Rams vs. Vikings Week 16 Highlights | NFL 2021

>> Adam: A WIN TODAY AND THEY'RE INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THIRD AND 5. TO THE RIGHT. RIGHT NEAR THE STICKS. THEY'RE GOING TO MARK HIM AT TO MIDFIELD. TYLER HIGBY BACK IN THE LINEUP. RIGHT FOURTH DOWN AND 1. SHORT YARDAGE SITUATION. NEAR THE STAFFORD VERY GOOD AS A QUARTERBACK SNEAKER. THEY'RE GOING TO MARK HIM AT DROPPED THE FOOTBALL ON THE SNAP. HE'S NOW 14 FOR 14 ON FOURTH AND SHORT IN HIS CAREER. SNAP. HE'S NOW 14 FOR 14 ON FOURTH AND SHORT IN HIS CAREER. >> Mark: JUST LIKE THEY PLANNED IT. THAT CREATES THE HESITATION. SURGES IN THAT WEDGE. IT. >> Adam: YOU'LL TAKE IT IF YOU'RE SHAUN McVAY RIGHT THERE. THAT CREATES THE >> Mark: ABSOLUTELY. >> Adam: OFF THE MICHELLE. STAFFORD. FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 30 THOEN DOWN BY McKENZIE ALEXANDER. >> Mark: JUST THE ROUTE RUNNING NOW. >> Adam: STAFFORD DUMPS IT OFF STAFFORD. FIRST DOWN FOR HIGBY. HIGBY WITH HIS SECOND CATCH. m: HE'S GOT ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. PICKUP OF 11. FFORD D THAT CUT BACK BY MICHEL. >> Adam: MICHEL IN FOR A SPIN. FOR HIGBY. IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN. IT'S LOOSE. THE PLAY IS SIGNALED DEATH. >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS A TOUCHDOWN. >> Adam: ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BREAK THE PLANE OF THE GOAL LINE. SONY MICHEL BREAK HE IS A PROBLEM FOR EVERYBODY. >> Adam: A LOT OF THE RUN GAME THE PLANE OF THE RUNNING AWAY FROM 9. BIG HOLE FOR MADISON AND HURDLE FOR MORE BEFORE LEONARD FLOYD CAUGHT UP WITH MADISON. THAT'S WHERE HE IS A PROBLEM. NOW IT PUTS YOU IN A THIRD DOWN BIG HOLE FOR AND LONG SITUATION. VIKINGS HAVE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THIRD AND LONGS AND TYLER CONCKLIN. NUMBER THREE TIGHT END. >> Adam: SET AGAIN. THIRD AND QUICK THROW FOR JEFFERSON. RAMSEY. THEY'LL MARK HIM AT MIDFIELD ON A GAIN OF EIGHT. >> Ada YOU PLAY THE RAMS BECAUSE THEY CAN PUT YOU BEHIND THE CHAINS SET AGAI QUICKLY WITH THE ATHLETICISM THEY HAVE UP FRONT. >> Adam: ON DISPLAY, PRESSURE ON COUSINS. THEY HAVE UP >> Adam: EARNEST JONES GOT ROLLED UP ON A COUPLE OF PLAYS. >> Ad IN AS THE LONE BACK. COUSINS STEPS UP TO THROW DOWNFIELD FOR ADAM FELIX, BACK IN THE LINEUP AND INSIDE THE 10. FIRST AND GOAL FOR MINNESOTA. >> Mark: I LOVE THIS THROW BACK IN THE LINEUP AND INSIDE THE FROM THE 8. ONE OF THE BEST RED ZONE TEAMS FIRST AND GOAL FOR TRYING TO CONVERT. COUSINS TO THE GOAL LINE, OFF THE HANDS OF THE RECEIVER AND PICKED OFF. IT IS TREMON HOWARD WHO JUST CAME INTO THE GAME WITH A HUGE TAKE AWAY FOR LOS ANGELES. THE FIRST INTERCEPTION OF HIS FROM THE 17. SCREEN TO ODELL BECKHAM JR. CAME INTO THE GAME WITH A HUGE TO THE INSIDE. INTO THE ARMS OF XAVIER WOODS. KNOCK THEM DOWN AT THE 25. THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN. TO THE INSIDE. YEARS OF AN NFL CAREER FOR MOST RECEIVING YARDS. INTO THE ARMS OF ALEXANDER MADISON WITH A GOOD HOLE AND ANOTHER GOOD RUN AND A STIFF