Arizona Cardinals vs. Minnesota Vikings | 2022 Week 8 Game Highlights

GIANTS IN BLITZING. THE MOST BLITZES, THEY AVERAGE 15 A GAME. THAT WAS EFFECTIVE. COUSINS WELL PROTECTED HERE, AND JUSTIN JEFFERSON INSIDE THE 25 COMING IN FOR THE SHOW. DALVIN COOK IS A RECEIVER, TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. COUSINS LOOKS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. AND IT’S A RUN FOR A FIRST DOWN. CAN HE RUN FOR ANOTHER ONE? CAN HE RUN FOR A TOUCHDOWN? DIVING INTO THE VIKING END ZONE, THAT’S A VIKING TOUCHDOWN! PASSING GAME, LOOK AT HIM EXPLOITING OUTSIDE THE NUMBERS. THAT’S WHERE HE WANTS TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL. >> Chris: TIME FOR MURRAY AND

DeANDRE HOPKINS. THEY GOT HIM BACK ON THIS THURSDAY AGAINST THE SAINTS AND IT LIT UP THE ENTIRE TEAM. HE HAULS IT IN AT THE 45 FOR GOOD USE OF A TIMEOUT, BY THE WAY, FOR ARIZONA. ON THIRD DOWN, FIRING FOR THE END ZONE AND BACK THERE OFF HIS HANDS. INCOMPLETE. PATRICK PETERSON ON THE COVERAGE OF A.J. GREEN. >> 44 YARD FIELD GOAL TRY. MATT PRATER IS BACK WITH A SORE HIP. AND HE NAILS IT. AN ENCOURAGING SIGN FOR THE CARDINALS. SCRIPTED AS YOU WOULD THINK. HE WRITES DOWN ON A PAD WHAT HE CALLS PRIORITY PLAYS.

I WONDER IF ONE OF THOSE WAS OFF SCRIPT WHEN COUSINS WAS RUNNING UP THE FIELD. JEFFERSON IS NEAR THE 35 YARD LINE. DOUBLE UP WITH GUYS. HE’S REALLY

GOOD. >> Mark: THE PITCH, DALVIN COOK, WHOLE LOT OF ROOM FOR HIM TO RUN. INSIDE THE 40 OF ARIZONA. IF THIS ONE DOESN’T WORK, HE’S ALREADY GOT THE NEXT ONE SET. >> Chris: AND LIKES THAT AS A PLAY CALLER AND HEAD COACH BECAUSE HE DOESN’T HAVE TO RUN THE DECISION BY ANYBODY. COUSINS THROWS HIGH AND INCOMPLETE FOR JEFFERSON. HE MAY BE SMALL BUT HE IS FEARLESS. THROWING ON

FOURTH AND A YARD. AND INCOMPLETE FOR ADAM THIELEN. THE COVERAGE WAS GOOD BY MARCO HE’S NOT SET. BLITZ IS PICKED UP. MURRAY IS SACKED. ZA’DARIUS SMITH, WHO LEADS THE >> Chris: YOU WERE PRACTICING. YOU WERE JARED ALLEN. DALVIN COOK, AND HE IS GOOD FOR A FIRST DOWN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE 35 YARD LINE. >> Mark: I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO THROW THE BALL. WE’RE GOING TO CONVERT THE FIRST DOWN. >> Chris: ON THE ROLL, THROWING, THIELEN, WHAT A GRAB. GAME THIS YEAR FOR THIELEN. WE’LL GET AN UPDATE ON HIS

INJURY FROM KRISTINA. ALEXANDER MATTISON GETS INSIDE THE 15, MAYBE DOWN TO THE 10 OR THE 12 DEPENDING UPON THE SPOT BEFORE HE’S RUN OUT OF BOUNDS. >> Mark: I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN STOP. >> Chris: INSIDE THE 2. YOU SEE EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS SPOTTED. COUSINS WIDE OPEN. TOUCHDOWN VIKINGS. JOHNNY MUNDT. >> Mark: CHRIS, I DON’T LIKE TO DESIGN THAT PUTS YOU IN THIRD DOWN AND LONG. >> Chris: MURRAY ON THE MOVE AND COMPLETES TO ENO BENJAMIN. RAMS, 49ers, SEAHAWKS, THE TOP TEAM THEY’RE PLAYING LATER ON FOX AGAINST THE GIANTS. AFTER A LOSS OF 1.

