Los Angeles Chargers vs. Minnesota Vikings Game Highlights | NFL 2023 Week 3
BIG PART OF THE GAME PLAN. THAT OPENS UP THEIR PLAY-ACTION THEY LOVE TO GET INTO. >> Kevin: TO THE EDGE. THERE’S A GOOD RUN, AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 42 YARD LINE. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR THE VIKINGS HAVE HAD A RUN OF HE’S PLAYED SEVEN GAMES IN TWO YEARS. MADISON AGAIN UP THE GUT, POUNDING AWAY, INSIDE THE 30 AND DOWN AT THE 28 YARD LINE. THERE’S J.C. JACKSON, INACTIVE BUT BRANDON STALEY MAKING THAT DECISION TO SIT HIM DOWN. 3rd AND 8 FROM THE 25. COUSINS, PRESSURE PICKED UP, BUT HE FITS IT
IN TO C.J. HOP KINSON. THE BALL POPS OUT AND TAKES IT AWAY. AND THE CHARGERS RIPPING IT OUT OF THE HANDS. AND ANOTHER VIKING TURNOVER. >> Referee: THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS A CATCH AND FUMBLE, RECOVERED BY LOS ANGELES, FIRST A FEW YARDS. BE READY FOR ALL THE STUNTS UP FRONT. >> Kevin: VIKINGS RUSH FIVE. HERBERT TO THE SIDELINE FOR ALLEN. MAKES THE CATCH. KEENAN ALLEN WITH A FIRST DOWN. WORKING AGAINST BYRON MURPHY AND A WELL-THROWN BALL BY JUSTIN THAT’S THEIR STUD AT CORNER THAT THEY STOLE FROM ARIZONA IN FREE AGENCY. SO LOOK FOR
HIM TO HAVE A PRESENCE. >> Kevin: OFF THE PLAY FAKE, BACKSIDE PRESSURE. HERBERT CAN RUN. JUSTIN HERBERT SLIDING DOWN WITH A FIRST DOWN AT THE
AND GOAL. AND THE SIDEARM AND INTO THE END ZONE, DONALD PARHAM FOR HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE YEAR. AND THE CHARGERS CASH IN ON THE VIKINGS’ FUMBLE AND JUMP OUT 6-0. >> Mark: HE’S JUST GOING TO YARDS. >> Kevin: 1st AND 10 AT THE 36. CHANDLER THE RUNNING BACK NOW AND GETS TO THE EDGE. AND CHANDLER WITH SOME SPEED. AND A TEAM THAT CAN’T HAVE A THEY TRADED CAM AKERS, SO A FRESH START FOR THE RUNNING BACK IN MINNESOTA. INACTIVE TODAY AFTER BEING TRADED MIDWEEK. 3rd AND 5. COUSINS IN TROUBLE AND DOWN HE GOES! BOSA
IN ON THE SACK, ALONG WITH TULI TUIPOLOTU. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE. >> Kevin: 3rd AND 7. PRESSURE FROM HUNTER. HERBERT STEPS AWAY, FINDS KEENAN ALLEN, GOES AIRBORNE FOR THE FIRST DOWN. THE BALL POPPING OUT, BUT ALLEN HAS IT, AND IT’S A FIRST DOWN FOR LOS ANGELES. AND LONG AGAIN. >> Kevin: HERBERT, 14 OF 18. 99 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. ONLY ONE PASS OF TEN YARDS OR MORE. HE NEEDS NINE FOR THE FIRST DOWN HERE. HERBERT, UNDER PRESSURE AGAIN. TOUGH ONE-HANDED CATCH BY EVERETT, BUT NOWHERE TO GO. HE’LL LOSE TWO YARDS, BACK TO THE
42. SEBASTIEN JOSEPH-DAY WITH NECK INJURIES FOR A MOMENT. ON SECOND DOWN, OFF THE PLAY-ACTION. COUSINS FLOATS IT OUT THERE, AND THERE’S THE FIRST CATCH OF THE DAY FOR JUSTIN JEFFERSON. MICHAEL DAVIS ON THE COVERAGE, THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE NUMBERS. >> Kevin: AND COUSINS WITH TIME. FINDS JEFFERSON AGAIN. THE DIVING CATCH, SPRAWLED OUT AT THE 15. GOT BACK UP AND GOT A COUPLE OF EXTRA YARDS BEFORE JA’SIR TAYLOR COULD BRING HIM DOWN AT THE 12! QUARTERBACK. BUT THAT SECOND AND THIRD EFFORT IS WHAT THEY NEED. >> Kevin: 2nd AND GOAL FROM 4. COUSINS, HIT AS
