The Minnesota Vikings face the Los Angeles Rams in a rematch of their October matchup, where the Rams emerged victorious. This time, the Vikings enter as slight favorites, looking to avoid repeating the mistakes that cost them in the previous game. Key factors include minimizing penalties and containing the Rams' passing attack.
Monday night's wild-card battle between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams promises to be a very good matchup. Even though the Rams beat the Vikings 30-20 back on Oct. 28, Minnesota enters the playoff game as 1.5-point road favorites. Obviously, it's going to be critical that Minnesota doesn't repeat the mistakes that cost them in Los Angeles three days before Halloween.
The two things that most fans will remember about that game are left tackle Christian Darrisaw suffering a season-ending knee injury just before the half and the refs missing one of the most obvious facemask violations against Sam Darnold that you'll ever see. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rams were stopped on third-and-7 at their own 49-yard line but Byron Murphy Jr. was called for holding. The Rams then moved the ball to the Minnesota 6-yard line after that and the Vikings got another third-down stop but Stephon Gilmore was called for pass interference. The Rams scored two plays later. In the fourth quarter the Rams had second-and-11 from the Minnesota 27-yard line and threw an incomplete pass but Murphy Jr. was hit with an interference penalty that set up a first down at the Vikings 16-yard line. Three plays later the Rams scored. The Vikings and Rams both scored touchdowns on consecutive drives for a fiery 14-14 start, and on Minnesota's third offensive possession they went three and out after starting with a false start followed by an illegal formation penalty. The Rams targeted Gilmore eight times, completed six passes for 98 yards (all six went for a first down or touchdown) including 31 yards after catch and a touchdown. The only game Gilmore has received a lower coverage grade from Pro Football Focus than his 45.4 score against the Rams was in Week 17 against the Packers when he was given a 41.9 coverage grade. It's interesting that Jared Goff and the Lions also shredded Gilmore and the Vikings just four days before Stafford and the Rams gouged the pass defens
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