ARM OF WILLIAMS OUT TO THE 40 YARD LINE. ALEXANDER MADISON WITH A GOOD HOLE AND AN 15 YARD HARD-EARNED RUN FOR ALEXANDER MADISON. GOOD RUN OF 10. BOUNCING OFF RUSHERS. STIFF ARM OF WILLIAMS OUT TO THE FLOYD WAS COMING RIGHT UP ON KIRK COUSINS WHO HAD TO GET RID THINK. >> Adam: HE'S FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. FCS HEISMAN. WAS THERE IS ANOTHER GOOD RUN BY SONY MICHEL. PICKS UP EIGHT MORE YARDS TO MOVE INTO MINNESOTA TERRITORY. OTHER GOOD RUN BY SO DARRYL HENDERSON HAD BEEN DEALING WITH A QUAD ISSUE AND AL LORI JACKSON IS IN. HERE'S MICHEL WITH ANOTHER MOVE. SONY MICHEL. PICKS UP EIGHT MORE SMITH CHOPS HIM DOWN. >> Mark: ONE GUY DOWN UP FRONT, LORI JACKSON OUT AND MAKE A TACKLE. >> Adam: HERE COMES THE BLITZ HERE'S FROM MINNESOTA. THE RUN AGAINST IT IS GOOD FOR A BIT MORE. SONY MICHEL STILL CHURNING INSIDE THE 25 TO THE 21-YARD LINE. GOOD FOR A STARTING 3. STAFFORD LOOKING FOR THE BIT MORE. ONE-HAND GRAB AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. CAMERON DANSLER IN COVERAGE AGAINST OBJ. STAFFORD LOOK 32 YARD TRY FOR MATT GAY. SEASON LONG 55 YARDER LAST WEEK ONE-HAND GRAB AND IT'S AGAINST SEATTLE. THIS FROM 32 TO MAKE IT 10-0 IN SEASON LONG FAVOR OF THE RAMS. MIKE ZIMMER, STEVE PENCE HOLD SITUATION FOR THIS MINNESOTA DEFENSE. AGAINST SEATTLE. THIS FROM 32 >> Adam: STAFFORD UNDER PRESSURE. ABLE TO ESCAPE. LOOKING FOR MICHEL. INTERCEPTED! VIKINGS WITH A TAKE AWAY. IT'S ANTHONY BARR WITH HIS SECOND OF THE YEAR. INTERCEPTED! VIKINGS WITH A TAKE >> Adam: IT SETS UP KIRK COUSINS AND THE VIKINGS AT THE 11. IT'S COUSINS GRABBED BY GREG GAINS FOR THE SACK. THERE IS A PENALTY MARKER THROWN ON THE PLAY. THAT'S THE FIRST FLAG OF THE GAME. COUSINS GRABBED COMES WITH 3:52 TO PLAY IN THE SECOND. FOR THE SACK. RAHEEM MORRIS'S DEFENSE. >> Adam: COUSINS FALLING. ON THE PLAY. HE'S GRABBED FROM BEHIND BY ADAM THIELEN. YOU GET ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> Adam: NICE AND EASY TO GET MINNESOTA'S FIRST 3 POINTS OF THE DAY. 10-3, RAMS ON TOP, 2 1/2 OF THE >> Mark: DOUBLE A GAP, WALK UP, BLITZERS. >> Adam: ONE OF THE HIGHEST DOUBLE A GAP BLITZES IN THE LEAGUE. STAFFORD UNDERNEATH AND HE HAS ODELL BECKHAM JR. FOR THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 38 YARD LINE IN LEAGUE. STAFFORD UNDERNEATH AND FRONT OF ERIC KENDRICKS. >> Mark: THE REASON YOU WALK UP HAS GET IN THERE FOR PASS RUSHBILITY. ODELL BECKHAM JR. FOR THE >> Adam: BACK OFF AGAIN. JUST A FOUR-MAN RUSH. DOWN AT THE 38 HIGBY ON THE OUTSIDE. ABLE TO OUTRUN BARR TO THE SIDELINE. FIRST DOWN AT MIDFIELD AND MATTHEW STAFFORD HAS JUST MOVED PAST WARREN MOON FOR NUMBER 12 OF BOUNDS HERE. >> Adam: DRIVING THOSE LEGS. ABLE TO STILL TWO TIME-OUTS FOR L.A. LATE BLITZ. BARR TO THE KUPP TO THE SIDELINE. A FIRST DOWN AND THE CLOCK STOPS WITH A MINUTE TO GO. LATE BLITZ. THE SECOND HALF. MOVE FROM THE VIKINGS DEFENSE. KUPP TO THE SIDELINE. A FIRST DOWN AND THE CLOCK STOPS WITH A M THEY END UP RUSHING A DEFENSIVE BACK. WHAT A GRAB BY BECKHAM STUMBLING ACROSS