Post by Danchat on Mar 30, 2020 18:16:09 GMT -6
Week 16: 14-0 Vikings at 14-0 Eagles
The game opens with Mike Wallace losing a fumble... just great! The margin for error is slim today. I can't afford to screw up when I only get two quarters as the Vikings!
Trey Smith finds Riley Cooper being covered by OLB Pat Angerer, and he takes advantage. Vikings up 7-0.
I ensured Knile Davis had somewhere to run - he barely average 2 yards a carry in the first half.
Unfortunately, this didn't stop him from taking a carry to the house, tying the game up at 7 apiece.
The Eagles have HB Knile Davis pass the ball downfield to Jimmy Graham, good for a 48 yard gain!
The Vikings re-take the lead 14-10 with a score from Jordan Howard.
Eagles QB Matt Ryan throws a pick straight to Dee Milliner. This gives the Vikings full control of the 1st half.
We score again with Cooper, thanks to the CPU sending NT Ian Williams to play safety for some reason!
The second half ends with a 28-10 Viking lead... but will that be enough to endure 2 quarters of better Eagles play?
With QB Matt Ryan injured, I now lead the Eagles to a TD to cut the score to 11 points. Backup QB Jason Stone hits WR T.Y. Hilton for a 43 yard score.
Howard loses a fumble and the Vikings are in real trouble now! However, HB Davis lost a fumble and the Vikings got to turn that into a FG.
Stone finds Hilton again to make it a 31-28 game after getting the extra 2. Only 4:30 remains on the clock!
When the Vikings took the field, I got them to 3rd and 8, but I was surprised as Trey Smith completed a 24 yard pass to Mike Wallace and the Eagles' secondary was certainly not ready for that! The reception not only tilted the advantage towards Minnesota, but also got them into field goal range. They made it a 34-28 game with just 0:48 and no timeouts on the clock. This wasn't over yet, but the Vikings defense is good enough to not allow a Hail Mary... right?
Eagles WR Kelvin Benjamin ALMOST catches a hail mary in the endzone, but both his feet were out of bounds. The clock is down to 8 seconds and the Vikings have a 34-28 lead!
The CPU did it! The Vikings advance to 15-0 and have locked up the #1 seed!
This also means that the Vikings will not only get homefield advantage in the playoffs, but next time, I will get to control the Vikings in the second half after working with the Eagles in the 1st half. In theory, this should give the Vikings the best chance at winning. Let's go on a Super Bowl run!!
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT FINAL
Vikings 7 21 0 6 0 34
Eagles 7 3 10 8 0 28
Game Statistics: Vikings Eagles
First Downs 15 14
Third Down Conversions 7 6
Third Downs 13 13
Third Down Percentage 53.8% 46.2%
Fourth Down Conversions 0 1
Fourth Downs 0 2
Fourth Down Percentage 0.0% 50.0%
Two Pt Conversions Made 0 1
Two Pt Conversions Attempted 0 1
Two Pt Conversion Percentage 0.0% 100.0%
Offense Redzone Num 4 3
Offense Redzone TDs 3 2
Offense Redzone FGs 1 1
Offense Redzone Percentage 100.0% 100.0%
Rushing Attempts 30 23
Rushing Yards 104 65
Rushing Average 3.5 2.8
Rushing TDs 2 1
Passing Yards 224 273
Passing Completions 16 17
Passing Attempts 28 37
Completion Percentage 57.1% 45.9%
Passing Average 8.0 7.4
Passing TDs 2 2
Offensive Pass Interceptions 0 1
TOTAL OFFENSE 328 338
Defensive Pass Interceptions 1 0
Punt Return Yards 12 20
Kick Return Yards 73 40
Punts 4 4
Punt Avg 48.0 45.0
Fumbles 3 1
Fumbles Lost 2 1
Penalties 2 4
Penalty Yds 47 76
Turnovers 2 2
TIME OF POSSESSION 21:19 22:36
Individual Stats: Eagles
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Knile Davis 1 1 48 100 48.0 0 0 0 48 118.7
Jason Stone 12 28 160 42 5.7 1 2 0 43 85.4
Matt Ryan 4 8 72 50 9.0 0 0 1 43 41.7
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Knile Davis 16 49 3.0 12 1 1
Tre Mason 5 7 1.3 6 0 0
Cody Slate 1 5 5.0 5 0 0
Jason Stone 1 4 4.0 4 0 0
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
T.Y. Hilton 4 85 21.2 43 2 0 6
Jimmy Graham 2 60 30.0 48 0 0 29
Kelvin Benjamin 2 54 27.0 43 0 0 0
Marquess Wilson 4 49 12.2 29 0 0 17
Demarcus Robinson 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 0
Cody Slate 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 9
Knile Davis 3 8 2.6 4 0 0 1
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Jason Jean 2 2 100 0 2 2 100 0 6 3
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Mat McBriar 4 180 45.0 53 0 1 0
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Josh Malone 2 40 20.0 0 25
Lamar Miller 0 0 0.0 0 0
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Lamar Miller 3 20 6.6 12 0
Josh Malone 0 0 0.0 0 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Courtney Upshaw 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Charles Godfrey 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 0
Brodrick Bunkley 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Byron Jones 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 3 0
Matt Alexander 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 0
Pat Angerer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Hicks 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Rennie Curran Jr. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Earl Thomas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Ian Williams 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Kalil 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Vance McDonald 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Brian Price 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jason Jean 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
T.Y. Hilton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jerome Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
B. J. Goodson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Vernon Hargreaves 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Danny Shelton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
T. J. Watt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Ryan Kalil 5 0
Kyle Calloway 4 1
Mike McGlynn 4 0
Chris Williams 3 0
Knile Davis 2 0
Cody Slate 2 0
Jimmy Graham 2 0
Todd Herremans 1 0
Antonio Garcia 1 0
David Yankey 1 0
Lamar Miller 1 0
Marquess Wilson 1 0
Individual Stats: Vikings