SACKED! ZA DARIUS SMITH HAS TWO TODAY. FIVE, AS YOU CAN SEE. >> Mark: THEY’VE BEEN IN A LOT OF THIRD DOWN AND SHORT SITUATIONS. >> Chris: NEED 4. COUSINS, PRESSURE WAS COMING. AND FOR K.J. OSBORN, THE THROW WAS A LITTLE HIGH. MAKE SURE YOU CONTINUE TO SET UP. >> Chris: MURRAY THROWS THAT WAY AND HOPKINS WITH THE CATCH. STAYS INBOUND WITH A FIRST DOWN GRAB. THE PASS RUSH WE’RE FACING RIGHT NOW. >> Chris: NO D.J. HUMPHREYS, THEIR LEFT TACKLE, INACTIVE TODAY. MURRAY COMPLETE. AND THERE WAS HOPKINS MOVING AROUND PRE-SNAP, SET HIMSELF UP YARD LINE. MURRAY,

END ZONE THROW. WHAT A CATCH! ONE-HANDED! DeANDRE HOPKINS! AND THAT IS A CARDINAL AND THAT WAS — MURRAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHY WOULD YOU EVER THROW THIS? WATCH HIM COME DOWN IN MOTION. HE’S COMPLETELY COVERED UP RIGHT HERE. BRING IT. >> Mark: RIGHT. >> Chris: A LITTLE MORE CONTROL THIS TIME. COUSINS SEES SOMEBODY AND COMPLETES. THIELEN AT THE 41. MINNESOTA, THE CLOCK DOWN TO 10 THE WEEK, PUT THEMSELVES IN THESE SITUATIONS. >> Chris: THEY GOT TO THE SPOT. GREG JOSEPH, THE KICK IS BLOCKED. AND THAT WILL BRING AN END TO BLACKLOCK IS IN FOR JONATHAN

— WORKING THE CROWD. MURRAY. ROBBIE ANDERSON FIGHTING FOR IT. BUT PATRICK PETERSON, NOT THIS TIME. INSIDE OUT, AND COLLINS IS ABLE TO KNOCK THAT MAN DOWN. >> Chris: THIRD AND 13. HERE COMES THE BLITZ. AND HERE COMES A FLAG, AND HE IS SACKED. THEY GOT KIRK COUSINS AROUND THE 10 YARD LINE. J.J. WATT. THREE-TIME DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF KLIFF KINGSBURY, YOU’VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE NFC WEST, YOU’RE ONLY A GAME OUT OF FIRST PLACE. >> SEATTLE PLAYS LATER. HIGH BUT HAULED IN. THOSE GUYS ARE IN THERE. YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE THEM ANGLES AND OPPORTUNITIES

IN THE RUNNING GAME. >> Chris: AFTER NO GAIN, DOWN THE SIDELINE, HE’S GOT HOPKINS AGAIN. SPLIT THE DEFENDERS. LOOK AT THAT BALL. I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHY THEY CALL IT THE TURKEY HOLE BUT THEY CALL IT THE TURKEY HOLE. >> Chris: A QUICK TOSS TO ZACH ERTZ, WHO SLIPS THE TACKLE AND POWERS HIS WAY TO THE GOAL LINE. THAT’S A FAN HOLLERING, THAT’S A TOUCHDOWN. BUT LET’S SEE. IT’S NOT OFFICIAL. AND NOW IT IS! THE OFFICIAL’S ARMS WENT UP AFTER A SLIGHT DELAY. >> Referee: WHERE THAT — I THINK HIS FEET STAY IN. LET’S SEE,

LET’S SEE — >> Chris: HE’S NOT OUT. >> Mark: NOPE, NOPE, I THINK — >> Chris: THE LEFT FOOT TOUCHED ONE THROUGH THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND FROM KIRK COUSINS. PRESSURE COMING. HE GETS RID OF IT. HE JUST WANTS TO HELP THIS OFFENSE GET BACK ON TRACK. >> Chris: THIS IS THE SIXTH STRAIGHT GAME WITHOUT A TOUCHDOWN CATCH AS GOOD AS HE’S BEEN, AS MUCH AS HE’S CAUGHT THE BALL. AND THERE’S A TERRIFIC CATCH. JEFFERSON. >> Mark: I MEAN, YOU WANT TO BACKFIELD NEXT TO KIRK COUSINS. THERE HE GOES TO THE SLOT. COUSINS, AND