THE 25 YARD LINE. EY END UP RUSHING A DEFENSI DRIVE. >> Adam: SECOND AND 10. STAFFORD LOOKING FOR KUPP AGAIN. GOT HIM ON A CROSSING ROUTE IN FRONT OF ALEXANDER. FIRST DOWN. RAMS WILL USE ONE OF THEIR TWO REMAINING TIME-OUTS WITH 29 BACKFIELD WITH MICHEL ON THE OTHER SIDE. GOT HIM ON A CROSSING ROUTE IN COLTON SHELTON THE LEFT-HANDED CENTER. FRONT OF A STAFFORD FOR KUPP IN TIGHT WINDOWS. IT'S DEFLECTED AND NEARLY INTERCEPTED BY BOYD. PATRICK PETERSON LOCKED UP WITH COOPER KUPP THERE. TIGHT STAND. 19 TO PLAY HERE IN THE SECOND. WINDOWS. IT'S DEFLECTED AND STAFFORD HAS ONE ON ONE. LOOKING OUTSIDE. THE FORMER LSU TIGERS ARE OUT THERE. IT'S PETERSON AND BECKHAM. BECKHAM COMES UP LIMPING AFTER THE PLAY. PATRICK PETERSON WITH EXCELLENT I DON'T KNOW IF HE LANDED ON PATRICK PETERSON'S FOOT. THE'T KNOW IF HE >> Adam: MATT GAY GOOD FOR 32. 13-3 LEAD FOR THE RAMS. DAY HE WALKED INTO THIS LEAGUE. >> Adam: FIVE SECONDS LEFT. PATRI SEE WHAT MINNESOTA HAS IN THE BAG OF TRICKS. OSBORNE. WAS HE TOUCHED DOWN BY FLOYD? APPARENTLY HE WAS. THAT ALLOWS HIM TO GET THE IF YOU CAN'T THROW THE HAIL MARY. WAS HE TOUCHED DOWN BY FLOYD? >> Adam: THIS IS A 66 YARD FIELD GOAL FROM HERE. COUSINS LAUNCHES TO THE END ZONE. BODIES DOWN THERE. IT'S DEFLECTED AWAY. LAUNCHES TO THE END THAT'LL DO IT FOR THE FIRST HALF. ZONE. BODIES DOWN THERE. IT HE FILLED IN FOR ALLEN EARLIER THIS YEAR. DEFLECTED INTERCEPTED FOR MINNESOTA! THIS LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PLAY IN DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM AGAIN. MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE ON JALEN RAMSEY. >> Adam: GOING TO BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT. COUSINS LOOKING FOR JEFFERSON. THAT TIME HE HAS THE CATCH FOR THE FIRST DOWN. SO RAMSEY LOOKED LIKE HE WAS SHOWING PRESS. BACKED OFF. THAT GAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE THAT TIME HE EXCELLENT EFFORT AGAINST ONE OF THE TOP OFFENSES IN THE LEAGUE. THE FIRST DOWN. SO RAMSEY LOOKED STAFFORD HAS THAT ONE BATTED INTO THE AIR. ANTHONY BARR HAS HIS SECOND OF THE DAY. IT'S FIRST AND GOAL, MINNESOTA! AND NOBODY ON THIS FRONT FOR ANTHONY BARR HAS HIS SECOND OF THE DAY. IT'S FIRST AND GOAL, MINNESOTA! BEARS LATE IN THE FIRST HALF. THIS TIP IS THE THIRD PICK OF THE DAY. MUST-SCORE SCENARIO FOR THE VIKINGS. HERE'S MATTISON POUNDING FORWARD. TOUCHDOWN, MINNESOTA! DISCIPLINED TODAY. COUSINS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NEEDS THE 22 YARD LINE AND HE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF YARDS SHORT. DUSTIN COLLINS PUNCHED HIM DOWN. I >> Mark: YEAH. CRITICAL MOMENTS. GOING TO THEY HAVE FAILED CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE 7-7. >> Adam: TRYING TO FIND IT. FINALLY POWELL DOES. POINTING OUT BLOCKERS. THERE GOES BRANDON POWELL INTO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN! JUST THE SECOND PUNT RETURN FOR SOMETHING THAT'S COMPARABLE, SOMETHING THAT WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT. >> Adam: COUSINS