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Coming out of the locker room Irv Smith Jersey Mens , theng the New Orleans Saints by a score of 17-13. The kickoff from Will Lutz went for a touchback, giving Kirk Cousins and company the ball at their own 25-yard line for their first possession of the half. A run by Latavius Murray and a pass to Laquon Treadwell got the Vikings a quick first down to start the drive, and the Vikings then faced a third down situation. Cousins got the ball to Stefon Diggs, but Diggs was stopped inches short, and the Vikings elected to go for it on 4th-and-1. Cousins had Laquon Treadwell for more than enough yardage, but Marshon Lattimore knocked the ball out of his hands to force a turnover on downs.The Vikings forced a third down situation, but Drew Brees flipped a short pass to Alvin Kamara to get the conversion for the Saints to the Minnesota 30. The Saints then tried an end-around to Taysom Hill, but it was sniffed out for a short gain. Brees then found Mark Ingram on a screen, and he took the ball all the way to the Minnesota 9-yard line. An incomplete pass and a stuff of Kamara made it third-and-goal, and the Vikings forced Brees into an intentional grounding call to get a huge stop. On came Will Lutz for a 42-yard field goal attempt, and he split the uprights to make the score 20-13 with just over eight minutes remaining in the quarter.Lutz’s kickoff went for a touchback Irv Smith Jersey nfl draft , giving the Vikings the ball at their own 25-yard line once again. On the first play of the drive, Cousins scrambled to his left and was run down by rookie Marcus Davenport, who appeared to strip the ball from Cousins and recover it at the Minnesota 17-yard line. Fortunately, the call was overturned, as Cousins’ knee was down before the ball came loose. A run by Murray brought up a 3rd-and-6 from the 29-yard line, and Cousins hit Stefon Diggs for a huge first down to the 42. Unfortunately, Cousins then looked for Diggs again, and instead threw the ball directly to Saints’ cornerback P.J. Williams, who ran it back 45 yards for a New Orleans touchdown. Lutz added the extra point, and suddenly the Vikings were down by a count of 27-13 with just under six minutes left in the third quarter.It looks like Diggs may have stopped his route early on that one. Whatever the reasoning, it was something the Vikings could ill afford, and put them down two scores.Marcus Sherels brought a short kickoff out to the 20-yard line for the Vikings’ next possession. Murray started things with a short run Everson Griffen Jersey , and Cousins found Diggs again for a nice gain out to the 45. Murray then took the ball over midfield, and was stopped short to bring up 3rd-and-4 from the Saints’ 49. Cousins then took another sack, and once again it was Sheldon Rankins that took Cousins to the turf. Matt Wile came in to punt the ball away, and the Saints took over at their own 16.The Saints picked up a first down with a couple of running plays, and as we move to the final quarter, the Saints are looking at a 2nd-and-6 from their own 42.Fifteen minutes left from U.S. Bank Stadium, and it’s not looking promising for the good guys as they trail 27-13. Can they pull off what would be a pretty amazing comeback? After a disappointing 2018 campaign that ended without a playoff appearance, Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer will enter the final season of his contract next year.Whether he’s asked back after 2019 will rely heavily on the team’s performance. But for now, the receipts from a disappointing season are in, and it doesn’t look great for Zimmer.More Vikings coverageDuty might call for Vikings rookie long snapper CuttingRookie minicamp Q&A with Vikings head coach Mike ZimmerVikings sign nine members of 2019 draft classTop Tweets: Minnesota teams have fun with ‘Game of Thrones’Vikings decline fifth-year option for WR Laquon TreadwellHeadcoachranking.com uses an algorithm with a 1-10 scale to rate coaches in five key areas: play calling, personnel utilization, game planning Anthony Barr Jersey , in-game adjustments and clock management.Zimmer was given a 6.9 overall rating by the site, which tied for 18th among NFL head coaches. His best individual category was personnel utilization and worst was clock management.Play calling – 6.6 (t-19)Personnel utilization – 7.2 (t-13)Game plan – 6.9 (t-22)In-game adjustment – 7.0 (t-16)Clock management – 6.6 (t-27)It’s worth noting, however, that Zimmer had fourth-highest ranking at 7.7 in 2017 when he led the Vikings to a 13-3 record and the NFC Championship game. Only Sean Payton, Bill Belichick and Sean McVay ranked ahead of Zimmer that year.Payton, McVay and Belichick all found their way back inside the top-six ranked coaches this season while Zimmer took a plunge to mediocrity.Chicago’s Matt Nagy ranked fifth with a 7.7 rating, but Zimmer finished ahead of the other two division rivals – Detroit’s Matt Patricia (6.7) and Green Bay interim coach Joe Philbin (6.7).The highest-ranked coach to be employed for all 16 games and not make the postseason was Mike Tomlin, who ranked 11th with a 7.2 rating. Eight coaches were fired after or during the season, and two of them – Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis and Denver’s Vance Joseph – had the exact same rating as Zimmer.HEAD COACH RANKINGS — 2018RANKCOACHTEAMRATING1Sean PaytonSaints8t-2Andy ReidChiefs7.9t-2Sean McVayRams7.94John HarbaughRavens7.85Matt NagyBears7.76Bill BelichickPatriots7.67Gregg WilliamsBrowns7.5t-8Anthony LynnChargers7.4t-8Frank ReichColts7.4t-8Pete CarrollSeahawks7.411Mike TomlinSteelers7.212Bill O’BrienTexans7.1t-13Dan QuinnFalcons7.0t-13Jason GarrettCowboys7.0t-13Jay GrudenRedskins7.0t-13Kyle Shanahan49ers7.0t-13Mike VrabelTitans7.0t-18Doug PedersonEagles6.9t-18Marvin LewisBengals6.9t-18Mike ZimmerVikings6.9t-18Vance JosephBroncos6.9t-22Dirk KoetterBuccaneers6.8t-22Ron RiveraPanthers6.8t-22Sean McDermottBills6.8t-22Todd BowlesJets6.8t-26Joe PhilbinPackers6.7t-26Matt PatriciaLions6.7t-28Adam GaseDolphins6.6t-28Pat ShumurGiants6.6t-30Doug MarroneJaguars6.5t-30Jon GrudenRaiders6.532Steve WilksCardinals6.2