PASSING CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK TD INT LONG RATING
Trey Smith 16 28 236 57 8.4 1 2 0 34 108.6
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Jordan Howard 18 58 3.2 16 1 1
Peyton Hillis 4 19 4.7 7 0 0
Trey Smith 2 16 8.0 10 0 0
Pat White 6 11 1.8 4 1 1
RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LONG TD DROP YAC
Mike Wallace 6 87 14.5 34 0 1 13
Riley Cooper 3 63 21.0 31 2 0 16
Greg Olsen 2 40 20.0 27 0 1 8
Pat White 1 14 14.0 14 0 0 7
Dorial Green-Beckham 2 13 6.5 8 0 0 1
Peyton Hillis 1 10 10.0 10 0 0 3
Orson Charles 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 0
KICKING FGM FGA PCT FGSBLOCKED XPA XPM PCT XPSBLOCKED KICKOFFS TOUCHBACKS
Roger Glenn 2 2 100 0 4 4 100 0 0 0
Josh Doe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
PUNTING ATT YDS AVG LONG BLOCKS IN20 TOUCHBACKS
Josh Doe 4 192 48.0 55 0 0 1
KICK RETURNS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG
Brandon Saine 3 73 24.3 0 34
PUNT RETURNS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
Brandon Saine 1 12 12.0 12 0
DEFENSE TOT LOSS SACK FF FREC YDS TD INT RET AVG DEFLECTIONS SAFETIES CTH ALLOW BIG HITS
Dont'a Hightower 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 0
Dominique Rodgers 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 2 0
William Moore 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 1 1
Hilee Taylor 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Kerrigan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Shariff Floyd 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Johnthan Banks 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Andy Studebaker 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
De'Vondre Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Stephone Anthony 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Michael Bennett 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Brett Franklin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dee Milliner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -2.0 1 0 1 0
Ahkello Witherspoon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Miles Killebrew 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dorial Green-Beckham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Joe Walker 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1
T.J. McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
BLOCKING PANCAKES SACKS ALLOWED
Menelik Watson 8 0
Mitch Petrus 6 0
Peyton Hillis 5 0
Jack Conklin 4 0
Brett Franklin 1 0
Riley Cooper 1 0
Pat White 1 0
Orson Charles 1 0
Tyrone Kelly 0 1
Advanced Stats
Game Summary
Whew, what a game! I did everything I could as both the Vikings and Eagles to win this one, and we came away with what I would consider a satisfactory result. As the Vikings, I did my best to get a big lead as possible, and an 18 point lead was just enough. The Eagles' defense is no joke, and I had to rely on throwing to my slot WR when covered by a LB, which is why Riley Cooper had a big game (Diggs missed most the game with an injury).
Meanwhile, the Eagles offense had a decent start, as on one drive Matt Ryan overcame 2 3rd & 10 or longers and got a rushing TD from Knile Davis. That was the most damage they did, as I was able to shut down their offense for the most part. Offensively, I did luck out on 2 pass interferences that the Eagles defenders didn't really commit. By the end of the 2nd quarter, Trey Smith had thrown for 203 yards and we scored 28 points.
Unfortunately for Philadelphia, on their final drive in the 2nd quarter, Matt Ryan got injured and he will miss 3 to 4 weeks, which will cut into the playoffs! He's been very injury prone this year.
So when I took control of the Eagles... well, I usually am never down 18 points, so I had to change my approach. Philly's offense is built around using Knile Davis as a weapon, but I simply couldn't do that today. I focused on getting good matchups, and I relentlessly torched SS T.J. McDonald in coverage using Jimmy Graham and Marquess Wilson. However, a very crucial Davis fumble stopped a drive that seemed like a surefire TD was coming, and the Eagles were limited to a 31-20 score just after the beginning of the 4th quarter. The CPU did a pretty poor job with the Vikings' offense, though it's worth nothing that Wallace and Olsen both had brutal drops that would have gone for a combined 40+ yards, so it's not entirely its fault.
Either way, the Vikings defense finally stepped things up and the pass rushers were consistently getting hits on QB Stone, and a huge sack by Hilee Taylor got the Eagles pinned back to a 4th and 18 with just 6:00 left, down 11 points. I opted to punt, as I figured the Vikings offense would go 3 and out - and they did! Stone was able to hit T.Y. Hilton with a deep ball on just the 2nd play of the drive and made it a 31-28. Surely, this was the end for the Vikings as the CPU does a great job at choking the game away... but no!
When the Vikings took the field, I got them to 3rd and 8, but I was surprised as Trey Smith completed a 24 yard pass to Mike Wallace and the Eagles' secondary was certainly not ready for that! The reception not only tilted the advantage towards Minnesota, but also got them into field goal range. They made it a 34-28 game with just 0:48 and no timeouts on the clock. This wasn't over yet, but the Vikings defense is good enough to not allow a Hail Mary... right?
I was able to get the ball to the 50 with 0:14 on the clock, and my only option at that point was hail maries. I attempted 4, and 1 of them came really close, but WR Benjamin couldn't land in bounds. The Vikings win!
The CPU was able to hold the lead with an 18 point buffer for long enough - though I wonder if this would have still happened if Matt Ryan wouldn't have gotten injured. It's hard to say.
Anyways, with the #1 seed in tow, the Vikings move forward as the clear Super Bowl favorite. The 14-1 Ravens will be the favorite on the AFC side, and while the Eagles will still be a threat in the inevitable championship game, at the moment, another championship is certainly within our grasp.
Next Week:
10-5 Jacksonville Jaguars at 15-0 Minnesota Vikings