{"id":275494,"date":"2023-09-11T08:05:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=275494"},"modified":"2023-09-11T08:05:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:05:50","slug":"vikings-vs-buccaneers-to-many-mistakes-20-17-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=275494","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Vs. Buccaneers To Many Mistakes 20-17 Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MINNEAPOLIS \u2014<\/strong> The Vikings made critical errors, and the Buccaneers capitalized in a 20-17 win by Tampa Bay on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turnovers loomed the largest, with Minnesota coughing up the football on a snap at the Tampa Bay 26-yard line to end the second possession of the season, a drive with promise, without points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield, Jr., then forced a fumble during a sack of Kirk Cousins and recovered the football at the Minnesota 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay was able to score the first points of the game on a 36-yard field goal by Chase McLaughlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cousins also was picked off at the Tampa Bay 2-yard line with 16 seconds remaining in the first half to keep the score tied at 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interception prevented an answer by Minnesota to a tying 28-yard touchdown catch by Mike Evans from Baker Mayfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That drive, a seven-play, 61-yarder was helped when Pat Jones II was flagged for a neutral zone infraction on third-and-7. The Buccaneers then picked up the third-and-2 with a 14-yard completion to Chris Godwin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay’s second touchdown drive of the game also was helped by a Vikings penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After it appeared the Vikings had forced a field goal, Jay Ward was flagged for lining up offsides on the kick. The 5-yard penalty on fourth-and-2 gave Tampa Bay a fresh set of downs, and Mayfield connected with Trey Palmer for a 7-yard touchdown three snaps later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay took the lead for good with 5:10 remaining in the game when McLaughlin punched a 57-yard field goal through the uprights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vikings put up plenty of passing yards, with Kirk Cousins completing 33 of 44 passes for 344 yards. He had two touchdowns and the pick, finishing with a passer rating of 102.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justin Jefferson led the way with 150 yards on nine catches (12 targets).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rookie Jordan Addison followed with four catches for 61 yards, highlighted by a 39-yard touchdown for Minnesota as the Vikings converted a third-and-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On what became Minnesota’s final possession, a tight end screen to T.J. Hockenson lost 4 yards on a tackle by Lavonte David, who dodged a block attempt by Ezra Cleveland. A pass to Jefferson gained 6 to set up a third down, but Carlton Davis III tipped the ball away from Addison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 The Vikings made critical errors, and the Buccaneers capitalized in a 20-17 win by Tampa Bay on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium. Turnovers loomed the largest, with Minnesota coughing up the football on a snap at the Tampa Bay 26-yard line to end the second possession of the season, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":275495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275494","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275496,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275494\/revisions\/275496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/275495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}