They’re heading into the locker rooms for halftime at MetLife Stadium, and the Minnesota Vikings lead the New York Giants by a score of 13-10.
The Giants started the second quarter with the football, and they continued to move the ball down the field on the ground, as Jaxson Dart threw just one pass in their first two possession. They eventually got rookie kicker Ben Sauls into position for his first NFL field goal attempt, and he connected on the 27-yard try to tie things at 3-3.
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The Vikings pushed into Giants territory on their next possession, converting a 4th-and-1 to move into New York territory and then getting an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Giants on top of it. J.J. McCarthy then found Jordan Addison to set up a first-and-goal for the Vikings. The Vikings then avoided disaster when another pass went off of Jalen Nailor’s hands for what would have been a 96-yard pick-six for Jevon Holland, but Abdul Carter was called for defensive offsides. McCarthy was then sacked on the ensuing third-down attempt, and Will Reichard added his second field goal of the day to make it 6-3 with a little under five minutes left before halftime.
Then, the Vikings’ defense forced their first turnover of the day, as a pass from Dart went off the hands of Theo Johnson and into the hands of Byron Murphy Jr. for his first pick of the season, with the return setting the Vikings up at the New York 16.
The Vikings converted that turnover into the game’s first touchdown, as McCarthy scrambled to his right on third down, found nothing open, and took it into the end zone himself for a 12-yard score to put the Vikings ahead 13-3 at the two-minute warning.
The Vikings got the ball back with about a minute left, and they let the Giants do the one thing they couldn’t: score on defense. McCarthy dropped back to pass and got leveled by Brian Burns, fumbling the football away. The ball was recovered by Tyler Nubin, who took the ball into the end zone for a 27-yard touchdown to make it 13-10 going into the locker room.
It appeared that McCarthy may have been injured on the sack by Burns. We will bring you an update on his status as soon as one is available.
We’ve made it to halftime at MetLife Stadium, and the Minnesota Vikings lead the New York Giants by a score of 13-10. Come on in and join us for the third quarter of play!
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