HE THROWS. GETS RID OF IT AND IT’S A TOUCHDOWN! JOSH OLIVER, JUST ABLE TO MOVE THAT FOOTBALL ACROSS THE PLANE OF THE GOAL LINE TO GET THE VIKINGS ON THE BOARD. >> Mark: OH, THAT’S GOING TO BE 160th TOUCHDOWN PASS AS A VIKING. >> Mark: KIRK COUSINS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ONCE AGAIN OF THROWING THAT BALL ON THE INSIDE SHOULDER OF OLIVER, BECAUSE HE >> Kevin: 2nd AND 4 AT THE 31. AGAIN, THE SWING TO JOHNSTON, AND ON THE EDGE, UP-ENDED WITH A FIRST DOWN AT THE 39 YARD LINE. WITHOUT AUSTIN EKELER, YOU BROUGHT THIS
UP EARLIER, MARK, CHARGER TEAM ONLY 2-6 IN GAMES HE MISSED. THEY FIND JOSHUA PALMER. THE BALL POPPING OUT AT THE 45 YARD LINE, RIPPED OUT BY JORDAN HICKS. >> Mark: THEY NEEDED THAT. >> Kevin: WHO’S GOING TO COME OUT OF THE PILE WITH IT? JOSH METELLUS BELIEVE IT WILL BE THE VIKINGS, AND IT IS. THE FIRST TURNOVER OF THE SEASON FOR THE CHARGERS. JORDAN HICKS WITH THE RIP AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY GOT RISNER THIS WEEK. KEVIN O’CONNELL SAID STARTING MONDAY, WE’RE EVALUATING THE O-LINE AND THE BEST FIVE GUYS WILL BE OUT THERE. A
LEAPING GRAB BY JUSTIN JEFFERSON! THE DRIVE FOR THE VIKINGS. THIS IS 3rd AND GOAL TO THE 15. MATTISON, MAKES THE CASH. MATTISON, DOWN AT THE 6 YARD LINE. AND A FLAG IN LATE. DERWIN JAMES, JR. WITH THAT HIT AND A FLAG DROPS AT THE END OF >> Mark: HERE COMES JAMES. AND HE HITS HIM ON THE EDGE. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, DEFENSE, BOTH FGUYS WERE CROUCHING. THAT’S A TOUGH ONE ON THE EDGE FOR ME. >> Kevin: 1st AND GOAL AT THE 3. THE BALL IS OUT! ANOTHER VIKINGS FUMBLE! RECOVERED BY J.T. WOODS! KEVIN
O’CONNELL IS ARGUING WAS HE DOWN, WAS HE DOWN? BUT THE RULING ON THE FIELD IS A FROM FOOT LOCKER. >> Kevin: EXACTLY. >> Referee: AFTER REVIEW, THE RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS. IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN. LOS ANGELES IS CHARGED WITH BREATHE A LITTLE. THE ONLY WAY THE CHARGERS WERE GOING TO WIN THAT CHALLENGE, IF THE BALL CAME OUT IMMEDIATELY UPON THE FIRST CONTACT. HE GETS STOOD UP AND THE BALL >> Mark: I’M IN TROUBLE. WHAT’S NEW? >> Kevin: 2nd AND GOAL AT THE 6 YARD LINE. COUSINS, TO THE END ZONE, AND DEFLECTED AWAY FROM
OSBORN BY WELL PLAYED BY SAMUEL. HE WAS BEAT, THOUGH. >> Kevin: 3rd AND GOAL. IT WAS TIPPED AT THE LINE. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN INTENTIONAL GROUNDING. PLAYS IN THIS MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE NEAR THE GOAL LINE. AND HE WAS GOING TO WALTZ INTO THE END ZONE. >> Kevin: 23-YARD TRY IS GOOD. THE VIKINGS HAVE A 10-7 LEAD WITH 2:08 REMAINING IN THE FIRST HALF. THING TEAM DOWN THE FIELD. HERE COMES A LITTLE PRESSURE. >> Kevin: THEY’RE RUSH FIVE, NOW SIX. A LATE RUSH AS HE FINDS EVERETT OVER THE MIDDLE. GOOD JOB PICKING UP THAT
