We’ve made it through the first quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium, and our Minnesota Vikings trail the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 7-3.

The Vikings won the coin toss and elected to defer to the second half, giving the defending Super Bowl champions the football first. As expected, the Eagles went heavy to Saquon Barkley early, and their fourth down rugby play helped to continue their opening possession into Minnesota territory. The Eagles then had another fourth down play, and they took advantage of a mismatch on defense as Jalen Hurts found A.J. Brown for a 37-yard touchdown to make it 7-0 midway through the first quarter.

Minnesota then took over and got things going with a pair of completions from Carson Wentz, one to Adam Thielen for a first down on a third-down throw and then a big

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