ratoppenheimer
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Joined: 12/9/2007
From: cascais, portugal...still in exile
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ORIGINAL: David F. Buffalo was a strange game in that we won on the road against a top-tier opponent. Making it even stranger is that even though we gave up 30 points, the game was essentially won by our defense. Patrick Peterson had 2 picks, Hunter and ZSmith both had a sack, and Kendricks came up with a fumble recovery in the endzone for a TD. Our offense was mostly poor with a few spectacular moments mixed in. Dalvin's stat line is impressive with 14 carries for 119 yards and a TD but basically his contribution came all on one play, an 81-yard TD run. On his 13 other carries he averaged 2.9 yards. Justin Jefferson had the catch of the season and finished with 10 catches for 193 yards and a TD. Thielen, Hockenson, Osborn, Cook, and Mattison were the only others to catch a pass and combined for 164 yards on 34 targets. That's 4.82 yards/target. They caught 20 balls between them averaging 8.2 yards per catch - checkdown city. Kirk gets a comeback win on the road vs. a good team with 2 picks and 2 fumbles and contributed nearly nothing beyond the first drive where he hit Jefferson for a 22-yard TD - except for the incredible 4th-and-long pass to Jefferson later. Like I said, mostly poor with a few moments of spectacular. I see that catch as one that Jefferson could make 8/10 times - spectacular looking, but still very doable....
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