MINNESOTA.
>> Mark: ANOTHER STAPLE, RIGHT UP FRONT IN THAT "A" GAP.
>> Kevin: METCALF OPEN OVER THE MIDDLE AND WHAT A MOVE.
METCALF DOWN INSIDE THE 10. FIRST AND GOAL, SEATTLE.
>> Mark: METCALF GETS CRAFTY AND GOAL.
WILSON LOOKING FOR METCALF METCALF THROWS IT SHORT.
MAKES THE CATCH. LEANING FOR THE PYLON, HE'S IN!
IT'S A TOUCHDOWN! D.K. METCALF, THE STAR OF THE
OPENING DRIVE FOR SEATTLE AS HE PUTS IT IN FROM TEN YARDS OUT.
>> Mark: AND LOOK AT ALL THE METCALF, THE STAR IT WASN'T A HUGE PRIZE THAT HE
WASN'T ACTIVE TODAY. OPENING DRIVE FOR SEATT THEY'LL SET UP A SCREEN TO
MATTISON. BLOCKERS IN FRONT.
FIRST DOWN AND MORE. NOW AT THE 43 YARD LINE.
JAMAL ADAMS, THE SCREEN. THEIR FEET.
GREAT EXECUTION. >> Kevin: AMEER ABDULLAH IN THE
GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME. RST DOWN COUSINS, A LITTLE BOOTLEG THROWS
ON THE RUN. WIDE OPEN IS TYLER CONKLIN DOWN
TO THE 25 YARD LINE. ON THE RUN. ME A QUICK ONE-STEP.
>> Kevin: SECOND DOWN AND TWO. TO THE 25 COUSINS TO THE SIDELINE.
JEFFERSON AGAIN. LINE. JEFFERSON DANCING INSIDE THE 10,
AND IT'S FIRST AND GOAL, MINNESOTA.
TO THE 8 YARD LINE, JUSTIN JEFFERSON AG >> Mark: HE'S REPLACING WRIGHT.
THAT'S HIS DEAL. JEFFERSON DANCING INSIDE THE >> Kevin: COUSINS TO THROW WITH
TIME TO THE END ZONE, CAUGHT AND AND IT'S A TOUCHDOWN!
TYLER CONKLIN WITH HIS FIRST OF THE YEAR. FIELD, DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE A
CHANCE TO SUB. TOUCHDOWN! >> Kevin: WILSON THROWS.
GOOD THROW AND CATCH, FREDDIE SWAIN WITH A FIRST DOWN TO THE
38 YARD LINE. A PICKUP OF TEN.
>> Mark: THIS QUICK SLANT ROUTE. >> Kevin: WILSON DOESN'T WORK.
>> Kevin: FIRST DOWN. GOOD THROW AND THE PLAY FAKE WITH PRESSURE
AGAIN. AND METCALF, HIS FOURTH CAP OF
THE AFTERNOON DOWN MIDFIELD. >> Kevin: FIRST THE 12-YARD PICKUP.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THREE KEYS TO THE ATTEMPTS AND COMPLETIONS THAT
HAVE A HUGE IMPACT. >> Kevin: IN MOTION, IT'S CARSON
AGAIN AND THE FIRST DOWN. BREAKING TACKLES ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE 34 YARD LINE. EVERETT IN MOTION ON THIRD DOWN
AND 11. BREAKING TACKLES WILSON ROLLS TO THE RIGHT.
AND WILSON WILL HAVE TO THROW THIS ONE AWAY.
JUST LIKE YOU SAID THEY NEEDED TO, MARK.
>> Mark: THEY SURE DID AND THEY THIS ONE AWAY. >> Kevin: 53 YARD DRIVE FOR JUST LIKE YOU MYERS.
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. 37 STRAIGHT MADE FIELD GOALS.
THE RECORD IS 44 FROM ADAM >> Mark: DID YOU SEE THAT?
>> Kevin: HIS SHOE IS BEHIND THE MYERS. RIGHT DOWN PLAY.
KIRK COUSINS ON ONE FOOT AND THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE.
THE SHOE WAS NOT TIPPED BUT THE BALL WAS.
I'M NOT SURE I'VE SEEN THAT PASS IS INCOMPLETE. AND A FIRST DOWN AND TEN.
AND THE HANDOFF TO FREDDIE SWAIN ON THE END AROUND.
