Their offensive line escorted languid Pittsburgh defenders out of Cook's way, then pinned them there as the running back picked from a buffet of wide-open gaps.Ĭook had pushed to play after getting two days of limited practice this week, and the Vikings cleared him to return only 11 days after he'd dislocated his left shoulder and torn his labrum against the 49ers. In the first half, the Vikings emptied their backfield on a number of passing downs, using deep crossing routes to fillet a Steelers secondary playing without cornerback Joe Haden.
Kris Boyd drew a 37-yard defensive pass interference penalty before Roethlisberger hit Washington for a third-quarter touchdown, and Chase Claypool beat Breeland for a 39-yard gain on the Steelers' final drive (on a play where Breeland was also flagged for pass interference).
If he just runs the slant, I just felt at worst it's a breakup and it's incomplete, we might get a, we might get a completion. "I felt like we might get a pass interference call. "There's a lot of options : I can take a sack, I can try to run," Cousins said. The cornerback returned the pass to the Vikings 21, setting up the Steelers' final score when Bashaud Breeland slipped trying to defend Freiermuth's cut and Roethlisberger hit the tight end for a touchdown. On Witherspoon's second interception, Osborn struggled to get off press coverage as Cousins threw a slant. Pittsburgh linebacker Devin Bush got a hand on Kirk Cousins' throw over the middle to Justin Jefferson, but the receiver missed a chance to secure the pass, as it bounced off his hands for the first of Ahkello Witherspoon's two interceptions. Their receivers, though, contributed to a pair of second-half interceptions that catalyzed the Steelers' comeback. They led 23-0 after two quarters, and had stretched the lead to 29-0 before Pittsburgh scored in the third quarter. It appeared for much of the night it would not be that way: By halftime, the Vikings had outgained the Steelers 300-49.
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Zimmer wryly added, "We kept the TV ratings up. It was the 10th Vikings game this season to come down to the final play, in a year that linebacker Anthony Barr joked has taken years off his life. "That team that played in the second half probably could get beat by anybody."
"You know, that team that played in the first half for us was pretty darn good and I think could probably beat anybody," coach Mike Zimmer said. The Steelers scored four second-half touchdowns and drove 84 yards to the Vikings 12-yard line with a chance to send the game into overtime before Smith broke up Ben Roethlisberger's final pass in the end zone, ensuring the Vikings would improve to 6-7 before a Dec. Dalvin Cook ran for 205 yards on 27 carries in his return from a shoulder injury.
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