SWINGS IT TO JEFFERSON. HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. KEY GRAB AND A FIRST DOWN FOR JEFFERSON. S THEY PICK UP 21 YARDS. >> Mark: YOU BACK PASS THEY'LL DESTROY YOU UP FRONT. JEFFERSON. HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. KEY COUSINS HAS AN OPENING TO JEFFERSON. BREAKS A TACKLE. STILL ON HIS FEET. FINALLY TRACKED DOWN INSIDE THE 25 BY RAPP. BIGGEST PLAY OF THE DAY IS 34 YARDS FOR THE VIKINGS. IS A COUPLE YARDS HERE, A COUPLE YARDS THERE AND SUDDENLY THEY FEE GET 20. >> Adam: HERE'S COUSINS. DEEP DROP ON THE SLANT. FULLBACK, C.J. HAM WORKING ON >> THE OUTSIDE. KNOCKED DOWN BY REIDER, FIRST >> Adam: THIRD AND GOAL. FOUR-MAN RUSH. DEEP DROP THEY'VE LOCKED IN AND THE VIKINGS HAVE MOVED THE BALL. 24-YARDER TO MAKE IT A 7-POINT GAME WITH 91 SECONDS TO PLAY IN VIKINGS HAVE MOVED McVAY INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE GAP STYLE OF RUN. BALL. PLAY'S WELL FOR MY MICHEL. VIKINGS STAYING CONNECTED. THEY HAVE THE TIEBREAKER IN DIVISION. BOTH TEAMS HAVE ONE MORE DIVISIONAL GAME TO PLAY. PLAY'S WELL FOR THEY SPLIT THE DIVISIONAL SERIES. STAFFORD TO KUPP. FIRST CATCH OF THE SECOND HALF AND HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 43. THE BALL CAME LOOSE BUT HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. THAT ENDS THE PLAY. IT WILL BE A GAIN OF 8. IS THE RUNNER'S PROGRESS WAS STOPPED. SECOND DOWN. >> Adam: EITHER WAY, THE PLAY IS OUT OF DEAD AFTER A GAIN OF 8. >> Mark: THAT'S THE SECOND 8-YARD GAIN. SECOND DOWN AND 2. THERE'S NO PENALTY FOR ZIMMER IN THAT CASE. NOT AS IF HE LOSES A CHALLENGE. HERE'S DARRYL HENDERSON WITH A BIG HOLE. FINALLY DRAGGED DOWN BY XAVIER WOODS AT THE 25 YARD LINE. >> Mark: HOW ABOUT IT. BIG >> Adam: THIRD DOWN. STAFFORD LOOKING DOWNFIELD. FINALLY DRAGGED DO COMING BACK TO THE BALL. TYLER HIGBY TO THE RESCUE FOR THE RAMS. YOU SEE HIM KIND OF GRABBING AT OOKING DOWNFIELD. OFFENSE. STAFFORD FOR BECKHAM. COMING BACK TO THE BALL. OPEN. TOUCHDOWN! AND A LITTLE GRITTY FROM ODELL BECKHAM JR. WITH JUSTIN JEFFERSON WATCHING ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND A LITTLE GRITTY GAME. EXACTLY WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO FROM BE IF YOU'RE MINNESOTA. >> Adam: OFF OF THE FAKE. SCREEN SET UP. GOOD BLOCKING IN FRONT FOR CONKLIN. HE TAKES IT OUT TO THE 45 IN THE N FRONT BODY OF TAYLOR RAPP. >> Mark: YOU INVITE EVERYBODY UP TRYING TO SLOW DOWN THAT PASS RUSH TO A DEGREE. REALLY NICE START HERE TO THIS DRIVE. CONKLIN. HE TAKES IT OUT TO THE 45 IN THE >> Adam: ANOTHER PLAY ACTION. ANOTHER BOOTLEG. ANOTHER SCREEN. IT'S MATTISON AND FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 25 OF LOS ANGELES. THE VIKING OFFENSE COMING OUT OF ANOTHER BOOTLEG. WELL RIGHT NOW ON THIS DRIVE. >> Adam: COUSINS, OVER THE IT'S MATTISON AND FIRST DOWN MIDDLE. FIRST DOWN AND GOAL FOR THIS MINNESOTA. >> Mark: BEAUTIFULLY DONE. DRIVE. YOU DID THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS. >> Adam: >> Adam: PRESSURE FROM THE RAMS. COUSINS