Week 12 Capsules
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Week 12 Minnesota Vikings (8-2) at Detroit Lions (6-4) Thursday, November 23, 2017 | 12:30 PM ET | Ford Field | Referee: Tony Corrente REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Vikings lead all-time series, 71-39-2 LAST GAME: 10/1/17: Lions 14 at Vikings 7 STREAKS: Lions have won past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 11/24/16: Lions 16, Vikings 13 MINNESOTA VIKINGS p DETROIT LIONS LAST WEEK W 24-7 vs. Los Angeles Rams LAST WEEK W 27-24 at Chicago COACH VS. OPP. Mike Zimmer: 2-5 COACH VS. OPP. Jim Caldwell: 5-2 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 24.1/17.2 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 27.1/23.4 OFFENSE 372.5 OFFENSE 338.4 PASSING Case Keenum: 197-300-2194-12-5-93.7 PASSING Matthew Stafford: 227-360-2760-19-5-98.4 RUSHING Latavius Murray: 110-412-3.7-4 RUSHING Ameer Abdullah: 144-491-3.4-3 RECEIVING Adam Thielen: 62-916 (2L)-14.8-3 RECEIVING Golden Tate: 59-691-11.7-3 DEFENSE 290.5 DEFENSE 354.5 SACKS Everson Griffen: 10 SACKS Anthony Zettel: 6 INTs Harrison Smith: 3 INTs Darius Slay: 4 (T3L) TAKE/GIVE +2 (12/10) TAKE/GIVE +7 (19/12) PUNTING (NET) Ryan Quigley: 41.4 (40.0) PUNTING (NET) Sam Martin: 42.5 (38.5) KICKING Kai Forbath: 89 (20/24 PAT; 23/26 FG) KICKING Matt Prater: 89 (26/26 PAT; 21/24 FG) VIKINGS NOTES LIONS NOTES • VIKINGS are 5-2 (.714) all-time on Thanksgiving. • LIONS have won past 4 Thanksgiving games. • QB CASE KEENUM has 584 pass yards (292 per game), 5 TDs • QB MATTHEW STAFFORD has 1,804 pass yards & 2 INTs for 110.5 rating in past 2. Had 321 pass yards with 3 TDs (300.7 per game), 12 TDs & 3 INTs for 98.7 rating in past 6 vs. 1 INT for 126.7 rating in only game at Det. (10/16/16 with LAR). at home. Has 1,950 pass yards (325 per game), 15 TDs & • RB LATAVIUS MURRAY rushed for 95 yards & 2 TDs last 2 INTs for 103 rating in past 6 Thursday games. In 7 career week. Has 4 rush TDs in past 4. In 3 career Thursday games, Thanksgiving games, has 2,219 pass yards & 15 TD passes, has 332 scrimmage yards (110.7 per game) & 4 rush TDs. both 2nd most on Thanksgiving in NFL history. RB JERICK MC KINNON has 2 TDs in past 3 on road. • RB AMEER ABDULLAH rushed for 94 yards & TD in • WR ADAM THIELEN ranks 2nd in NFL with 916 rec. yards. last meeting. Aims for 4th in row with TD. Since 2015, RB Is 2nd player in franchise history with 60+ catches (62) & THEO RIDDICK leads NFL RBs with 166 catches & ranks 900+ yards (916) in team’s 1st 10 games of season (RANDY 2nd with 10 rec. TDs. MOSS, 2003). In past 6 on road, has 39 receptions for 645 • WR GOLDEN TATE has 30 receptions for 424 yards (84.8 yards (107.5 per game) & 4 TDs. Has 19 catches for 387 yards per game) & 2 TDs in past 5. Has 13 catches for 183 yards (129 per game) & 3 TDs in past 3. WR STEFON DIGGS has (91.5 per game) & TD in past 2 at home. WR MARVIN 24 receptions for 286 yards (95.3 per game) & TD in 3 career JONES, JR. led team with 85 rec. yards & TD last week. games vs. Det. Has 2 TDs in his past 3 on road vs. division. Has 4 TDs in past 5. • DE EVERSON GRIFFEN ties for 4th in NFL with 10 sacks. • DE EZEKIEL ANSAH has 6.5 sacks, FF & FR in 4 career Has sack in 8 of his 9 games this season. Has 3 sacks, FF Thanksgiving games. DE ANTHONY ZETTEL has sack in & FR in past 5 on Thursday. Has 9.5 sacks in past 11 vs. 2 of past 3. Had 2 sacks in last meeting. Has 3 sacks & FR in Det. DE DANIELLE HUNTER aims for 3rd in row with past 3 vs. division. CB DARIUS SLAY leads NFC with 4 INTs sack. Had 2 sacks in last meeting. Has 4 sacks in past 5 vs. & ranks 1st in NFL with 15 PD. Had INT in last Thanksgiving division. DT LINVAL JOSEPH had 9 tackles & sack in last game. Has 2 INTs in past 3 home games vs. Min. S GLOVER meeting. S HARRISON SMITH is only NFL safety with QUIN has 3 INTs, incl. 37-yard INT-TD, FF & FR in past 5 at 1.5+ sacks (1.5) & 3+ INTs (3). Has 31 tackles, sack & FR home. Has 19 INTs since 2013, tied for 2nd most in NFL. LB in past 4 at Det. S ANTHONY HARRIS led team with 7 TAHIR WHITEHEAD led team