AND SWAIN HAS THE FIRST DOWN, JUST SHY OF THE 35 YARD LINE.
A PICKUP OF TEN. ON THE END SECOND-ROUND PICK IN THIS YEAR'S
DRAFT. AROUND. WILSON OPEN ON THE SIDELINE.
METCALF AGAIN AND INTO VIKINGS TERRITORY, OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE
44 YARD LINE. HIS FIFTH CATCH OF THE FIRST
HALF. HALF FOR SEATTLE.
AND, AGAIN, BACK TO THE RUSH. METCALF AGAIN AND INTO GAPING HOLE FOR CARSON.
INTO THE SECONDARY. GALLOPING FOR THE END ZONE AND A
TOUCHDOWN! 30-YARD SCORE AND CHRIS CARSON
PUTS ANOTHER 15 YARDS ON AS HE RUNS HALFWAY UP THE TUNNEL.
>> Mark: WATCH HIM GIVE THIS 30-YARD SCORE AND MAKES HIS MONEY.
>> Kevin: STANDS ON THE SIDELINE PU THIRD DOWN AND THREE.
PLAY-ACTION. THER 15 YAR COUSINS IN TROUBLE!
DOWN HE GOES! A FLAG DOWN IN THE SECONDARY AS
RASHEEM GREEN DROPS HIM. TROUBL SECONDARY.
>> Referee: HOLDING, NUMBER 28, DEFENSE.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY. AND TEN AT THE 27 YARD LINE?
COUSINS SETS UP THE SCREEN. SECONDARY. >> Referee: HOLDING, MATTISON USING HIS BLOCKS AND
GOT A COUPLE GOOD ONES. MATTISON WITH A FIRST DOWN AND
MORE BREAKS THE TACKLE ALL THE WAY TO MIDFIELD.
>> Mark: WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE PENALTIES LAST WEEK.
SOMETHING HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE PLAY THAT DIDN'T HELP
SEATTLE. SAID PETE CARROLL IN THE
PRODUCTION MEETING YESTERDAY. GOOD CUT BY MATTISON AND HE
FOUND THE OPEN FIELD AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY WERE PRODUCTION MEETING FULLBACKS NEVER GET THE LOVE.
COUSINS ON FIRST DOWN. GOOD CUT BY GOOD POCKET THIS TIME.
HAS TIME, FINDS JEFFERSON. JEFFERSON INTO THE SECONDARY AND
JEFFERSON WITH THE FIRST DOWN JUST SHY OF THE 10 AT THE 12.
>> Mark: WATCH KIRK COUSINS HOLD JEFFERSON INTO THE SECONDARY AND OPPORTUNITY TO GET FREE AND GET
SOME YARDS ON THAT SCREEN. >> Kevin: NOW THIRD AND 13 FOR
MINNESOTA AT THE 15 OF SEATTLE. JUST SHY COUSINS STEPS AWAY FROM
PRESSURE, TO THE END ZONE. THESE THIELEN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! THE FLAG THROWN IN THE END ZONE
AS THIELEN MADE THE CATCH. LIFE WOULD BE EASY.
DOWN THE SIDELINE AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
INSIDE THE VIKINGS 33. XAVIER WOODS HAD A SHOT AT HIM
AND SHRUGGED HIM ASIDE. E OTHER WAY FOR SIX.
>> Kevin: THIRD AND THREE. XAVIER WOODS HAD A S WILSON WITH THE FOUR-MAN RUSH IN
TROUBLE. USING HIS WHEELS, BUYING TIME
AND HE'LL THROW THIS AWAY AND IT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN.
>> Mark: THEY SHOWED A BUNCH OF WITH FIVE DEFENDERS UNDERNEATH.
>> Kevin: FROM 44 YARDS, MYERS' USING HIS WHEELS, BUYING TIME AND HE'LL THROW THIS AWAY AND IT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN. KICK IS NO GOOD!
AND THE STREAK ENDS AT 37 AND STEALS THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Kevin: DID YOU JUST CALL HIM THAT NOW OR HAVE YOU FOR YEARS?
>> Mark: WE'VE BEEN BEST BUDS. >> Kevin: D >> Kevin: FIRST DOWN TO THE 44.
A PICKUP OF 11. AMEER ABDULLAH.
>> Kevin: PICKS HIS SPOT. THAT COUSINS FIRES.
