Trailing the Colts 33-0 at halftime, Patrick Peterson told his Vikings teammates, "We need five touchdowns to win this game." Kirk Cousins threw for 460 yards--417 of them after the Peterson challenge, and rallied Minnesota to a 39-36 win in OT, the biggest comeback in NFL history. Cousins finished 34/54 with 4 TDs. Greg Joseph had the 40-yard game-winning field goal.
On the GridCard, KDet047 (35) earned his fifth King of the Mountain, edging out red hot maryalene (34) who landed the King Kong last week. Only nine other players posted Qualifying Scores: btalkington20 (32), Kara (32), Telestar (30), Mr. Jake 50 (30), EricCinTexas (29), Dano (29), Mo (29), Nutmeg (29), and PGT winner Ricco1947 (30).
LFL upset Fictionasy Realists 64-53 in Team GridCard action, maryalene (34) and Telestar (30) scoring for LFL. The PGT beat the OG 58-54, Ricco1947 (30) and dangerzone (28) Top2. Team Collins got a key win against VBar 61-49 behind btalkington20 (32) and EricCinTexas (29). KDet047 (35) and Kara (32) scored for Team Detwiler who clobbered TMac 67-47.
Team GridCard
GridCard Football Season
Standings Record GB
1. Team Collins 20-9 --
2. Team Detwiler 20-9 --
3. PGT 19-10 1
4. VBar 15-14 5
5. Fictionasy 14-15 6
6. TMac 12-17 8
7. OG Gridders 11-18 9
8. LFL 11-18 9