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. SO THE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT WILL BE 25 YARDS, AND HENRY IS ALL KINDS OF HOT. NICK FOLK KNOCKS IT THROUGH AND THE PATRIOTS REGAIN THE LEAD SCORING ON 6 OF THEIR 7 POSSESSIONS. WE WILL BE BACK IN 30 SECONDS. >> Mike: ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE SOME OF THE THANKSGIVING MATCHUPS WE GET. RARELY GET NEW ENGLAND/MINNESOTA BUT WHAT A TERRIFIC MATCHUP IT HAS BEEN. ROBERT KRAFT IS HERE. SIX SUPER BOWL WINS. JONATHAN KRAFT, PRESIDENT OF THE PATRIOTS. NO OWNER IN FOOTBALL HISTORY WITH MORE SUPER BOWL WINS, CONFERENCE TITLES. ALWAYS TELL STORIES ON THANKSGIVING REMINDING YOU TO BE REFLECTIVE. ROBERT KRAFT VERY SUCCESSFUL. 23-YEAR SEASON TICKET HOLDER FOR THE PATRIOTS AT OLD GILLETTE STADIUM. A LATE DECISION TO BRING IT OUT. >> Jason: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT GEN STATS. THIS IS THE KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN. KENE NWANGWU. HAM HOLDS DUGGER ALLOWING NWANGWU TO CAPTURE THE EDGE AND ALMOST 20 MILES PER HOUR DOWN THE SIDELINE HE COVERED THAT DISTANCE. 115.4 YARDS AWFULLY QUICKLY. A DIFFERENCE-MAKING PLAY FOR THE VIKINGS. >> Mike: SO RARE TO GET ONE. COUSINS, JUSTIN JEFFERSON. FIRST BALL OF THE SECOND HALF TO THE 23 YARD LINE. THAT WILL TAKE JEFFERSON CLOSE TO 100 YARDS AND NUMBER SEVEN FOR HIM ON THE NIGHT. >> Jason: THIS WAS A REALLY FUN PLAY TO LOOK AT. IT IS A NAKED BOOTLEG. JUSTIN JEFFERSON IS ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND WORKS ALL THE WAY BACK ACROSS. ON THE LINE. WORKS HIS WAY ALL THE WAY BACK AND DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB NAVIGATING THE THROW AND GETS IT TO HIS BEST PLAYER. >> Mike: DALVIN COOK. TO THE INSIDE. ON THE INSIDE IT WAS DEATRICH WISE SHUTTING HIM DOWN. 1 00 ON THE NOSE FOR JEFFERSON. 21st 100-YARD GAME. TWO MORE THAN ODELL BECKHAM JR. RANDY MOSS. JASON, YOU WERE THERE. >> Jason: I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE. CAUGHT THREE PASSES FOR 200 YARDS. HE RAN PAST ME ON ONE OF THEM AND I AM LIKE WOW. I NEVER SAW A GUY FASTER IN MY LIFE. >> Mike: HIS ROOKIE SEASON. THIRD AND TWO FOR COUSINS. A GAIN OF THREE WITH COOK THERE. GOOD DRIVE TO KEEP THE DRIVE GOING. >> Tony: I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AWAY TOO. I HAVE SEEN THIS TOO MUCH MYSELF. RANDALL CUNNINGHAM LETTING GO. >> Tony: FIVE YARDS BEHIND THE DBs. ANOTHER ONE HE GETS BEHIND YOU. AND THIS ONE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> Jason: I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE. HE RAN RIGHT PAST ME. >> Tony: I REMEMBER DENNY GREEN SAYING THAT'S WHAT 4-3 LOOKS LIKE. >> Mike: COUSINS TO THIELEN. THREE YARDS FOR 31. A FLAG DOWN WHERE THE TACKLE HAPPENED. >> Tony: IS THIS GOING TO BE THE SECOND FACEMASK ON JONATHAN JONES? >> Referee: FACEMASK, 15-YARD PENALTY. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: 15 ON THAT ONE. DALLAS ALWAYS HOSTED, BUT YOU ALWAYS KNEW PLAYERS WOULD COME IN WITH THEIR CHANCE TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN TEXAS STADIUM. >> Jason: RANDY MOSS WAS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. COWBOYS HAD A CHANCE TO DRAFT HIM AND RANDY CAME BACK AND MADE US PAY LIKE NONE OTHER. >> Tony: THAT IS LIKE JUSTIN JEFFERSON. HE IS TELLING ALL OF THE GUYS THAT WENT AHEAD OF HIM. >> Mike: COOK THE CARRY FOR THREE YARDS. YOU TALK ABOUT HISTORY. AND OF COURSE, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY. WIN THE SUPER BOWL OR ELSE. BUT THE VIKINGS TEAM OVER THE YEARS, TO THE SUPER BOWL FOUR TIMES FAMOUSLY AND LOSING ALL FOUR. BUT IT IS ALWAYS BEEN SUCCESS FOR MINNESOTA. 88 GAMES OVER .500 AS A FRANCHISE. THEY HAVE GOTTEN CLOSE MANY TIMES. SUPER BOWLS, THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AFTER THE MINNEAPOLIS MIRACLE. BUD GRANT COACHING THOSE FOUR SUPER BOWLS BUT NO SUPER BOWL BANNER HANGING FROM U.S. BANK. JEFFERSON WAS THERE. JONATHAN JONES WAS THERE. IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN. >> Tony: THESE TWO HAVE GONE AT IT ALL NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN A BATTLE. NEW ENGLAND FELT LIKE THEY WILL PUT JONES, THEIR BEST GUY ON JUSTIN JEFFERSON. IT HAS BEEN A GOOD GO. JEFFERSON. PHYSICAL. ANOTHER PHYSICAL ONE. OKAY. I WILL RUN AWAY FROM YOU NEAR THE GOAL LINE. >> Jason: JONES HAS BEEN UP FOR THE TASK. ALMOST HAD THE INTERCEPTION THERE. DOUBLE HIM ON THIRD DOWN, JUSTIN JEFFERSON RUNS THROUGH THE DOUBLE AND KIRK IS ON THE MONEY. IT HAS BEEN A GOOD CHESS MATCH. >> Mike: JALEN REAGOR, INSIDE THE 30 TO THE 26 YARD LINE. LONGEST RECEPTION OF THE YEAR FOR THE FORMER EAGLE FIRST ROUND PICK. >> Tony: REAGOR WITH THE INSIDE RELEASE. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THEM GETTING CAUGHT UP HERE AND JUST FALLS DOWN. KIRK COUSINS WITH A GOOD READ. BIG PLAY THERE BY REAGOR. YOU DON'T SEE GUYS WIDE OPEN t . <i> Where? Lowe's, actually.</i> <i> Black Friday is here!</i> <i> Get our best deals
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JENNINGS, THE THIRD-YEAR MAN OUT OF ALABAMA, ANOTHER ALABAMA MAN ON THE PATRIOTS TEAM, MAKES THE TACKLE. >> Tony: MIKE, I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH BOTH OFFENSIVE LINES. WE HAVE GREAT PASS RUSHERS IN THE GAME. I THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE A LOT OF SACKS. WE ARE SEEING VERY, VERY GOOD PROTECTION TONIGHT, AND THAT HELPS BOTH QUARTERBACKS. >> Mike: ONE SACK IN THE GAME. STEVE BELICHICK, BILL'S SON TRYING TO GET THE PATS TO GET A STOP HERE. AND IT WILL BE SECOND AND LONG. SECOND AND 15. >> Referee: FALSE START OFFENSE, NUMBER 87. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. SECOND DOWN. >> Mike: T.J. HOCKENSON. >> Tony: FOR A GUY WHO IS SO ATHLETIC, HOCKENSON HAS GOT AN INTERESTING STANCE. >> Mike: YOU WOULDN'T COACH THAT? >> Jason: LOOKS LIKE CARL LEWIS COMING OUT OF THE BOX. >> Tony: CHUCK KNOLL 45 MINUTES THE FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE WAS BLOCKING BY THE NUMBERS. NUMBER 1 WOULD HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME WITH THAT. >> Jason: TAKE AN HOUR AND A HALF WITH HOCKENSON. >> Mike: COUSINS FLIPS THE PLAY AT THE END, THROWING BEHIND THIELEN INCOMPLETE AND THIELEN TOOK A SHOT IN THE BACK TOO. A FLAG DOES COME IN. MYLES BRYANT GOT HIM. LET'S SEE WHAT THE CALL WILL BE HERE. THE FLAG DOES COME IN LATE AT THE END OF THE PLAY. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL DEFENSE NUMBER 27. HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL LINE. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN FOR MINNESOTA. >> Mike: TERRY McAULAY, IS THAT A DEFENSELESS RECEIVER SITUATION? >> IT ABSOLUTELY IS, MIKE. HE GOES DOWN AND MAKES FORCEABLE CONTACT TO THE HEAD AND NECK AREA. >> Mike: YOU ALWAYS THINK HEAD AND NECK WHEN HE IS UP AND THIELEN IS GOING DOWN BUT IT DOES FIT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT WITH THAT SO OFTEN. THIS WILL TAKE THE VIKINGS DOWN TO THE 10 YARD LINE FOR FIRST AND GOAL. KEVIN O'CONNELL, THE PLAY CALLER WAS OVER THERE AT THE SIDELINE ADJUSTING WHERE THE WIDE RECEIVERS WERE LINING UP. GOT THE ATTENTION OF THIELEN AND JEFFERSON WHO WOULD BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. >> Tony: LET'S SEE WHAT THEY HAVE GOT DIALED UP. >> Mike: MET THERE BY JA'WHAUN BENTLEY. STOPPED AT THE 8 YARD LINE AND THAT WILL SEND US TO THE FOURTH QUARTER. TERRIFIC GAME. PATS SCORE TEN IN TH >> Mike: TONIGHT'S AERIAL COVERAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. OFF WE GO TO THE FOURTH QUARTER. MIKE TIRICO ENJOYING OUR TIME WITH TONY DUNGY AND JASON GARRETT. MELISSA STARK ON THE SIDELINES. VIKINGS, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS WITH THE CHANCES OF WINNING THE GAME EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DOWN THREE. COUSINS IS HIT. HE DOES A GREAT JOB HOLDING ON TO THE BALL AS THE FORMER MICHIGAN WOLVERINE GETS IN THERE FOR THE SACK. >> Tony: RUSHING OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE. INSIDE MOVE. NO HELP. AND THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. NORMALLY THAT IS DARRISAW OVER THERE. WE DON'T HAVE TO HELP THAT GUY. IT HASN'T SHOWN UP UNTIL NOW. >> Jason: FANTASTIC RUSH AND UNBELIEVABLE JOB BY COUSINS HOLDING ON TO THAT FOOTBALL. THAT IS A SACK/FUMBLE, RUN IT BACK ALL THE WAY WAITING TO HAPPEN. >> Mike: THIRD AND 17. COUSINS FIRES TO THIELEN AND HE CANNOT BRING IT IN. COVERAGE WAS EXTENDED BY JALEN MILLS. WE HAVE A 