In a Week 16 game with plenty of playoff implications for both sides, the Minnesota Vikings defeated the New York Giants by a score of 27-24. The game brings the Vikings to a season record of 12-3, while the Giants have now fallen to 8-6-1.
Offensive spotlight: The nod for Offensive Player of the Game goes to Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins, who finished with a stat line of 34-for-48 with 299 passing yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Both T.J. Hockenson and Justin Jefferson had more than 100 yards through the air on the end of Cousins’ passes.
Defensive spotlight: Vikings pass rusher Danielle Hunter finished the game with two sacks on the day. His initial pass-rush grade came in at 87.9.
Rookie spotlight: Giants rookie edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux finished the game with a 62.8 initial grade. He recorded a 68.8 run-defense grade and a 53.0 pass-rushing grade on first review.
Offensive line spotlight: The Vikings had three offensive linemen grade out above 76.0 on the day, pending review: Christian Darrisaw, Ezra Cleveland — who both finished with grades above 80.0 — and Ed Ingram. Darrisaw and Cleveland did allow a sack each, but it was a solid performance from the group as a whole.
Box Score
Passing
New York Giants |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Daniel Jones | 24.76 | 30 / 42 | 334 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| Kirk Cousins | 24.16 | 34 / 48 | 299 | 6.2 | 3 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
New York Giants |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Saquon Barkley | 27.3 | 14 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| Daniel Jones | 24.76 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Matt Breida | 0.9 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Gary Brightwell | -0.1 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
Rushing
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long |
| Kirk Cousins | 24.16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dalvin Cook | 10.7 | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 0 | 18 |
| Alexander Mattison | 1.7 | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 0 | 13 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
New York Giants |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Saquon Barkley | 27.3 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Isaiah Hodgins | 22.9 | 11 | 8 | 89 | 8.1 | 1 |
| Richie James | 17 | 12 | 8 | 90 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Darius Slayton | 11.9 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 13.2 | 0 |
| Daniel Bellinger | 5.7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 |
Receiving
New York Giants |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| Saquon Barkley | 27.3 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Isaiah Hodgins | 22.9 | 11 | 8 | 89 | 8.1 | 1 |
| Richie James | 17 | 12 | 8 | 90 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Darius Slayton | 11.9 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 13.2 | 0 |
| Daniel Bellinger | 5.7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 |
Minnesota Vikings |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | TD |
| T.J. Hockenson | 38.9 | 16 | 13 | 109 | 6.8 | 2 |
| Justin Jefferson | 34.3 | 16 | 12 | 133 | 8.3 | 1 |
| Dalvin Cook | 10.7 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 |
| K.J. Osborn | 4.7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Johnny Mundt | 2.6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Adam Thielen | 1.6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 |
| C.J. Ham | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
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