THIELEN WITH THE CATCH. THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN TO THE
30 YARD LINE. AMADI ON THE TACKLE.
THE VIKINGS HUSTLE IT UP TO THE THIELEN WITH THE CATCH. THAT WILL LINE WITH 45 SECONDS UNTIL
HALFTIME. 28 YARD LINE. COUSINS THE QUICK TOSS.
HE'S GOT IT. A FIRST DOWN AT THE 19 OF
SEATTLE. QUARTERBACKS HAVE DONE THE JOB
SO FAR TODAY. KISS COUSINS ON THE SLANT, CATCH IS
MADE. TO THE END ZONE AND TRIPPED UP
INSIDE THE 5. 20 SECONDS AND A FIRST AND GOAL
AT THE 3 YARD LINE. TO THE END ZONE AND TRIPPED UP MATTISON IN MOTION.
COUSINS THROWS FOR THE END ZONE. INSIDE THE 5. IT'S JEFFERSON WHO HAS THE
TOUCHDOWN! I ASKED HIM, HOW DO YOU THINK
THE GUYS HAVE RESPONDED? HE TOLD ME WE'RE ON FIRE.
>> Kevin: MATTISON WITH NINE ON HE TOLD ME WE'RE ON FIRE. PRESSURE COMING.
COUSINS THROWS. JEFFERSON'S GOT IT.
JEFFERSON TURNS, FIRST DOWN. CARRIES, 52 YARDS.
VERY ACTIVE. COUSI >> Mark: CATCHING BALLS OUT OF
THE BACKFIELD. JEFFERSON'S GOT IT. JEFFERSON TURNS, FIRST DOWN. >> Kevin: SECOND AND SIX,
COUSINS. NOBODY OPEN.
NOW HE FINDS HIS TIGHT END, CONKLIN.
AND CONKLIN CLOSE TO A FIRST >> Kevin: DOWN.
REALLY GOOD PLAY BY THE VIKINGS COUSINS. NOBODY OFFENSIVE QUARTERBACK.
>> Mark: KIRK COUSINS, IT'S N OSBORN IN MOTION.
THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. FINDS HIS TIGHT END, COUSINS.
CATCH MADE BY JEFFERSON AGAIN. HIS SEVENTH CATCH OF THE
AFTERNOON AS WE CHECK IN WITH THAT WE TALK ABOUT EVERY WEEK.
>> Kevin: STAY TUNED FOR MORE COUSINS. HAM NICKNAMES.
SECOND AND SEVEN. TO THE SIDELINE, THIELEN.
TO THE 15 YARD LINE AND HE SLIDES DOWN AT THE 14.
A PICKUP OF NINE. TO THE SIDEL HE'S TRYING TO PROTECT HIM FROM
AMADI. E, >> Kevin: 6 FOR 7 ON THIRD, BUT
THIS IS A LONG ONE, THIRD AND TO THE 15 YARD LINE AND 11.
COUSINS, BALL KNOCKED OUT. AND COUSINS WILL JUST DIVE ON IT
AT THE 25 YARD LINE. 11. COUSINS, BA DEFENSE.
>> Kevin: A 43-YARD FIELD GOAL AND COU TRY BY GREG JOSEPH AND THAT ONE
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. THAT WILL EXTEND THE VIKINGS'
LEAD TO SEVEN MIDWAY THROUGH THE 43-YARD FIELD GOA QUARTERBACK.
ON SECOND DOWN, COLLINS TO THE TRY BY GREG JOSEPH AND THAT ONE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. EDGE.
STIFF ARMED. ON SECOND DOWN, HE SHOVED DANIELLE HUNTER OUT OF
THE WAY. LLINS TO THE >> Kevin: FIVE DEFENSIVE BACKS
ON SECOND AND TEN. EDGE. STIFF THREE RECEIVERS ON THE SCREEN.
WILSON PRESSURE COMES. HE'S IN TROUBLE.
HE'S SACKED! EVERSON GRIFFEN GOT HIM.
BACK-TO-BACK PRESSURES FROM GRIFFEN AND HIS FIRST SACK OF
THE SEASON. BACK-TO-BACK >> Mark: DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP
A CHEAP ONE ON THIRD AND LONG. PRESSURES FROM >> Kevin: THIRD AND 19.