36-YARD FIELD GOAL TO TIE THE GAME COMING UP. >> Jason: WHEN YOU GET IN THOSE SITUATIONS, THIRD AND LONG IN THE RED ZONE. THAT IS WHERE THE BALL HAS TO GO. LITTLE PRESSURE AROUND HIM. YOU ARE STILL PRESERVING THE FIELD GOAL OPPORTUNITY. >> Tony: THAT IS A HUGE PLAY FOR THAT DANGEROUS DEFENSE. >> Mike: WE HAVE NOT MENTIONED DARRISAW. >> Mike: PATRIOTS HOME STATE OF MASTERS, TD GARDEN WILL HOST THE FIRST SURVIVOR WAR GAMES MATCHES, TWO WINGS SET UP SIDE BY SIDE INSIDE A MASSIVE STEEL CAGE, LIVE SATURDAY ONLY ON PEACOCK. THERE WILL BE NO WISE GUY CUTS GOING ON IN WRESTLING. >> Tony: TAG TEAM. >> Mike: DREW HAS BEEN SITTING ON THAT ALL WEEK. THE ALMOST WISE GUY PULLS IT OFF. WELL DONE. TOUCHBACK THERE AT THE 25. >> Tony: MIKE, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BILL BELICHICK NOT LETTING YOUR BEST PERSON BEAT HIM. ZA'DARIUS SMITH, BEST PASS RUSHER. THEY HAD A PLAN FOR HIM. CUT BLOCK HIM EARLY. GET RID OF THE BALL QUICK. >> Jason: A LOT OF VARIETY TO ATTACK AND NEUTRALIZE HIM AND DANIELL HUNTER. THE BIG THING IS GETTING THE BALL OUT OF MAC JONES' HANDS. WHEN YOU QUIET SOMEONE LIKE THAT, IT CAN HAVE A CONTAGIOUS IMPACT ON YOUR FOOTBALL TEAM. BUT DON'T THINK HE DOESN'T HAVE SOME FIGHT LEFT IN HIM. >> Mike: NO QUARTERBACK HITS FOR SMITH. THAT IS THE WHOLE VIKINGS' DEFENSE. MAC JONES HASN'T BEEN HIT TONIGHT THROUGH THREE QUARTERBACKS. WELL PROTECTED AGAIN. RHAMONDRE STEVENSON. MELISSA, HE WILL HAVE TO DO A LOT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. >> Melissa: HE SURE IS. AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF DAMIEN HARRIS CAME OFF OF THE FIELD, WENT INTO THE TENT FOR TEN MINUTES AND SINCE THEN HE WAS TESTING OUT THE RIGHT LEG RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE SIDELINE AND WINCING IN PAIN. NOT HAPPY. YOU CAN SEE HIM THERE, QUESTIONABLE WITH A THIGH INJURY AND HE LIMPED NOW INTO THE LOCKER ROOM. >> Mike: MISSED A GAME WITH AN ILLNESS, HAMSTRING AND NOW THE THIGH. SECOND AND NINE. GOOD COVERAGE BY ERIC KENDRICKS BREAKING UP THE PASS AND SETTING UP THIRD DOWN. >> Jason: MIKE, SOMETIMES THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH HOW QUICKLY THAT NEW ENGLAND HAS GOTTEN THE BALL OUT OF THEIR HANDS. MINNESOTA KNOWS THIS. KENDRICKS IS A VETERAN. HE IS NOT GOING TO GET DEEP IN HIS DROP. THAT IS A GOOD VETERAN MOVE. >> Mike: AND IT GETS LOUDER HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IN THIS BUILDING. >> Tony: MINNESOTA IS SHOWING BLITZ HERE. LET'S SEE IF THEY COME. HERE THEY COME. >> Mike: HARRISON SMITH GOT BUMPED. MAC JONES SETS, FLINGS, JUMP BALL INCOMPLETE. TRIED TO GET IT TO JAKOBI MEYERS AND CAMRYN BYNUM WITH THE COVERAGE. A MUCH-NEEDED THREE-AND-OUT FOR THE VIKINGS. >> Jason: ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, HARRISON SMITH. JOHN LYNCH PRESSURE, STRONG SAFETY AND "D." HARRISON SMITH GETS KNOCKED OFF. MAC WORKS AWAY FROM IT AND JAKOBI MEYERS ALMOST CAME UP WITH ANOTHER ONE. >> Tony: CAMRYN BYNUM WITH A GREAT PLAY THERE. >> Jason: NICE POISE TO KNOCK THAT BALL AWAY. >> Mike: GREAT KICK. REAGOR BACKPEDALING, NO MOMENTUM. MATTHEW SLAT TUR-DUCK-EN. >> A DEBONED CHICKEN STUFFED WITH A DEBONED DUCK -- SEE, YOU CUT IT LIKE RIGHT DOWN HERE. >> Mike: THE GUY WITH THE BUTCHER BLOCK DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS, THE ONES THAT MAKE IT AND PROVIDED THEM OVER THE YEARS. FIRST DOWN RUN INSIDE FOR THREE OR FOUR YARDS TO DALVIN COOK. WE THANK THE GUYS IN THE BUTCHER BLOCK IN NEW ORLEANS. HAVE YOU EVER HELD ONE? >> Tony: I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE BUT IT SMELLS GREAT. >> Jason: I WILL CUT IT. GET YOUR HAND IN THERE. RIGHT IN THERE. >> Mike: SECOND DOWN SCREEN SET UP, GOT RID OF IT. COOK IS THERE AND WHAT A PLAY, RAEKWON McMILLIAN COMING ACROSS THE FIELD NOT TO LET COOK GET GOING AND MINIMIZED THE GAIN, A LOSS REALLY. BACK TO THE 30. >> Tony: THAT IS GREAT HUSTLE BY McMILLIAN. IT LOOKED LIKE MINNESOTA WAS GOING TO GET SOMETHING GOING. YOU WILL SEE BOTH GUYS RECOGNIZE AND CHASE DOWN COOK. >> Jason: HE TAKES A GREAT ANGLE TO BEAT THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TO THE SIDE. >> Tony: BRINGS UP THIRD AND LONG, AND THIS IS WHERE KEVIN O'CONNELL DIDN'T WANT TO BE. DELAY. >> Mike: YEAH. DELAY OF GAME. >> Tony: NOW THIRD AND EVEN LONGER. >> Referee: TIME-OUT, MINNESOTA. THEIR FIRST OF THE HALF. >> Mike: KEVIN O'CONNELL GOT THAT ON THE SIDELINE. >> Jason: GOOD TIME-OUT BY KEVIN O'CONNELL. THAT IS ONE OF YOUR JOBS AS THE HEAD COACH ON THE SIDELINE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE 40-SECOND CLOCK. KIRK STARTED TO HAVE SOME URGENCY AND KEVIN BAILED HIM OUT. >> Mike: JASON, YOU MENTIONED WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH KEVIN O'CONNELL, FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACH AND THE PLAY CALLER. THAT IS A LOT TO HANDLE. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN THOSE BIG ISSUES WITH THE TEAM. >> Jason: COACH BELICHICK MENTIONED THIS TO US, HE DID A GREAT JOB HIRING VETERAN COACHES AROUND HIM. TO ALLOW HIM TO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AS A HEAD COACH AND PLAY CALLER WITH GOOD COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING REALLY WORKED SEAMLESSLY SO FAR. >> Mike: THEY WILL GO EMPTY. COOK OUT OF THE GAME. ALEXANDER MATTISON COMES IN NOW NEXT TO COUSINS. NOW THIRD AND FOUR IF THAT IS IN FACT OFFSIDE. THIS WILL REQUIRE A BIT OF DISCUSSION FIRST. >> Referee: FALSE START OFFENSE NUMBER 18. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. THIRD DOWN. >> Mike: TERRY McAULAY, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >> I DO. THE WIDE RECEIVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD IS NOT PROTECTED. SO HE MOVES BEFORE THE RIGHT TACKLE DOES. >> Mike: ALL RIGHT. THERE IS JEFFERSON. THERE. >> Jason: TERRY, I AGREE WITH YOU. JEFFERSON IS MOVING ON THE MOVEMENT BY THE DEFENSIVE LINE. >> BUT HE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD. HE IS NOT PROTECTED. >> Mike: THIRD AND 14. HERE IS COUSINS. HOCKENSON, CAN HE GET THERE? NO. GOOD TACKLING. KYLE DUGGER STARTS IT. THE FANS ARE UNHAPPY BECAUSE THEY SAW THE REPLAY OF THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ACROSS FROM THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN GOING OFFSIDE. THEY DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. >> Jason: I THINK NEW ENGLAND GOT A BREAK THERE. HAPPY THANKSGIVING. >> BUT IT WAS THE CORRECT CALL. >> Mike: WE ALREADY HAD ONE RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN TONIGHT BY NWANGWU OF THE VIKINGS. MARCUS JONES WHO HAD FOUR KICKOFF RETURNS IN HOUSTON AS A ROOKIE LAST YEAR. FLAG IS DOWN. FAIR CATCH AT THE 8 YARD LINE AS RYAN WRIGHT WAS RUN INTO WHEN THE PRESSURE CAME ON FROM PIERRE STRONG JR. IS IT 5 OR 15? >> Tony: EVEN AT FIVE IT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN, MIKE. THEY SET IT UP BEAUTIFULLY. THEY CAME OFF OF THE EDGE. >> Referee: RUNNING INTO THE KICKER, DEFENSE NUMBER 35. A FIVE-YARD PENALTY. FIRST DOWN. >> Mike: THAT WILL TAKE IT TO THE 41. >> Tony: LINED UP AT 15. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING. IT JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT DEEP. >> Jason: THE SAME JONATHAN JONES FROM INDIANAPOLIS BLOCKED. THE TECHNIQUE TO USE IS CRITICAL IF YOU STAY AWAY FROM THE KICKER. >> Mike: ADVANTAGE MINNESOTA IN SPECIAL TEAMS TONIGHT, AND IT KEEPS THIS VIKINGS' DRIVE GOING. JUST THE SECOND VIKINGS DRIVE OF THE SECOND HALF. THEY HAD THE LONG TOUCHDOWN THE FIRST TIME THEY TOUCHED IT IN THE THIRD. DEEP DROP, COUSINS. DALVIN WITH A GOOD MOVE AND JUST SHY OF MIDFIELD AND THAT SETS UP SECOND AND A COUPLE. >> Jason: I WOULD HATE TO BE IN THE SPECIAL TEAMS MEETING MONDAY WITH COACH BELICHICK. KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN AND RUNNING INTO THE KICKER. NOT GOING TO BE FUN. >> Mike: COUSINS BACK TO THE AIR. FINDS JEFFERSON, AGAIN! THIS DUDE IS UNREAL. >> Jason: JEFFERSON ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE HAS JONES BY HIMSELF. HE RUNS UP, PRETENDS LIKE HE WAS RUNNING AN OUT ROUTE. DEVIN McCOURTY, A GREAT BREAK ON IT. LOOK AT JUSTIN JEFFERSON, A BIG TIME THROW BY KIRK COUSINS. TALK ABOUT MAKING A CONTESTED CATCH IN TRAFFIC, WOW! >> Mike: 36 ON THAT ONE, AND AGAIN WE ARE IN THAT SAME SITUATION, JASON. BIG PLAY AND HE HAS TO USE HIS SECOND TIME-OUT. KEVIN O'CONNELL IS ASKING FOR A RESET OF THE PLAY CLOCK. >> Tony: NO. NO REASON TO. I LOVE THIS JUSTIN JEFFERSON. YOU THINK OF ALL OF THE FINESSE, THE SKILL, THE SPEED, THE HANDS. BUT THIS IS SUPER TOUGHNESS RIGHT HERE. >> Jason: IT SURE IS. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO KIRK COUSINS ABOUT THE FOURTH AND 18 PLAY IN BUFFALO. HE SAID WHEN JUSTIN WAS BREAKING THE HUDDLE, I MIGHT THROW IT UP TO YOU. GO GET IT. I THINK HE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT KNOWING HE WILL MAKE THE PLAY. HE HAS SO MUCH PHYSICAL SKILL. BUT THE SPIRIT, THE TOUGHNESS, THE PASSION SHOWS UP AGAIN THERE. >> Mike: TWO OLDER BROTHERS BOTH PLAYED AT LSU. PREPARED HIM TO CATCH IT AND DEAL WITH COVERAGE. THE VIKINGS ARE THE BENEFICIARIES. THIELEN, TOUCHDOWN. MINNESOTA. BACK ON TOP. >> Tony: THE PROTECTION IS GREAT, BUT THIS IS THE JUSTIN JEFFERSON EFFECT. McCOURTY, DOUBLED. WATCH DEVIN McCOURTY HERE. HE IS GOING TO LOOK FOR JEFFERSON COMING ACROSS. THAT OPENS UP THIELEN. >> Jason: COACH, YOU SAID IT. IT STARTS WITH THE PROTECTION. THAT IS A DOUBLE CRISSCROSS AGAINST MAN COVERAGE. PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK THROUGH IT AND FINDS THIELEN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. >> Mike: JOSEPH ADDS THE EXTRA POINT. BIG PLAYS FROM THE VIKINGS TONIGHT. THE BIG ONE TO JEFFERSON GETS THEM DOWN THERE. >> Mike: USUALLY THE DIVISION WAS DOMINATED BY GREEN BAY, BUT THE PACKERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. PACKERS AND THE EAGLES. FOOTBALL NIGHT STARTS AT 7:00 EASTERN. THE SUNDAY NIGHT 7. PLAY FOR FREE ON THE NBC SPORTS. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AARON RODGERS AND JALEN HURTS. JALEN'S FORMER ALABAMA TEAMMATE, MAC JONES DOWN BY SEVEN AND TAKING OVER AT THE 25 AS WE GO BACK TO THE TOUCHDOWN. >> Tony: TALK ABOUT THE JUSTIN JEFFERSON EFFECT. GREAT PLAYERS IMPACT THE GAME EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T TOUCH THE BALL. WATCH HOW MANY GUYS JUSTIN JEFFERSON IMPACTS. JONES, McCOURTY, JONATHAN JONES. THAT HELPS THIELEN, JASON. >> Jason: AGAIN, GO BACK TO THE PROTECTION. KIRK LOOKS THERE AND HAS TIME TO WORK HIS EYES BACK ACROSS THE FIELD. THIELEN IS ISOLATED AND WILL WIN THAT MATCHUP ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. >> Mike: TEN STRAIGHT FOR MINNESOTA TO RETAKE THE LEAD. MAC JONES FROM THE 25. AGHOLOR. GOOD JOB BY DUKE SHELLEY. HAD AGHOLOR BY THE LEG AND BRINGS HIM DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF JUST ONE. SHELLEY IS THE FIFTH CORNERBACK ON THE TEAM. AKAYLEB EVANS HAS A CONCUSSION. HE IS OUT. REALLY DOWN ON THE DEPTH CHART, BUT SHELLEY DOING A GOOD JOB TONIGHT. >> Jason: NEXT MAN UP. >> Mike: SECOND AND NINE. JONES TO STEVENSON. DOWN TO THE 33 YARD LINE. GO TO BRING UP THIRD AND TWO. UNDER 9:00 LEFT IN REGULATION. >> Jason: THIRD AND SHORT. THIRD AND ONE YOU CAN RUN IT. THIRD AND TWO AND CHANGE, I DON'T KNOW. YOU CAN SEE MINNESOTA CONTESTING THE PATRIOT RECEIVERS A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> Tony: TOO MANY MEN IN THE HUDDLE. >> Jason: THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT. >> Tony: SURE DID. >> Mike: I HEAR A DEFENSIVE COACH. >> Tony: NO. NO. >> Mike: THIRD AND ONE. THREE TO THE RIGHT. TWO TO THE LEFT. JONES THROWING CONTACT DOWNFIELD, INCOMPLETE. TRIED TO GET IT TO TYQUAN THORNTON. HUNTER HENRY WAS LOOKING FOR A FLAG. NONE COMING AND IT IS A THREE-AND-OUT QUICKLY FOR THE PATRIOTS. >> Jason: IT IS NOTICEABLE TO ME THAT MINNESOTA IS CONTESTING THE THROWS A LITTLE BIT MORE. MAC JONES IS TRYING TO GET DOWNFIELD MORE WITH THIS ONE. THE POCKET IS CLEAN. I JUST THINK THEIR FEET TANGLED. >> Mike: THEY DID. I WAS WATCHING SMITH AND HENRY ON THE REPLAY. >> Tony: MAC WAS SAYING HE GOT HIT IN THE FACE. >> Mike: THE PUNT IS NOT A GOOD ONE>> Jason: I'M NOT GOING TO THAT SPECIAL TEAMS MEETING. >> Mike: IT IS A 29-YARD PUNT. VIKINGS TAKE OVER AT THE 37 YARD LINE. 8:07 TO GO, MINNESOTA WITH THE LEAD. >> Mike: SEVEN HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST LEAD TONIGHT, TIED AT 7, 10, 16 AND 23 AND UNTIL THE THIELEN TOUCHDOWN UNTIED IT ON THE LAST DRIVE FOR MINNESOTA. COUSINS FLIPS IT OUT TO K.J. OSBORN AND STRONG HANDS TO PULL IT IN. THAT IS A GAIN OF EIGHT. >> Tony: WOW. THAT IS CLOSE TO AN INTERCEPTION. >> Mike: JONATHAN JONES RIGHT THERE. >> Jason: KIRK COUSINS