ADAM THIELEN INSIDE THE 10 GOING OUT OF BOUNDS. LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE SERPENTINE MOVEMENT AFTER THE CATCHER MADE I’LL STAND CORRECTED. I’LL GIVE JALEN THOMPSON THAT. GOOD COACH. >> Chris: LET THEM PLAY. HANDOFF, MATTISON POWERING IN! VIKING TOUCHDOWN PUTS THEM IN A HOLE HERE. MURRAY’S THROWING DEEP. ROBBY ANDERSON, INTERCEPTED! HARRISON SMITH DOWN TO THE 31 OF ARIZONA. HIS THIRD INTERCEPTION OF THIS THEY WANT TO KEEP YOU IN THIS. THAT’S WHY YOU DON’T HUDDLE UP. >> Chris: A LOT OF VERBIAGE FROM COUSINS. WIDE OPEN, JUSTIN JEFFERSON INSIDE THE 10. THERE’S A FLAG DOWN. BACK AT THE

33. INTO THE GAME. BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, JEFFERSON. AND THAT’S DALVIN COOK IN THE BACK FIELD. HE GETS THE FOOTBALL. DALVIN COOK IS INTO THE END ZONE FOR A VIKING TOUCHDOWN THERE. >> Chris: NO GAIN. MOVING ACROSS THE 40, RONDALE MOORE. ALMOST BROKEN. HE CAN FLY. HANDS, AND WE’VE SEEN THEM DO THAT. RUNNING PLAY, QUICK THROWS. KYLER’S TOSS IS GOOD, BACK TO RONDALE MOORE. STRETCHES OUT. HE’S GOING TO GO INTO THE END ZONE, AND THAT’S GOING TO BE A CARDINAL TOUCHDOWN! A TEAR AWAY JERSEY THAT WAS TORN GAME IF THEY CONVERT. HOPKINS IS ONE ON

ONE. THAT’S WHERE HE GOES, BUT NO. BROKEN UP. HARRISON SMITH CAME OVER TO HELP OUT DANTZLER AT THE LAST MOMENT. HE’S GOT FOUR RUSHES TODAY. THIRD DOWN 5. BLITZ. BALL’S OUT! AND THE CARDINALS, THEY MAY BE ON IT. ISAIAH SIMMONS FORCED THE FUMBLE, AND HE’S GOT THE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO BE A ONE SCORE GAME. >> Chris: THERE WAS FINGER POINTING GONE ON BEFORE THE SNAP. THE CROWD CERTAINLY SEEMED TO YOU GOT MODEST YARDS. YOU’VE GOT LINE UP AND KICK THE FIELD GOAL. THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION THERE. >> Chris: BIG KICK FROM MATT PRATER AFTER

MISSING THREE GAMES THIS YEAR. THEY’RE EIGHT TODAY. AND THEY’RE COMING OFF A BYE WEEK. AS WELL. IF HAMILTON DOESN’T GET HIM DOWN, HE PROBABLY GETS HIM DOWN. GREG DORTCH FUMBLED THE PUNT. DID HE GET IT BACK? THERE’S A SCRAMBLE FOR IT. HE HAD A SECOND SHOT AT IT, DID DORTCH. VIKINGS HAVE THE FOOTBALL! TROY DYE, ONE OF THE >> Mark: THAT WAS BETTER THAN MY SOAP OPERA. >> Chris: WERE YOU NOMINATED FOR THAT? THIELEN IN MOTION, DALVIN COOK THE FOOTBALL, AND WORKING HIS WAY ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE 15 YARD LINE. EASY READ, PROCESS QUICKLY,

GET THE BALL OUT, GIVE YOUR GUY A CHANCE. THAT’S REALLY GOOD QUARTERBACK PLAY. >> Chris: COUSINS THROW, END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN VIKINGS! BALL IN TOWARD THE SIDELINE. REALLY NIGHT ROUTE COMBINATION. NOT INTERFERING WITH THE DEFENDER. >> Chris: THE EXTRA POINT IS NOT GOOD, AND THAT’S BIG BECAUSE THEIR BEST GAME COMPLETE TOP TO BOTTOM IS THE THURSDAY NIGHTER AGAINST THE SAINTS. MURRAY’S THROW, RONDALE MOORE WILL SPEED UP ACROSS THE 35. WE’LL CHECK THE SPOT. AND THEY’RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A CONTINUING NO HUDDLE MODE. THE BALL, HE JUST ATTACKS THAT ROUND. >> Chris: MIDDLE OF THE

