Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings: Third Quarter Recap and Fourth Quarter Discussion

The good guys still trail

Get those fours up, everybody, because we’re heading to the final fifteen minutes of this one with the Minnesota Vikings trailing the Detroit Lions by a score of 28-17.

The Vikings got the ball to start the quarter and quickly marched out to midfield, averting disaster when a play that was originally ruled to be a fumble by Jalen Nailor and returned for a Detroit touchdown was overturned because Nailor had clearly stepped out of bounds. The Vikings got a second chance and took advantage of it, as Sam Darnold found Justin Jefferson for a 25-yard touchdown to cut the Detroit lead to 21-17.

Unfortunately, Detroit answered right back, this time on another Goff touchdown pass as he found Khalif Raymond for a 21-yard score to make it 28-17 with just under six minutes left.

Undeterred, the Vikings moved the ball back down the field again, overcoming multiple penalties, and are now looking at a 3rd-and-16 from the Detroit 30-yard line as we move to the fourth quarter.

Can the Vikings make this comeback? A lot of things are going to have to change, but the Vikings are down 28-17 as the fourth quarter starts and looking for more points. Come join us to see how it ends!