The Minnesota Vikings have surprised the NFL world by starting the year 3-0. Not only have they started perfect, but they’ve been contenders in the process. Minnesota had their way with the San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans. Through three weeks, Minnesota looks like a contender in the NFC.
From the sounds of it, the good news keeps on coming.
Vikings Fans Erupt After Teams Announces Massive News Following Win Over The Texans
According to Andrew Krammer of The Star Tribune:
After undergoing additional medical testing, Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold was determined to have a left knee bruise and is not expected to miss any time, the team announced on Monday morning.
Darnold suffered a left knee injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s win against the Houston Texans when former Vikings edge rusher Danielle Hunter hit him low and was flagged for roughing the passer. Hunter, who played eight years for the Vikings, apologized and explained to tackle Brian O’Neill that he was blocked into Darnold’s legs.
Darnold has been on fire through three weeks of the 2024 season. Here is a look at his stats:
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | TD% | Int | Int% | Lng | Y/A | AY/A | Y/C | Rate | Sk | Yds | Sk% | NY/A | ANY/A | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Y/A | Fmb | |
| 2024-09-22 | MIN | HOU | W 34-7 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 181 | 4 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 6.5 | 9.32 | 10.6 | 119.2 | 4 | 25 | 12.50 | 4.88 | 7.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2024-09-15 | MIN | SFO | W 23-17 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 268 | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 97 | 10.3 | 10.12 | 15.8 | 109.1 | 3 | 10 | 10.34 | 8.90 | 8.72 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 6.4 | 2 | |
| 2024-09-08 | MIN | @ | NYG | W 28-6 | 19 | 24 | 79.2 | 208 | 2 | 8.3 | 1 | 4.2 | 44 | 8.7 | 8.46 | 10.9 | 113.2 | 1 | 7 | 4.00 | 8.04 | 7.84 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
Fans were stoked to see that their QB1 wouldn’t miss any time:
Massive win for the Vikings 🙏🙏
— cdott (@jjmccaurathy) September 23, 2024
#Skol pic.twitter.com/0LvEvfhBGe
— JJetsCards18 (@JJetsCards18) September 23, 2024
Very lucky for MN
— Gatsby (@ZachGatsby) September 23, 2024
Thank god😭
— BLITZi (@YTBLITZi) September 23, 2024
All Vikings fans can finally breathe now 😅
— Dashing Jimmy (@CousinsKirk8) September 23, 2024
