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With a head coach like Jeff Fisher, he is willing to go above and beyond to have the best defense in the league.
Gurley split his youth between Baltimore and tiny Tarboro, N.C., two places with plenty of ACC fans who root against Duke.
There has been plenty of talk about Gurley, a St. Louis Rams rookie, being a “young Adrian Peterson”. And while Gurley will look to raise his game against one of the NFL’s elite backs, Peterson said the matchup should provide him with additional motivation, as well.
After rushing six times for nine yards in his National Football League debut against the Steelers, Gurley has rushed for 146, 159, 128 and 133 yards – becoming the first rookie to ever rush for 125-plus yards in four consecutive games.
At 30 years old, a few question whether Peterson will decline in the years to come… but the running back says he feels he can be a factor for another decade, reports ESPN. Only 38 of those came on the ground, and the Rams rank sixth in rushing defense allowing 3.73 yards per carry.
Since then, the Rams are 3-1 with two road division wins.
Before last week’s win over the Bears, Zimmer continuously reminded the players that the Vikings hadn’t won at Chicago since 2007.
Asked for this week’s motivational play, Zimmer said he had been advised to no longer share those feelings publicly. Donald is disruptive against the run and pass, and the Vikings might need C Joe Berger to give Harris help. That’s the combined record of the teams the Vikings have beaten to reach 5-2. The Vikings beat the Lions, 26-16. They are averaging 21 points and 340 yards per game over the past four weeks, a considerable jump from their numbers in the first three weeks of the season (17 points and 274 yards per game).
That was Bridgewater’s fourth game-winning drive in his 19th start, but the Vikings are still seeking consistency earlier in ball games with their second-year quarterback.
SERIES HISTORY: 37th regular-season meeting. He has returned from his year away from football with a vengeance, ranking third in the NFL in both total rushing yards and attempts. The victor of this game will have something to say about the NFC playoff picture, while the loser will be relegated to the “not ready for prime-time” bin, sure to attract meaningless buzzwords like “sleeper” and “dark-horse” for next season, but safely out of mind for the current one. They are above. 500 this late in the season for the first time since 2006, and are looking for just their second three-game win streak under Fisher. Both teams are built around a powerful, explosive running back, a high-pressure defense and sound special teams that provide favorable field position.
The Vikings need to use the home-crowd noise to their pass rush’s benefit.
