The Minnesota Vikings let an early lead slip away from them and the Arizona Cardinals were able to complete the comeback in the fourth quarter, winning 18-17 on the road.
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Offensive spotlight: Few significant players on either side were appearing in this game, but rookie Clayton Tune start and hasn’t been ruled out as a Day 1 starter over veteran Colt McCoy while Kyler Murray continues to rehab his torn ACL. The fact that Tune was playing at all suggests he’s behind in that race, but he outperformed David Blough, who relieved him later in the game. Tune averaged 7.1 yards per attempt at an average depth of target of 8.6 yards and one of his incompletions was a dropped pass.
Defensive spotlight: Another player whose appearance in the game in the first place isn’t a great sign for his standing on the depth chart is Vikings cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. He started at corner and played 16 snaps, 10 of which were in coverage. He was targeted once, allowing a catch for 26 yards on the play. Booth was a second-round pick of the team a season ago but lost most of his rookie year to injury. With a new scheme in place this season, he is battling to be a factor in a young defense.
Rookie spotlight: Vikings safety Jay Ward had one of the key plays of the game, rushing on a blitz and forcing a fumble to create Minnesota’s second score. A fourth-round pick out of LSU, Ward played 45 snaps in this game. That was by far his biggest play, but he also had a forced incompletion in coverage and made three tackles, one of which was a defensive stop.
Box Score
Passing
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| David Blough | 14.02 | 11 / 22 | 93 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Clayton Tune | 2.4 | 9 / 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Jaren Hall | 12.22 | 16 / 27 | 178 | 6.6 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| David Blough | 14.02 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Corey Clement | 10.4 | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 0 | 29 |
| Emari Demercado | 4.7 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Keaontay Ingram | 3.3 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Stevie Scott III | 0.5 | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Jaren Hall | 12.22 | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Abram Smith | 10.4 | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 11 |
| DeWayne McBride | 9.7 | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 1 | 9 |
| Aaron Dykes | 3.5 | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 0 | 4 |
Receiving
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Davion Davis | 13.3 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 6.1 | 1 |
| Corey Clement | 10.4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Kaden Davis | 6.8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 |
| Noah Togiai | 6.7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 |
| Greg Dortch | 4.9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 |
| Emari Demercado | 4.7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Keaontay Ingram | 3.3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Blake Whiteheart | 3.3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 |
| Bernhard Seikovits | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Brandon Smith | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Daniel Arias | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Cobbs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Abram Smith | 10.4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| DeWayne McBride | 9.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Proehl | 9.5 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 9 | 0 |
| Jalen Reagor | 4.8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 |
| Lucky Jackson | 4.3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 |
| Aaron Dykes | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Trishton Jackson | 2.9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 |
| Jacob Copeland | 2.8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 |
| Nick Muse | 2.6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| Ben Sims | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| Colin Thompson | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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