PRESSURE BY THE FRONT, AND NOW. BE READY FOR A QUICK THROW OUT TO THE EDGE. >> Kevin: VIKINGS BRING IT ON. THE QUICK SLANT TO ALLEN, AND A FIRST DOWN, OR NINE YARDS. WHATEVER YOU DO, WASTE THE CLOCK AND STEAL THREE POINTS. >> Kevin: HERBERT THROWING DOWN THE SIDELINE. DROPS IT IN TO JOSHUA PALMER! >> Mark: I ANY WE’RE GOING UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE ON 3rd AND GOAL. GIVE TO KELLEY. NOT GOING TO GET THERE! IVAN PACE, JR., SETTING THE PACE FOR THIS VIKINGS’ D! AND A TIME-OUT. >> Mark: WATCH
BULLARD AND WATCH THAT’S WHY THEY RAN IT LAST DOWN. >> Kevin: MOTION ACROSS FROM SMARTT. HERBERT, PUMPS, THROWS, CAUGHT, TOUCHDOWN! DONALD PARHAM JUST TRIED IT AWAY. STRONG CATCH, HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY! AND THE CHARGERS TAKE A 13-10 LEAD. >> Mark: THIS IS JUST ALL CROSS. HERE’S THE FIRST READ. >> Kevin: 1st AND 10 FROM THE 25 YARD LINE. AND THE HANDOFF TO MATTISON. MATTISON BREAKS A TACKLE, HANGS ONTO THE FOOTBALL AND GETS 15 TO THE 40 YARD LINE! >> Kevin: 3rd AND 3 AT THE 47. COUSINS, HIT AS HE THROWS AGAIN. AND IT’S
INCOMPLETE. >> Mark: I JUST REALLY THOUGHT ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT. >> Kevin: 2nd AND 12. HERBERT TO THE AIR. FLOATS IT UP FOR WILLIAMS. A DIVING GRAB IS MADE BY MIKE WILLIAMS. WHAT A CATCH AT THE 39 YARD LINE! 35-YARD PICKUP AND A FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: THAT THING WAS ON A WATCH. TRYING TO KNOCK THAT BALL OUT AT THE END. >> Kevin: HERBERT, SETTING UP AGAIN. WIDE OPEN IS KEENAN ALLEN. ALLEN, DANCING INTO VIKINGS TERRITORY, DOWN TO THE 35. THERE’S THE PICKET FENCE LOOK. EVERYBODY ON THE SAME LEVEL. >> Kevin: 3rd AND 9
AT THE 35. HERBERT WITH A CLEAN POCKET. A LITTLE TOO FALL AND DEFLECTED, INCOMPLETE. LOOKING FOR QUINTEN JOHNSTON, MURPHY ON THE COVERAGE. FORMATION. WELL EXECUTED AN. >> Kevin: 53-YARD TRY. HE HIT FROM 57 IN COLLEGE. THIS WOULD BE AN NFL LONG. INSTEAD, IT’S CAMERON DICKER’S SECOND CAREER NFL MISS. AND THE VIKINGS DEFENSE KEEPS BUT HE HAS TAKEN A BEATING THIS YEAR. >> Kevin: 3rd AND 4 AT THE 49. COUSINS TO THE SIDELINE FOR JEFFERSON. HE’S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. OUT TO THE 45 YARD LINE OF LOS ANGELES. RIGHT THERE, AND HERE WE ARE. >> Kevin:
3rd AND 4. COUSINS, PRESSURE AGAIN. COUSINS IS SACKED! MORGAN FOX FINALLY GOT THERE TO SHUT DOWN KIRK COUSINS AND THE AND STUFFED HIM. >> Kevin: HERBERT TRYING TO GET AWAY, HE DOES. STEPS AROUND THAT PRESSURE AND FINDS KEENAN ALLEN. ALLEN OUT OF BOUNDS, ACROSS MIDFIELD AT THE VIKINGS’ 49. >> Mark: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? BECAUSE HE’S SO QUICK AND ELUSIVE AND CAN THROW ON THE MOVE. DOUBLE PASS, DOUBLE PASS. >> Kevin: WILLIAMS, WIDE OPEN. MIKE WILLIAMS WITH THE CATCH AND HE’LL WALK IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! 49 YARDS FROM KEENAN ALLEN TO WOW! >> Kevin: EXTRA
FANTASY POINTS PERHAPS FOR KEENAN ALLEN THROWING A TOUCHDOWN? >> Mark: UNBELIEVABLE. >> Kevin: NOW COUSINS, BACK TO WORK AGAIN. HOCKENSON, GOOD START TO THE DRIVE. TUMBLING OVER FOR A KICKUP. READY FOR THE SECOND HALF. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH, IS KEENAN ABOUT TO THROW A TOUCHDOWN? >> Kevin: NO KIDDING. WHO KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. PRESSURE, COUSINS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND GETS RID OF IT. SEBASTIAN JOSEPH-DAY GOT TO HIM. SACK. >> Kevin: NOW 3rd AND 11. COUSINS UNDER PRESSURE AGAIN. THERE’S A FLAG DOWN AND KIRK COUSINS GETS HIT HARD,
SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN AT THE CHARGER THERE FOR LITTLE PROTECTION OFF THE EDGE TO HELP. >> Kevin: COUSINS WAITING, THROWS AND HE’S GOT IT DOWN THE SIDELINE. OSBORN DIVING INTO THE END ZONE. IT IS A TOUCHDOWN! 36 YARDS! KYLE RUDOLPH MET WITH THE CURRENT TIGHT ENDS, AS WELL. HIS TEAM DOWN FOUR. HERBERT BACK TO THE AIR, ON A SLANT. IT’S KEENAN ALLEN, AND ALLEN DOWN NEAR THE 39 YARD LINE. NOW A LITTLE PACE PERHAPS FOR AND HE GETS THE TACKLE. EVERYBODY AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, FORCING COMMUNICATION BY JUSTIN HERBERT. >> Kevin: ON 3rd
AND 9. HERE COMES THE PRESSURE. BALL KNOCKED OUT AND IT’S COVERED UP. HUNTER STRIPPED THE BALL OUT OF THE HANDS OF JUSTIN HERBERT AND THAT ENDS THE CHARGERS’ THREAT. CARSON PALMER, WHAT A STUD HE WAS. MATTISON, BALL POPS OUT. IT’S DOWN. OFFICIALS ARE SAYING DOWN BY CONTACT AT THE 31 YARD LINE. VIKINGS DOWN FOUR EARLY IN THE FOURTH. COUSINS, IN A FOUR-MAN RUSH. GETS IT IN SO ADDSON, AND HE’S ABLE TO HANG ON THROUGH THE CONTACT OF MICHAEL DAVIS. JUST ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: HE JUST SNUCK THAT BALL RIGHT HERE. >> Kevin:
89 YARDS RUSHING FOR MATTISON. ONLY 62 YARDS THE FIRST TWO GAMES. BUT A SACK. TULI TUIPOLOTU AGAIN! IF HE’S NOT SACKING THE THAT’S A KID WHO IS NEVER GOING TO QUIT. >> Kevin: 2nd AND 14 AT THE 48. WHAT A STRIKE. JUSTIN JEFFERSON, ON THE RUN. JEFFERSON WILL NOT BE CAUGHT. IT’S A TOUCHDOWN! 52 YARDS FOR THE LEAD! QUICKLY GETS TO HIS PROGRESSIVE AND JEFFERSON DOES THE REST. >> Kevin: HERBERT TO THE AIR. THERE’S KEENAN ALLEN. FLAG IS DOWN, AS ALLEN IS OUT OF BOUNDS ACROSS THE 45, NEAR THE 46 YARD LINE. A PICKUP OF
21, DEPENDING ON RANGE AREA, TRYING TO EXPLOIT THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD RIGHT IN HERE. >> Kevin: 3rd AND 17. HERBERT. BACK OVER THE MIDDLE. DANGEROUS THROW, BUT HE FINDS ALLEN AND HE GETS THE FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOUR BODY. >> Kevin: NOT ONE QUARTERBACK COACH IS EVER GOING TO TELL YOU DO THAT. >> Mark: THAT’S WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH AND SAY DON’T YOU DARE, GREAT THROW. >> Kevin: IT’S CAUGHT INTO THE HANDS OF JOSHUA PALMER FOR A CHARGER TOUCHDOWN! THE TIP DRILL TURNING INTO SIX QUICK AND LOS ANGELES TAKES
THE LEAD AGAIN! >> Mark: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AFFECT WHAT I DO WELL. HE WAS DEJECTED, BUT WE SAW WHAT HE DOES WELL. >> Kevin: HE SEEMS TO HAVE PUT THAT BEHIND HIM. WHAT A STRIKE AND CATCH BY JORDAN ADDISON TO GET A VIKING FIRST DOWN. WELL DONE BY A YOUNG RECEIVER. >> Kevin: AFTER THE PENALTY, FIRST DOWN AT THE CHARGER 43. COUSINS BACK TO THE AIR. AND A LITTLE TOE DRAG, GETS HIS SIXTH CATCH. YARDS PER CARRY. >> Mark: NOTHING EXPLOSIVE. BUT IT’S BEEN MANAGEABLE. >> Kevin: THEY GIVE THIS TO CHANDLER, WHO BREAKS CONTACT