FIELD. AT THE 50. COMING UP AFTER THE EARLY GAME IS COMPLETED. BENJAMIN GOT THREE OUT OF THAT. MURRAY’S THROW, INTERCEPTED! CAMRYN BYNUM. ANOTHER VIKINGS TAKE AWAY. THAT’S HOW INTERCEPTIONS HAPPEN. THEY’RE NOT ALWAYS 100% ON YOUR QUARTERBACK WHEN YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE THINGS GO. THAT’S JUST THAT MISCOMMUNICATION WITH THE ROUTE. >> Chris: ON THIRD DOWN, THE CARDINALS GET TO COUSINS. J.J. WATT WITH ANOTHER SACK. COUSINS IS ONE OF THE FEW YOU’LL MAKE A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY. DRP DROP PASS, PENALTY, SET. THROW, DIVING BACK FOR IT. WOW! THAT BALL — THAT HAND COMES OFF

TO GET THE HAND UP, MAKE A PLAY. >> Chris: MURRAY’S THROW, INCOMPLETE. HERE COMES THE FLAG. IT WAS PATRICK PETERSON COVERING RONDALE MOORE. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, RONDALE MOORE. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE NUMBER 7. BY RULE, THE BALL IS PLACED AT RIGHT UP HERE ON THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, HE READS IT. HE KNOWS THEY’RE GOING TO CUT. HE IS THERE. I MEAN, IT’S NOT EGREGIOUS, BUT HE IS ON TOP OF MOORE. >> Chris: HE’S MADE SPECTACULAR CATCHES TODAY, ONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN. PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO 2. THIRD AND 4. AND INCOMPLETE. THE BALL.

>> Chris: JORDAN HICKS WITH THE STOP, AND THE VIKINGS WILL TAKE OVER TIMEOUTS. THEY ONLY HAVE ONE REMAINING. DALVIN COOK. DALVIN COOK. >> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE NUMBER 86. THE PENALTY IS DECLINED. IT’S SECOND DOWN THIRD AND 8. NO TIMEOUTS, ARIZONA, HERE IN THE TWO-MINUTE MARK. HERE’S COOK. AND A GOOD TACKLE TO KEEP HIM FROM GETTING TO MIDFIELD. LEFT INJURED, CAME BACK TO BATTLE IT OUT. QUICK TOSS, GETS THE FIRST DOWN AND OUT OF BOUNDS IS ENO DOWN, CARDINALS. FOUR MAN RUSH AND CAUGHT BY ERTZ IN TRAFFIC. LOOKED LIKE THE PLAY YOU POINTED FRONT OF THE

LINEBACKER. >> Chris: KYLER SAID, LET’S GO. >> Mark: YEAH, HE’S GOT THEM GOING NOW. >> Chris: HE FLIPS OUT OF THERE. HE’S GOING TO HEAD TO THE SIDELINE, IF HE CAN MAKE IT, TO STOP THE CLOCK. AND OH, HERE COMES A FLAG OR TWO. YOU CAN’T DO THAT ANYMORE. YOU’VE GOT TO BASICALLY GIVE BODY PRESENCE. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, ILLEGAL BLINDSIDE BLOCK. 15 YARD PENALTY. >> Mark: YOU SEE HIM RIGHT OUT HERE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. YOU’VE JUST GOT TO — RIGHT THERE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST GIVE BODY PRESENCE. YOU’VE

GOT TO BE BETTER THERE. >> Chris: MURRAY GETS ON THE WAY, THROWS ON THE RUN, CATCH INSIDE THE 40. HOPKINS. >> Mark: MY GOODNESS. THERE IS NO DEFENSE FOR THAT. I DON’T — THERE’S JUST NO DEFENSE FOR THAT DEFENSE FOR IT. >> Chris: THAT’S WHAT HE LOVES TO PLAY AND SO DOES DeANDRE HOPKINS. HE’S SACKED! BACK TO MURRAY. THE CLOCK 15, 14. IT’S THIRD DOWN. MURRAY CAN’T — DID HE GET AWAY? NO! THE VIKING DEFENSE BRINGS HIM DOWN AND BRINGS DOWN THE CARDINALS. THAT’S IT.