For much of the first seven weeks of the season, the predominant question around the Minnesota Vikings was: "Can they really keep winning this way?" And the answer was yes, six times over. Sure, Minnesota's 10 touchdowns were the fewest by any 6-0 team in more than 100 years, but wins are wins, and Minnesota was stacking them. The Lions grounded out an impressive 19-15 win, a crucial result in the cutthroat NFC North.
Jahmyr Gibbs had 168 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown, and Jared Goff gutted through a tough day overall to throw the game-winning touchdown to Jameson Williams. There were major, uncomfortable questions during the Vikings' winning streak. Those questions just came to the forefront even more with a loss, and the Vikings must find answers immediately.
The most important question revolves around the most important position. I gave Murray a lot of grace early this year. He was on a new team and in a new system.
He suffered a concussion moments into his Vikings debut. It was about as inauspicious a start as possible, and even as he struggled after he returned, I was willing to give him some time to figure it out. Murray was dreadful again Sunday: 17-for-29 for 210 yards, one touchdown and one interception, with three sacks taken.
He also ran four times for 35 yards, which was a team high (more on that in a bit). His touchdown pass was a miraculous Justin Jefferson catch. JUSTIN JEFFERSON OH MYMINvsDET on FOX/FOX OneStream on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/DUTDY0f59E But Murray was so wildly inaccurate that he often didn't even give his teammates chances to make otherworldly catches or routine catches.
According to TruMedia, five of Murray's 29 passes (17.2%) were off-target. He missed Jefferson up the seam on what would have been a touchdown. He missed Jefferson on a rollout, firing the ball several feet above his superstar wide receiver.
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