{"id":136537,"date":"2018-01-14T19:42:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T01:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=136537"},"modified":"2018-01-14T19:42:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T01:42:51","slug":"vikings-in-unbelievable-come-back-over-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=136537","title":{"rendered":"Vikings in unbelievable come back over Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-99926\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MNVikings-generic-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MNVikings-generic-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MNVikings-generic-431x291.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MNVikings-generic-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MNVikings-generic.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Case Keenum completed a last-ditch heave near the sideline Sunday on the game&#8217;s final play, as Stefon Diggs slithered away for a 61-yard touchdown to give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/\">Minnesota a 29-24 victory over New Orleans<\/a> and send the Vikings to the NFC championship game with one more win needed to become a first-time Super Bowl host.<\/p>\n<p>Drew Brees had driven the Saints in position for Wil Lutz&#8217;s go-ahead 43-yard field goal with 25 seconds remaining, punctuating a steely rally from a 17-point deficit that stood until 1:16 was left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings were out of timeouts and nearly out of options when Keenum dropped back with 10 seconds to go from his 39 and threw high into a crowd. Diggs jumped in front of Marcus Williams, who rolled awkwardly underneath Diggs during an ill-fated attempt at a tackle.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs held his ground, kept his feet in bounds and raced untouched into the end zone as the crowd at U.S. Bank Stadium erupted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Case Keenum completed a last-ditch heave near the sideline Sunday on the game&#8217;s final play, as Stefon Diggs slithered away for a 61-yard touchdown to give Minnesota a 29-24 victory over New Orleans and send the Vikings to the NFC championship game with one more win needed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":136538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136539,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136537\/revisions\/136539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/136538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}