Pittsburgh rookie running back Najee Harris already has 274 touches through 12 games. “It’s time to go bring the pain to somebody else, just show our frustration off of last game,” Jefferson said. The Vikings have so far been squandering another stellar overall performance by their star wide receiver. Justin Jefferson is second in the NFL with 1,209 receiving yards, on pace for another collection of records in his second year in the league. Strahan did not appear on a single MVP ballot in 2001, when the Giants finished 7-9. “He should absolutely get MVP votes as well, because that’s what kind of a player he is,” Roethlisberger said. Some of Watt’s teammates have been stumping for Watt to win the Defensive Player of the Year Award. Watt is on pace to break the NFL single-season record (22 1/2) set by Hall of Famer Michael Strahan with the New York Giants in 2001. Watt has already equaled James Harrison’s team record for sacks in a season, having pushed his total to 16 with a 3 1/2-sack performance last week against Baltimore. The Vikings (5-7) are in ninth place in the NFC, one game behind Washington and San Francisco and a half-game behind Philadelphia. The Steelers (6-5-1) are in eighth place in the AFC, but all three teams - the Los Angeles Chargers, Cincinnati and Buffalo - currently holding wild-card spots are only a hair ahead of them at 7-5. But as the leader, he knows he’s got to get back up on the horse each day and keep fighting.” I think we feed off that, and it makes us a resilient group,” quarterback Kirk Cousins said. That’s a guy that you’re not going to knock down easily, and you can’t count him out. He’s been through a lot in his football career. In his eighth season with Minnesota, the 65-year-old Zimmer has seen his team lose seven times by a combined margin of 28 points. The security of head coach Mike Zimmer is probably being threatened by all these last-minute falters. "I know you’re supposed to have a 24-hour rule, but if you don’t take things personally in this league, you’re not going to be here very long.” “I carry losses with me,” 10th-year Vikings safety Harrison Smith said. The end was cruel again to the Vikings on Sunday in Detroit, when the previously winless Lions beat them 29-27 with a last-play touchdown pass to cap a 75-yard drive that began with 1:50 left and with no timeouts. What transpired last week in a positive way might not necessarily manifest itself in the next stadium in that way.” “But you’re just faced with different challenges each and every week. I know that we grow from those experiences and grow in the right ways: belief in themselves, each other,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said.
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They'll play in Minnesota on Thursday night, with the full expectation of another down-to-the-wire affair. The Steelers are 6-1-1 in decisions by eight points or less. “Character can be built, heart can be built, from those games.” “Obviously we'd love to have a blowout game and not have to worry about it, but I definitely think you can learn something from the game last week,” quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said.
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Their outlook is a bit brighter, though, thanks to their 20-19 win over rival Baltimore on Sunday.Īs random and unpredictable as NFL results can be, the Steelers appear to have cracked the code on these close games that the Vikings are still scrambling to solve. The Pittsburgh Steelers are on the outside of the playoff picture in the AFC, too, similarly facing a difficult schedule down the stretch. The NFC wild-card race that was recently so inviting will require extra work to re-enter. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings have spent the entire season on the edge, with all but one game decided by one score.