TRIES TO LAY IT OVER THE DEFENDER, JONATHAN JONES ONE MORE TIME. WATCH THE CONCENTRATION BY K.J. OSBORN, REACHING BACK AND GETTING IT IN TRAFFIC AND SECURING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. >> Tony: THE BUFFALO GAME ALL OVER AGAIN. ONE-HANDED AND TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU. >> Mike: COUSINS, OVER 300 YARDS. FROM THE 43. GOOD BLOCK BY THE FULLBACK, HAM. A RUN BY COOK FOR A GAIN OF A YARD. DEATRICH WISE WITH THE TACKLE. THIRD AND SHORT. >> Tony: THIRD AND LESS THAN A YARD AGAINST THE BIG GUYS, DO YOU POUND IT UP IN THERE AND GET IT? >> Jason: I DO. QUARTERBACK SNEAK, LITTLE MAN WINS. TRY TO DRIVE THEM OFF OF THE BALL. I HATE TO SEE THEM TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND THROW IT. IT IS A FULL ONE THOUGH. COUNT THE GUYS UP FRONT. SEE IF THEY CAN TRADE SOME MOVEMENT. >> Mike: THESE GUYS HAD TO PLAY A LOT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE. THE ROTATION HASN'T BEEN THE SAME FOR THE PATS. CAN THEY BUILD A WALL ON THIRD AND ONE? COUSINS TO EDGE, K.J. OSBORN, FIRST DOWN AT THE 49 YARD LINE. >> Jason: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WALMART PLUS 4K SKYCAM. BIG STORY FOR ME IS THE OFFENSIVE LINE. CHRISTIAN DARRISAW IS OUT. BRENDLE STEPS IN. HE IS BIG TIME. COUSINS WAS COMFORTABLE IN THE POCKET ALL NIGHT LONG THROWING THE BALL DOWNFIELD. THEY STEPPED UP TO THE CHALLENGE AGAINST AN AWFULLY GOOD NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS DEFENSIVE FRONT. >> Mike: FIRST DOWN TAKES IT UNDER 6:00. BENTLEY THE TACKLE. >> Tony: DO YOU WANT TO RUN THE BALL TO BLEED THE CLOCK OR DO YOU WANT TO THROW THE BALL FOR FIRST DOWNS. >> Jason: NO DOUBT. THERE IS DEFINITELY GAME MANAGEMENT GOING ON NOW. RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, SNAPPING IT LATE IN THE 40-SECOND CLOCK. YOU WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY AND COME AWAY WITH A TWO-SCORE GAME IN THIS SITUATION. IT WOULD BE TOUGH FOR NEW ENGLAND. >> Mike: COUSINS BACK TO PASS GOING THIELEN'S WAY AND THAT WAS READ RIGHT AWAY. JALEN MILLS ON TOP OF THAT ONE. NOW THIRD AND LONG, AND A HUGE PLAY AS WE DIVE UNDER 5:00 IN REGULATION. >> Tony: THIS IS SET UP, WIDE RECEIVER SCREEN. THEY JUST CAN'T GET THE LINEMAN THERE. CLEVELAND JUST CAN'T GET JALEN MILLS. IF HE CAN MAKE THAT BLOCK THEY HAVE A CHANCE FOR A BIG DAY. >> Mike: NFL SACK LEADER, MATTHEW JUDON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. FROM THE 14, THIELEN CAN'T GET BACK TO IT AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN. STOPS THE CLOCK AT 4:29. THAT GIVES THE PATRIOTS SOME HOPE. >> Jason: LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS MISCOMMUNICATION THERE. KIRK COUSINS IS THROWING A QUICK SCREEN OUTSIDE AND THERE IS NOBODY TO THROW IT TO. ALL OF THE MINNESOTA LINEMEN GETTING IN FRONT. >> Tony: I THINK THIELEN WAS THE SCREEN MAN AND HE DIDN'T GET IT. >> Jason: HARD TO KNOW. THIELEN IS BLOCKING AND KIRK THREW THE BALL. >> Mike: NOBODY WAS READY TO CATCH AND RUN. RYAN WRIGHT. TWISTER FOR MARCUS JONES WHO HAS GOT IT AT THE 11 AND WELL-COVERED ON SPECIAL TEAMS. JALEN NAILOR COMES DOWN AND MAKES THE PLAY. SPECIAL TEAMS ADVANTAGE FOR MINNESOTA CONTINUES TO GROW TODAY. >> Tony: A LITTLE ACTING JOB THERE. >> Mike: THIS IS GOOD. ONEWENU AND KRIS BOYD WERE THE NORMAL GUNNERS. THAT TIME NAILOR OUT THERE. AND THE PATRIOTS HAVE TO GO 87 YARDS. PLENTY OF TIME AND TWO TIME-OUTS. A GAIN OF 14. LOOKED TO BE A FALSE START AT THE BEGINNING THERE. >> Tony: I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AGAIN, MIKE. BECAUSE IT SURE DID. THAT IS DEFINITELY A FALSE START. >> Jason: NO DOUBT TRENT WAS EARLY ON THAT ONE. PATRIOTS GET A BREAK. >> Mike: PLAYERS STARTED TO GET DOWNFIELD A COUPLE OF YARDS. GOOD THING HE AVOIDED THE INELIGIBLE RECEIVER DOWNFIELD FLAG. >> Tony: THE RPO AND MINNESOTA READ IT AND TOOK AWAY THE SLANT ROUTE. >> Mike: IT IS GOING TO BE RHAMONDRE STEVENSON THE REST OF THE WAY. DAMIEN HARRIS HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO OUT WITH THE INJURY MELISSA TOLD YOU ABOUT EARLIER. >> Jason: NEW ENGLAND WILL STICK WITH THE SAME FORMULA. GET THE BALL OUT OF MAC JONES' HANDS AND YOU WANT SOME YARDS IN THE RUN AFTER THE CATCH. >> Mike: OVER