AND SPINS HIS WAY DOWN TO THE 11 YARD LINE. A NINE-YARD GAME BEFORE NICK FOUR OR FIVE YARDS. HOCKENSON OUT BY HIMSELF. >> Kevin: THEY GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO JEFFERSON. DOWN THE SIDELINE AT THE 5, AND OUT OF BOUNDS INSIDE THE 5, HEAVY PACKAGE ON 2nd AND GOAL. THEY GIVE TO MATTISON AND HE’S STOOD UP. KENNETH MURRAY, LIKE THE CANINE NICKNAME, HE SNIFFED THAT PLAY OUT AND DROPPED HIM FOR A LOSS. BE READY FOR ALL THE COMBINATIONS. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN. COUSINS, LOOKING, THROWING FOR THE END ZONE. WIDE, JEFFERSON AND OSBORN RIGHT THERE. WELL
COVERED. >> Kevin: 4th AND GOAL. IT’S NOT THE GAME, BUT IT’S AWFULLY BIG. ON 4th AND GOAL, COUSINS, THROWS FOR JEFFERSON. THERE’S A FLAG DOWN. THAT CAME BEFORE THE PASS. THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE, BUT A THOSE ARE CRITICAL, CRITICAL DETAILS THAT HAVE TO BE IRONED OUT. >> Kevin: HERBERT FINDS KEENAN ALLEN, HIS 17th CATCH OF THE DAY. >> Kevin: AND HE THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS, TOO. >> Mark: AND THAT WAS THE BIG PLAY FOR THESE GUYS. >> Kevin: PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE. ALLEN WITH ANOTHER CATCH BUT HE’S A YARD SHORT AT THE 24. >> Mark:
JUST LET IT PLAY OUT. DON’T JINX IT, ANYBODY. >> Kevin: ON FOURTH DOWN, ALLEN IN MOTION. THEY ARE GOING TO GO. THE GIVE UP THE MIDDLE. AND HE’S NOT GOING TO GET THERE! THEY GO ON THE GROUND WITH JOSHUA KELLEY. THE CHARGERS GO ON 4th AND 1 FROM THEIR OWN 24, AND THEY FAIL! >> Mark: THIS PLACE JUST ERUPTED. WOULDN’T GIVE IT BACK. >> Kevin: 3rd AND 11. >> Mark: GOT TO GET A COMPLETION. >> Kevin: COUSINS STEPS AWAY, TO HIGT RIGHT. THROWING FOR HIS ENZOED ZONE. DEFLECTED AND INCOMPLETE. THE PASS KNOCKED AWAY BY ASANTE
SAMUEL. THERE IS A FLAG DOWN, AND JEFFERSON IS DOWN AS WELL FOR THE VIKINGS. THE FLAG’S ON THE NEAR THE VIKINGS. THE FLAG’S ON THE NEAR SIDELINE. >> Mark: ILLEGAL USE OF HANDS TO THE FACE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 43. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: WATCH THIS LEFT HAND. WHAM, YOU SEE HIS HEAD GET JAMMED BACKWARDS AND YOU SEE HIM TAKE A WEIRD STEP. OH! OH, MAN. OUCH. AND THEN SAMUEL ALMOST HAD THIS. JEFFERSON ALL THE WAY. >> Kevin: HOCKENSON BACK OUT THERE, AS WELL. 3rd AND 10. COUSINS, WITH TIME. COUSINS, SHORT TO HOCKENSON AT THE
15 AND OUT OF BOUNDS, JUST INSIDE THE 15, SHOVED OUT BY FOR THE CHARGERS. >> Kevin: 4th AND 5. HERE IS YOUR BALL GAME. COUSINS, OVER THE MIDDLE. HOCKENSON, JUGGLING, CATCH IS MADE. AND THE VIKINGS STAY ALIVE AT THE 7. NO TIME-OUTS. CHARGERS WENT FOR IT ON FOURTH >> Mark: THEY’VE GOT TO GO. >> Kevin: SO MUCH TIME BEING WASTED HERE. 12 SECONDS WHEN COUSINS GETS THE SNAP. THROWS FOR THE END ZONE. DEFLECTED AND INTERCEPTED! KENNETH MURRAY, AFTER THE DOUBLE DEFLECTION, ENDS UP WITH THE FOOTBALL, AND EXTINGUISHES THE VIKINGS’ HOPES. >> Mark: THIS IS A
COMPLETE GIVE YOUR BEST PLAY A SHOT. >> Kevin: AND THAT WILL DO IT. BRANDON STALEY GAMBLES, LOST THE GAMBLE. BUT ENDS UP WINNING THE GAME 28-24. FOR MARK SANCHEZ AND LAURA OKMIN, THIS IS KEVIN KUGLER
