The Vikings exited the postseason in ignominious fashion.
Scenario: you are Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. Your team is trailing the Giants 31–24 in the NFC wild-card game, desperately trying to mount a final drive to save a charmed season.
On fourth and eighth with 1:51 to play, you drop back to pass. And then, this happens.
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Daniel Jones led the New York Giants to a 31-24 upset victory over the No.
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Daniel Jones joins elite company with historic numbers against Vikings defense. Plus, Stefon Diggs keeps playing like the superstar he is for the Bills.
Five NFL wild-card games are in the books (we still have Monday night’s Cowboys-Buccaneers matchup) and the best performances deserve to be recognized by our MMQB staff.
Here are this weekend’s standouts:
Gary Gramling: Abracadaniel, Franchise Quarterback, Giants. There was a long list of “is he worth another contract?” quarterbacks coming into the season, and only one of them emphatically answered in the affirmative.
NFL Super Wild Card Weekend continues Sunday with the Ravens battling the Bengals.
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The Giants beat the Vikings in the Wild Card round after losing to them in the regular season, and now hope to do the same to the Eagles.
In Week 16, the New York Giants lost by three points to the Minnesota Vikings. But on Sunday, they went on to beat the Vikings when it mattered: in the Wild Card round to earn their first playoff win in over a decade.
Now, the Giants have to hope they have similar good fortune against another recent opponent whom they recently lost to.
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Philadelphia will host New York for the second time in a three-week span.
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The NFC’s top-seeded Eagles will host the Giants in the divisional round after New York’s 31–24 victory over the Vikings on Saturday.
It will be the third meeting of the season between the division rivals and will be the second time the teams have played in the last three weeks.
The Giants rested most of their starters in Week 18, but still gave the Eagles all they could handle in Philadelphia as the home team worked to secure the No.
Unfortunately, there’s some very sad news to report on this Sunday.