TO STEVENSON. PICKING UP SOME BLOCKS HERE. STEVENSON. DOWN THE SIDELINE HE GOES. STEVENSON, TOUGH TO BRING DOWN IN THE OPEN FIELD. TAKES IT TO RIGHT AROUND THE 28 YARD LINE. BIG PLAY FOR STEVENSON. >> Jason: IT SURE WAS. THIS IS A CHIP SCREEN. HE BOUNCES IT OUT. EXCELLENT JOB BY THE NEW ENGLAND LINEMEN GETTING ON THE PURPLE SHIRTS TO GET THE SCREEN STARTED. STEVENSON, 245 POUNDS. LOOK AT THE GUY RUN OUT IN SPACE. >> Mike: THEY MARK HIM AT THE 33. IT IS A GAIN OF 40 AND TERRIFIC CHANCE FOR NEW ENGLAND TO EVEN IT UP AT 33-33. FROM THE 33. STEVENSON. BLOCK FROM ONEWENU, THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN. A GAIN OF THREE ON FIRST DOWN. RHAMONDRE STEVENSON, OVER 100 TOTAL SCRIMMAGE YARDS TONIGHT. HE HAS ABOUT 30% OF THEIR OFFENSE THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF THE GROUND GAME. VERY IMPRESSIVE. PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE. STEVENSON HAS GOT IT AND THEY HAVE GOT HIM. ERIC KENDRICKS, THE MAN THAT RECOVERED THE FUMBLE FOR THE TYING AND GO-AHEAD TOUCHDOWN. >> Jason: THEY NEED A TOUCHDOWN IN THIS SITUATION, COACH. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE IN FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY. THE BIG THING FOR NEW ENGLAND, POSITIVE PLAYS ARE GOOD. JUST MAKE SOME YARDS. >> Tony: STAY WITH YOUR QUICK PASSING HERE. >> Mike: NEED SEVEN AND HAVE TWO TO GET IT. >> Tony: MINNESOTA SHOWING BLITZ. >> Mike: LOOKS LIKE STEVENSON IS UP THERE CLOSER TO THE CENTER, FERENTZ. JONES IN TROUBLE AND SACKED. AND THEY FINALLY GET TO HIM. JONES IS SLOW TO GET UP. WE ARE GETTING TO THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. >> Jason: SACKS LATE IN THE GAME ARE DIFFERENCE-MAKING PLAYS. RHAMONDRE STEVENSON IS UP NEXT TO THE CENTER AND THE GUARD. TRENT TRIES TO CUT DANIELL HUNTER. GOES TO HIS KNEES. DANIELL HUNTER IS A BIG TIME ATHLETE. THEY COULD HAVE CALLED DANIELL FOR TRIPPING. HUNTER AND SMITH WERE QUIET UNTIL THE MOST CRITICAL DOWN OF THE BALLGAME. >> Tony: THAT IS UNUSUAL. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE PLAY CALL WAS BUT FOR TRENT BROWN TO CUT ON A DEEP THROW YOU DO NOT SEE THAT FROM DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. MUST HAVE BEEN MISCOMMUNICATION THERE, JASON. >> Jason: ONE OF DANIELL HUNTER'S GREATEST STRENGTHS ARE HIS LENGTH. HE IS NOT THE TYPE OF GUY YOU WANT TO CUT. HE IS A GREAT ATHLETE TO MAKE A PLAY AND CAME UP WITH A BIG ONE IN A BIG MOMENT. UP. CLOSEST THING WE HAVE IN THE NFL TO THE FEEL OF A EUROPEAN SOCCER CROWD. IT IS SUCH A GREAT ATMOSPHERE IN HERE AND NOW THE PATRIOTS IN A GOT TO HAVE IT MOMENT. IN A FOURTH AND LONG, MINNESOTA WAS ABLE TO STAY ALIVE. >> Tony: LET'S SEE WHAT NEW ENGLAND CAN DO HERE. >> Mike: FOURTH AND 16. THREE IN THE PATTERN FOR JONES WHO LETS IT GO FOR AGHOLOR. HE ALMOST DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE AIR AND THEN ACCELERATED TO GET IT. HE IS SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY. THE VIKINGS WILL TAKE OVER ON DOWNS. >> Tony: THIS IS NELSON AGHOLOR ON A DEEP CORNER ROUTE AGAINST SHANNON SULLIVAN. HE GETS BUMPED OFF A LITTLE BIT AT THE END. SULLIVAN IS IN GOOD POSITION. >> Mike: HE STOPPED THERE FOR A SUCCESS AND THEN ACCELERATES TO THE BALL. >> Jason: FOR NEW ENGLAND YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MUCH MORE IN THAT SITUATION, TO HAVE NELSON AGHOLOR DOWN THE FIELD BY HIMSELF ON SULLIVAN, THE HESITATION I THINK CERTAINLY HURT HIM. MAC WANTED TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE WITH THE HIGH THROW BUT COULDN'T CONNECT. >> Mike: GOOD NEWS, HE IS GETTING UP. TERRY, THAT IS AN INJURY BUT ON A CHANGE OF POSSESSION. IS THERE NO TIME-OUT THERE? >> CORRECT. THERE IS NO TIME-OUT CHARGED BECAUSE IT IS A CHANGE OF POSSESSION. >> Mike: IT MEANS THE PATRIOTS CAN GET THE BALL BACK WITH 45ISH SECONDS IF THE CLOCK IS MANAGED AS IT SHOULD BE. SO THE GAME IS NOT OVER YET. BUT IT IS MINNESOTA BALL AT THE 39 YARD LINE. C.J. HAM LEADING FOR DALVIN COOK, THE BACK. >> Tony: YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR BEST RUNS GOING HERE. >> Mike: A LOSS OF A COUPLE. DOWN HERE, BELICHICK WILL HOLD THE TWO TIME-OUTS UNTIL AFTER SECOND DOWN AND AFTER THIRD DOWN. >> Tony: I WOULD TAKE MY TIME-OUTS HERE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I AM STOPPING THE CLOCK. I AM GOING TO MAKE MINNESOTA MAKE A DECISION. >> Jason: THIS GUY BELICHICK IS SECOND TO SHULA IN WINS. HARD TO COMMENT FROM UP HERE. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, I WOULD HAVE CALLED THAT TIME-OUT. >> Mike: HE IS NOT GOING TO THROW YOU THE BALL AND GIVE YOU A FREE TIME-OUT WHICH HAPPENS SO OFTEN THESE DAYS, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> Jason: YEAH. >> Mike: SECOND AND 11. COOK. NOW THE PATRIOTS WILL TAKE THE SECOND OF THREE THREE-AND-OUTS WITH 1:06 TO GO IN REGULATION. COMING UP WHEN OUR GAME IS DONE THE FUN IS NOT DONE. YOU KNOW IT IS THANKSGIVING. WE HAVE SEEN EVERYBODY, OUR PAL DREW BREES, THE TURDUCKEN IS READY. MELISSA STARK, ARE YOU READY FOR THE THANKSGIVING TRADITION? >> Melissa: I DON'T THINK I WILL BE PARTAKING. BUT I AM READY TO SERVE THEM UP. >> Mike: AS YOU SAID IT SO WELL AT THE BEGINNING, YOU GOT STARTED WITH COACH MADDEN AND AL ON MONDAY NIGHT. KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE. NOBODY BETTER THAN YOU TO WRAP IT UP. WE HAVE THIRD DOWN AND NINE AND THE PATS WITH A CHANCE TO GET IT BACK. >> Tony: I SEE SO MANY OF THESE OFFENSIVE COACHES THROW THE BALL HERE. BUT YOU HAVE TO RUN IT AND USE THE LAST TIME-OUT. >> Mike: DO YOU AGREE, JASON? >> Tony: COMPLETELY. >> Mike: COOK STOPPED. TIME-OUT PATS. THEY WILL GET IT BACK WITH ABOUT 53 SECONDS OR SO LEFT AND NO TIME-OUTS. JASON, YOU SAID IT. SEVERAL PLAYS THAT ARE INCHES AWAY FROM GAME-CHANGING AND WE HAVE A FEW. THIS RUNNING INTO THE PUNTER. >> Jason: IT WAS A HUGE PLAY. MINNESOTA MAINTAINS POSSESSION THERE AND THEY COME RIGHT BACK AND ADAM THIELEN CATCHES THE CROSSING ROUTE. THAT WAS A HUGE SEQUENCE FOR THE VIKINGS TO GO AHEAD IN THE BALLGAME AND TO TAKE CONTROL OF IT. >> Mike: HUNTER HENRY AT THE GOAL LINE WITH THE BALL BREAKING THE PLANE BUT CAN'T SURVIVE THE GROUND. SO MANY PLAYS HERE TONIGHT. REMEMBER WHAT MARCUS JONES DID HERE LAST WEEK. LOOKS LIKE WE ARE HEADING TO OVERTIME. NOBODY CAN SCORE IF THEY KEPT PLAYING EIGHT QUARTERS. >> Tony: I WOULD PUNT THIS BALL OUT OF BOUNDS. I AM NOT GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO RETURN THIS KICK. >> Jason: I AGREE WITH YOU COACH. >> Mike: HERE IS THE ROOKIE, RYAN WRIGHT. >> Jason: WE HAVE SEEN THIS STORY BEFORE. >> Mike: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND A DEEP ONE BUT HE HAS IT FROM THE 1. CAN HE GET THROUGH THE FIRST WAVE. NO HE CAN'T. THE BALL CAME OUT. HE WAS DOWN. THE CALL ON THE FIELD IS DOWN AROUND THE 11 OR THE 12 YARD LINE, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY GET A LOOK AT IT. >> Mike: THAT WAS REALLY DANGEROUS. A DEEP KICK BETWEEN THE NUMBERS. >> Jason: THAT WAS ALMOST THE DEFINITION OF OUT KICKING YOUR COVERAGE. >> Tony: DEFEND THE SIDELINE. DEFEND DEEP. MAKE THE BALLS BE THROWN IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE PASS RUSHERS, NOW YOU HAVE TO EARN YOUR MONEY. >> Mike: 89 YARDS IN 53 SECONDS. NO TIME-OUTS. JONES, IN TROUBLE. SACKED. NOT A SAFETY. AT THE 1 BUT RECEIVERS ARE 30 YARDS AWAY. THIS WILL TAKE 15 SECONDS. >> Tony: WELL DONE BY THE VIKINGS. DEFEND DEEP AND DEFEND THE SIDELINE AND CUT THE PASS RUSH LOOSE. >> Jason: GUYS THAT WERE QUIET MOST OF THE BALLGAME HAVE SHOWN UP LATE HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. >> Mike: 17 SECONDS. OUT OF HIS END ZONE JONES SIDELINE SHOT. HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF BOUNDS. TERRIFIC STRENGTH BY PATRICK PETERSON TO KEEP HIM IN. >> Tony: SMART PLAY. SMART PLAY. >> Mike: THIRD AND TWO. JONES. DOWN. HE CAN'T KILL THE CLOCK. THEY HAVE NO TIME-OUTS AND THE VIKINGS WILL WIN. THE MAN BILL BELICHICK DRAFTED IN THE THIRD ROUND IN 2008 BEATS BILL BELICHICK. MAC JONES PLAYED A REALLY GOOD GAME. 28 OF 39. THREW FOR 382. A CAREER-HIGH AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS. MINNESOTA'S RECEIVERS, JEFFERSON, THIELEN, NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE -- HOCKENSON GOT ONE TOO AND AFTER A 40-3 LOSS WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE THIS TEAM WAS DONE, MINNESOTA COMES BACK AGAINST A GOOD DEFENSE AND HANGS UP 33. "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL"