TO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN! >> Mark: ALL HE HAS TO DO IS >> Adam: STAFFORD PROTECTED. LOOKING FOR KUPP. GOT LOOSE. THERE GOES COOPER KUPP DOWN INSIDE THE 35 OF MINNESOTA. XAVIER WOODS FINALLY WRAPS HIM GOT LOOSE. SHELDON DOING THE SNAPPING WITH STAFFORD. SEE THE VIKINGS STARTING TO CREEP UP A LITTLE BIT. THERE GOES NOW SMITH BACKS OFF. MICHEL ON THE CUTBACK. ALEXANDER AND SMITH AND PETERSON, ALL THREE OF THEM TEAM UP TO KNOCK HIM OUT OF BOUNDS. IT'S SECOND DOWN. PETERSON, A LET'S HAVE SOME FUN FOR THE FINAL 3:44. THR SCREEN, CAUGHT. ALL THE BLOCKERS IN FRONT OF HIM AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 10. RIGHT ON CUE, COOPER KUPP, CATCH NUMBER TEN TODAY. AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN JUST AMAZING THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND. INSIDE T >> Adam: THIRD DOWN AND GOAL. KEEP IT ON THE GROUND WITH 10. RIGHT ON MICHEL. KEEP IT CONSERVATIVE AS YOU TALKED ABOUT. KICKED THE FIELD GOAL AND TODAY. THEY LEAD IT BY 10 WITH TWO GRO MINUTES TO PLAY. >> Mark: PERFECTLY EXECUTED WITH WANT ANY HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. THEY'VE STRUGGLED. THEY LEAD IT BY 10 >> Adam: THEY LOST THREE STRAIGHT SITS. NO DEANDRE HOPKINS NOW FOR ARIZONA. THAT WOULD SLIP OUT OF THE HANDS OF COUSINS. CLEARLY MOVING FORWARD. IT'S RULED PROPERLY AS AN INCOMPLETE PASS. SECOND DOWN. 2-MINUTE WARNING. VIKINGS DOWN 10. CLEARLY MOVING F ITALIAN CHICKEN SANDWICH, TWO FOR 6 BUCKS. RWAR >> Adam: LITTLE SANTA. A LOT OF FESTIVE FOLKS. IT'S RULED PROP THEY RULED IT A FUMBLE, SECOND AND 12. LOOPING SHOT. KEEPING THE VIKINGS IN IT. CUT ON THE ROUTE. THAT BALL GETS BEHIND YOU. FUMBLE, SECOND >> Adam: SIX GRABS FOR 84 YARDS FOR JEFFERSON TODAY. COUSINS, ESCAPES HIM. GOT HIM. LOBS THE BALL. HARRIS REACHING FOR IT AND IT'S STILL LOOSE. TO THE RESCUE FOR THE VIKINGS. LOBS THE BA AARON DONALD MAKING A PLAY. EVER HEARD OF IT? L. THAT RARELY HAPPENS. >> Adam: HERE'S JEFFERSON ON THE COMEBACK ROUTE. TRYING TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS AND HE DOES. THAT WILL STOP THE CLOCK WITH 50 >> Adam: HERE'S JEFFERSON ON THE SECONDS. THAT BRINGS UP FOURTH DOWN RIGHT I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY, SO FORTUNATE. SO FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. COMEBACK ROUTE. TRYING TO GET O IF I CAN'T BE WITH MY FAMILY, THIS IS FAMILY I WANT TO BE WITH. VICKINGS STILL ALIVE. THIS IS FAMILY I >> Adam: 44-YARD TRY FOR GREG JOSEPH. NT TO BE PERFECTLY KICKED. NOW 7-POINT GAME. YOU'VE CONSERVED SOME TIME. STILL 32 SECONDS TO PLAY AND NOW SINCE THEN, 12 STRAIGHT ONE-SCORE GAMES PLAYED. GRANTED LAST WEEK IT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL PLAY. YOU'VE CONSERVED IT'S SECURED BY LOS ANGELES. JEFFERSON TOOK A LITTLE TO THE 30-23, THE RAMS WITH THE VICTORY. FINAL PLAY. WE'LL WRAP THINGS UP FROM MINNEAPOLIS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

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Published: Sun Dec 26 2021