with 9 tackles in Week 11. tackles & had 1st career FF in Week 11. Has 29 tackles (9.7 per game) in past 3 meetings. ON THE AIRWAVES TV: FOX (12:30 PM ET): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews (Field reporter) NATIONAL RADIO: WW1: Kevin Kugler, Ross Tucker, Hub Arkush (Field reporter) | SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 82 (Min), 83 (Det) | XM: 88 (WW1), 82 (Min), 83 (Det) Week 12 Los Angeles Chargers (4-6) at Dallas Cowboys (5-5) Thursday, November 23, 2017 | 4:30 PM ET | AT&T Stadium | Referee: Jerome Boger REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Cowboys lead all-time series, 6-4 LAST GAME: 9/29/13: Cowboys 21 at Chargers 30 STREAKS: Chargers have won past 2 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/13/09: Chargers 20, Cowboys 17 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS p DALLAS COWBOYS LAST WEEK W 54-24 vs. Buffalo LAST WEEK L 37-9 vs. Philadelphia COACH VS. OPP. Anthony Lynn: 0-0 COACH VS. OPP. Jason Garrett: 0-1 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 22.1/19.6 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 24.2/24.2 OFFENSE 341.3 OFFENSE 342.2 PASSING Philip Rivers: 214-355-2514-17-7-89.6 PASSING Dak Prescott: 201-320-2139-16-7-89.8 RUSHING Melvin Gordon: 167-633-3.8-5 RUSHING Alfred Morris: 42-260-6.2-0 RECEIVING Keenan Allen: 56-755-13.5-3 RECEIVING Dez Bryant: 50-541-10.8-4 DEFENSE 348.7 DEFENSE 331.6 SACKS Joey Bosa: 10.5 (3L) SACKS Demarcus Lawrence: 11.5 (T1L) INTs Tre Boston: 4 (T3L) INTs Many tied: 1 TAKE/GIVE +7 (17/10) TAKE/GIVE -2 (12/14) PUNTING (NET) Drew Kaser: 48.9 (41.3) PUNTING (NET) Chris Jones: 43.9 (41.6) KICKING Nick Novak: 41 (17/17 PAT; 8/11 FG) KICKING Mike Nugent: 29 (8/8 PAT; 7/9 FG) CHARGERS NOTES COWBOYS NOTES • CHARGERS make 5th appearance on Thanksgiving & 1st • COWBOYS play 50th Thanksgiving game. Are 30-18-1. since 1969. • QB DAK PRESCOTT has 777 pass yards (259 per game) • QB PHILIP RIVERS passed for 2 TDs last week. Has 10 with 6 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 117.5 rating & has 2 rush TDs in 3 TDs vs. 4 INTs in past 5 on road. Aims for 3rd in row on road career home games vs. AFC. Is 9-3 (.750) with 20 TDs vs. vs. NFC with 2+ TD passes. Has 17 TDs vs. 4 INTs & 101.5 6 INTs for 101.4 rating in past 12 at home. Since entering rating in 8 career games on Thursday. league in 2016, leads NFL QBs with 11 rush TDs. • RB MELVIN GORDON rushed for TD in Week 11. Has • RB ALFRED MORRIS rushed for 121 yards & TD in only 573 scrimmage yards (114.6 per game) & 6 TDs (4 rec., 2 game vs. Chargers (11/3/13 with Was.). Is 1 of 6 NFL RBs rush) in past 5 on road. Has 8 TDs (5 rush, 3 rec.) in past 6 with 5,000+ rush yards (5,216) & 30+ rush TDs (31) since games vs. NFC. Rookie RB AUSTIN EKELER has 3 TDs 2012. (2 rec., 1 rush) in past 2. • WR DEZ BRYANT has 10 rec. TDs in his past 9 at • WR KEENAN ALLEN had 12 catches for 159 yards & 2 home vs. AFC. Has TD catch in 17 of his past 19 vs. AFC. TDs in Week 11. Has 6 games with 10+ catches & 100+ rec. Since 2012, leads NFL with 56 TD catches. TE JASON yards since 2014, tied for 4th most in NFL. Has 56 catches WITTEN has 73 career receptions on Thanksgiving, most for 765 yards (127.5 per game) & 3 TDs in past 6 vs. NFC. in NFL history. Has 809 rec. yards on Thanksgiving & needs TE ANTONIO GATES has 180 rec. yards (90 per game) 26 to surpass HERMAN MOORE (834) for most all- & 2 TDs in past 2 vs. Dal. TE HUNTER HENRY aims for time. WR TERRANCE WILLIAMS had TD catch in last 4th in row vs. NFC with TD catch. Thanksgiving game. • DE JOEY BOSA had sack & FF in Week 11. Aims for 7th • DE DEMARCUS LAWRENCE ties for NFL lead with in row with sack. Has 6 sacks in 5 career games vs. NFC. career-high 11.5 sacks. Has 3 sacks & 2 FFs in past 4 vs. DE MELVIN INGRAM had 39-yard FR-TD last week. Has AFC. Has 3.5 sacks & FF in past 5 at home. DE DAVID 3 sacks, FF & FR in past 3 on road vs. NFC. CB CASEY IRVING has 6 sacks & FF in past 5 at home. Aims for 6th HAYWARD had 2 INTs in Week 11, his 3rd career multi-INT in row at home with PD.