THEY SET UP THE SCREEN TO HOMER. LOOKING FOR A BLOCK, TRACKED
DOWN BY DANIELLE HUNTER AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
THE VIKINGS' DEFENSE GETS THE RELATIONSHIP IS CHANGING.
>> Kevin: CHANGING FOR THE BETTER IT WOULD APPEAR FOR KIRK
COUSINS. A TERRIFIC DAY AGAIN.
COUSINS OPEN. DOWN BY HAS FOUND THIELEN, FIRST DOWN TO
THE 34 YARD LINE. N. WE CHECK IN ONCE MORE IN LOS
ANGELES WITH CURT MENEFEE. THIRD AND FIVE FOR THE VIKINGS.
OSBORN IN MOTION. COUSINS O OSBORN ON THE SIDELINE, FIRST
DOWN. LOOK AT THE POWER OF OSBORN INTO
SEATTLE TERRITORY DRIVING BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
>> Kevin: SECOND AND TEN. OSBORN ON THE SIDELINE, FIRST DOWN. JEFFERSON FINALLY ABLE TO PULL
HIM DOWN AT THE 20 YARD LINE. >> Kevin: SECOND AND DRIVE.
MATTISON IN MOTION ON THIRD JEFFERSON FINALLY ABLE TO PULL DOWN.
COUSINS STEPS AWAY FROM HIM DOWN AT THE 20 PRESSURE.
WAS HE THROWING FOR MATTISON OR JOSEPH.
JOSEPH'S KICK EXTENDS THE LEAD PRESSURE. WAS HE TO TEN.
27-17. JOSEPH'S THE VIKINGS LOOKING FOR WIN
NUMBER ONE, UP BY TEN AT HOME IN CONCUSSION.
AND BROOKS WITH CRAM MS. >> Kevin: THE CATCH IS MADE.
GERALD EVERETT FIGHTING FOR A FIRST DOWN.
LOOK AT THAT YARDAGE AFTER CONTACT. GET TO YOUR BACKS AND TIGHT ENDS
AND LETTING THEM WORK. GERALD EVERETT FIGHTING FOR A >> Kevin: WILSON FIRST DOWN,
LOCKETT. THE BALL IS OUT.
THE BALL IS LOOSE. IT'S FUMBLE AND RECOVERED BY
DANIELLE HUNTER. THE BALL IS OUT. THE BALL IS CATCH, IS IT A FUMBLE?
I BELIEVE CONTROL, BOTH FEET A, A TURN AND A THIRD STEP AND THEN
THE RIGHT KNEE HITS, LOCKETT'S RIGHT KNEE WILL HIT BEFORE THE
BALL COMES OUT. SO THIS, TO ME, LOOKS LIKE A
CATCH AND DOWN BY CONTACT AND SEATTLE WILL MAINTAIN
POSSESSION. THIS, >> Referee: AFTER REVIEW THE
RUNNING WAS DOWN BY CONTACT THIRD AND SEVEN.
>> Mark: GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT PROTECTION INSIDE.
>> Kevin: WILSON THROWS. OH, MY.
ALMOST A SPECTACULAR ONE-HANDED CATCH BY FREDDIE SWAIN.
JUST COULDN'T PULL IT IN WITH THE LEFT HAND AND IT'S FOURTH
DOWN. RICHARDSON FREE.
CLASSIC MISCOMMUNICATION UP FRONT.
>> Kevin: STARTING FIELD POSITION FOR MINNESOTA.
MATTISON TRYING TO TURN THAT AROUND.
GOOD RUN, EXCELLENT MOVE. DANCING DOWN THE SIDELINE AND
OUT OF BOUNDS. AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
24-YARD SCAMPER FOR ALEXANDER AROUND. MATTISON HAVING A FANTASTIC DAY
SO FAR. GOOD RUN, EXCELLENT MOVE. COUSINS FLOATS IT OVER THE
MIDDLE. THE TIGHT END CONKLIN AND
FIGHTING DOWN THE SIDELINE AND CONKLIN OUT AT THE 42.
YOU TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, COUSINS ABILITY TO RUN FOR A FIRST DOWN
IF EVERYTHING BLOWS UP. >> Kevin: COUSINS IN SOME
TROUBLE FLOATS IT OVER THE MIDDLE.
