Episode Description
Minnesota Tim discusses the Minnesota Vikings' historic win against the Jacksonville Jaguars, marking the first time since 2006 that a team has won a game with zero touchdowns and three or more turnovers. The conversation delves into the rarity of such a win in the NFL, the performance of both teams, and a nostalgic look back at a similar game from 2006. Tim highlights key players and moments from both games, emphasizing the unusual circumstances surrounding the Vikings' victory and the significance of their current season.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
The Minnesota Vikings, despite putting up twelve points off four
field goals three picks from their quarterback Sam Darnold, made
history against the Jacksonville Jaguars in their twelve to seven
win to advance to seven and two and could have
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been tied for first place in the NFC North Detroit
Lions have a tiebreaker, of course, but the Houston Texans
had a second half meltdown despite Jared Goalth throwing for
a bunch of interceptions, they somehow still win that football
game twenty six to twenty three because of the brick
salesman who knocked down another game winning field goal. I
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did it against the Vikings earlier in the year, and
he does it again against the Houston Texans. But what
was so fascinating about the Minnesota Vikings win is how
rare this kind of win is in the NFL. And
we're gonna look at the last time that this kind
of win has happened in the NFL. So let's just
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share the stat with you right away here. It is
the Vikings are the first team to win a game
with zero touchdowns and three plus turnovers since two thousand
and six, so teams had lost one hundred and ninety
five straight games that put up the stat line that
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the Minnesota Vikings put up in their win against the
jackson Bille Jaguars. So we can look at it two
different ways. Somehow, some way a team like the Vikings
don'te way to win, and two we can look at
it like this.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
We can.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Really give thanks that the Minnesota Vikings were facing it
off against the Mac Jones led Jacksonville Jaguars because they
were atrocious and they were despicable to watch. As bad
as the Vikings were offensively, the Jaguars were even worse
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in this football game. Somehow that is possible. But I
think it's fun to look back on the two thousand
and six game, the last time that this has happened,
because this is historic. We're looking at eighteen years of
a statistic of a fact that's never been done before.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
And you know what's odd about this statistic. The last
time that this has happened.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Was against the Minnesota Vikings in two thousand and six.
The Vikings played against the Green Bay pay in Week
sixteen on a Thursday, December twenty first football game, and
they lost nine to seven.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
So let's just.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Go back into the archives, because who's the quarterback for
the Vikings in two thousand and six? Is it t
jack Who's who's the quarterback for the Vikings in this
football game? Said Tavars Jackson. Tavars Jackson ten for twenty
fifty yards, two and a half yards per throw average,
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zero touchdowns, one pick, took three sacks for twenty three yards.
Alrightp Tavars Jackson. He died recently, not recently, a couple
of years ago in a car crash. He had a
QBR of one point eight in a passer rating of
thirty five point four, and he had five carries for
twenty three yards because he was fast. Brett Favre, former
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Minnesota Viking great twenty six or fifty two hundred and
eighty five yards, zero touchdowns, two picks, one sack for
twelve yards. So they knocked down three field goals in
this game. A field go in the first quarter, field
go in the second quarter. The Vikings scored touchdown to
go up seven to six, and then the Packers knocked
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down a field goal in the fourth quarter. I'm guessing
by Minnesota Vikings legend Ryan Longwell, who's their kicker? Who's no?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I guess not, I guess he was already a Minnesota Viking.
He's already Minnesota Viking. Look at that he made an
extra point in that game.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
So what is so crazy about the fact that I
shared earlier is that the last time it happened was
against the Minnesota Vikings, and there are loss against the
Green Bay Packers in two thousand and six. I'm just
curious who scored the Minnesota Vikings only touchdown in this game?
Because Djack didn't throw a touchdown, the running backs did
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not have a touchdown.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Chester Taylor and our Tozy Pinner.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Those guys didn't have a touchdown, which means our wide
receivers didn't have a touchdown unless it came out of reverse.
No nothing there. Okay, how did they score touchdown? Was
a defensive touchdown? Brett Farve did have two picks. Let's
look at the defense. Fred Smoot, what a name? Fred
Smoot had a pick six touchdown in this football game
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unless it was a fumball pickup, but I think it
was to pick six because Antoine Winfield had a fumble reception.
So Fred Smoot, the only way the Vikings scored in
this game was because of a Fred smoot pick six.
We're going down the archives in Minnesota Vikings history. So
the Vikings win against the Jacksonville Jaguars is rare air
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and you think about how they won.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Darnald threw three picks near the red zone.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
It should have been a dominant performance by the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
You should have blew this game out of the water.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And they were playing like they should have, driving the
football down the field on almost every single possession, except
they just could not convert anything. Everything was just atrocious
or ugly. Once the Vikings got down to the goal line,
it was just senile. A good word to use in
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this situation. What's the definition of se now? Because it
feels like the word that keeps going to coming to
me is senile. Maybe Vikings tell senile after a senile depression.
I just want to type in definition see now. Definition
see now a person having or showing the weakness or
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diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties.
I think that I think that works for this situation.
The Vikings offense was senile, atrocious, weak, terrible once they
got into the red zone. But some way because of
Harrison Phillips and Mac Jones having a terrible snap with
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his center because of Byron Murphy Jr.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
And his interception that Mac Jones.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Threw right to him, and because of Cam Biden, because
up until that point, the Vikings still hadn't sealed the deal.
The Jacksonville Jaguars were giving this game away on a
silver platter, and the Vikings still had to have one
last takeaway by Cam Byam to win this football game.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
So it is bonkers that.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
The Vikings still somehow found a way to win because
this was a game that nobody wanted to win. Sam Donald,
say hey, Jacksonville Jaguars taken, but Mac Jones outdueled Sam
Donald and who wanted this football game less And somehow
at the end of the day, No one's gonna look
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back on this game in a few years except look
at the win loss record. This counts as a win.
And the Minnesota Vikings advanced to seven and two, one
game behind the Detroit Lions, and they have the second
best record in the NFC. Eagles are seven and two,
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Detroit Lions are eight and one, Vikings are seven and two.
What a season, and the Green Bay Backers are six
and three. I think they had a bye week this week,
but crazy win, crazy facts about the win, and we
got to dive into the archives a little bit. Two
thousand and six vikings, Fred Smooth, Chester, Taylor, t Jack,
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I saw, I'm Wealthey Moore in the stat line for
the vikings. Wow, it's craziness. Thanks for making this podcast
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