Cooper Rush started at quarterback. Cooper. Rush.
Ever hear of him before Friday, before word leaked that Prescott wasn’t likely to play?
Rush is the guy who’s buried on depth charts, a nobody who somehow finds a way to grab a roster spot each season.
The Vikings should have tormented him all evening, forcing him into a massive amount of sacks, turnovers and deer-in-the-headlights throws.
Instead, Rush did the tormenting, passing for 325 yards and two touchdowns. He won the game with a 5-yard pass to Amari Cooper in the corner of the end zone with 51 seconds to play.
Folks in Dallas will be talking about this game for years. As for Vikings fans, well, it’s just the latest in a sorry history of failures in games they’re supposed to win.
During the game, NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth nailed it when he said, “If they can’t beat the Dallas Cowboys, at home, with a backup quarterback, that’s a bit of a train wreck.”
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