OSBORN! K.J. OSBORN WITH THE CATCH AND A
FIRST DOWN! OSBO EVERYTHING HAS GONE IN THE
VIKINGS' FAVOR AND KIRK COUSINS K.J. OSBORN WITH THE CATCH AND A FIRST DOWN! RIDING THAT WAVE.
>> Kevin: MATTISON INTO THE SECONDARY BANGING OFF CONTACT.
MATTISON DOWN TO THE 5 YARD LINE.
13-YARD RUMBLE FOR ALEXANDER FF CONTACT. MATTISON.
>> Mark: AND LOOK AT HIM LEAD UP MA JUST INSIDE THAT 3 YARD LINE.
COUSINS, THIELEN. ISON DOWN TO THE 5 AND THIELEN NOT GOING TO GET IN.
WELL DEFENDED BY TRE FLOWERS. THAT'S NOT EASY.
JUMPED ALL OVER IT. COUSINS, THIELEN. PLAYING HIS TAIL OFF.
>> Kevin: 20-YARD FIELD GOAL DRIVE FOR JOSEPH.
TRYING TO GO UP 13. AND THE KICK BY JOSEPH IS GOOD.
30-17, MINNESOTA. 4:31 TO PLAY IN THE FOURTH. BY OTHER THAN NUMBER 3 AS MY
QUARTERBACK BE IN THIS JOSEPH SITUATION.
>> Kevin: HE'S NEVER LOST TO MINNESOTA, 7-0 IN HIS CAREER.
FOUR-MAN RUSH ON FIRST DOWN. WILSON THROWS.
METCALF HAD HIMSELF A DAY. MINNESOTA, 7-0 IN H HE PICKS UP YARDAGE TO THE 44.
19-YARD PICKUP FOR METCALF, HIS DEFENSE TO GO WITH COVER TWO MAN
ESPECIALLY WITH RUSSELL WILSON FOUR-MAN RUSH ON FIR RUNNING QUARTERBACK, A GUY WHO
CAN MOVE. DOWN. THAT'S DANGEROUS.
>> Kevin: 44 ON FIRST DOWN. THE MOVEMENT FROM RUSSELL
WILSON. LOCKETT BACK OUT THERE.
GREAT TO SEE THAT. AND NOW A FLAG COMES IN.
A LATE HIT ON RUSSELL WILSON. GREAT TO SEE THAT. AND NOW A FLAG FIRST DOWN.
>> Mark: I DON'T KNOW. A LATE HIT I'M ALL FOR PROTECTING THE
QUARTERBACK. MOMENTUM -- WITHOUT THAT SILLY
PENALTY, THEY HAVE THEM ON THE ROPES.
>> Kevin: WILSON, PRESSURE AGAIN FROM GRIFFEN.
AND WILSON HAS TO UNCORK ONE FOR METCALF, AND THE BALL BATTED
AWAY. FROM IT LOOKED LIKE DK METCALF JUMPED
EARLIER WITH XAVIER WOODS IN AND WITHOUT D.K. METCALF.
THE POCKET COLLAPSING. WILSON HAS TO UNCORK ONE WILSON AIRING IT DEEP.
A MAN OPEN IN THE END ZONE AND IT'S KNOCKED AWAY, INTENDED FOR
PENNY HART. ENDED UP IN THE LAP OF HARRISON
SMITH. IT'S KNOCKED A THIRD DOWN AND NINE.
COUSINS TO THE AIR, TO THE PENNY HART. SIDELINE.
IT'S JEFFERSON. A FIRST DOWN FOR MINNESOTA, AND
THE VIKINGS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COUSINS TO THE AIR, TO THE SIDE THIRD AND 11.
AMEER ABDULLAH. IT'S JEFFERSON. A FIRST DOWN GOING TO KEEP IT ON THE GROUND.
DOWN TO THE 41 YARD LINE. SEATTLE WILL GET THE FOOTBALL
BACK, BUT DOWN 13 WITH VERY KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE AND HAD
THIELEN SCORE. D ADDING INSULT TO INJURY HERE.
THEY COULDN'T GET ANYTHING GOING AFTER SCORING 17.
>> Kevin: AND THAT IS HOW THIS GAME COMES TO A CLOSE.
A PERFORMANCE TODAY THAT WILL LEAVE MIKE ZIMMER VERY HAPPY.
THE FIRST CAREER WIN AGAINST THE SEAHAWKS AND A 30-17 VICTORY.
FOR THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS.
