IT'S BACK! An ugly win is still a win. The Redskins love winning ugly, they love ugly games and they've shown it all season. If the tie wasn't enough to prove that, then today cemented it. It wasn't all ugly, the Redskins wore their Burgundy alternate jerseys and helmets with gray facemarks, which are among the best alternate jerseys in the NFL, the defense put together a successful game-ending stand and the Redskins came out with a win, so as ugly as it was, it was ultimately positive.
Offensively, the Redskins played about to their season average. Kirk Cousins was 22/33 with 262 yards and a pair of touchdowns to compliment those numbers. Kirk didn't throw any interceptions today which was a nice, yet surprising touch. Rob Kelley provided 97 yards on 22 carries in Matt Jones' absence. Cousins' two touchdowns came courtesy of Vernon Davis and Jamison Crowder. As could have been predicted, the Redskins had trouble getting into the end zone and Dustin Hopkins had to provide four field goals.
Defensively, today was a mixed bag. Stephon Diggs torched the defense with 13 receptions for 164 yards. Sam Bradford threw for 302 yards, two touchdowns and an interception on 31 completions. In the rushing game, the Redskins were dominant. The Vikings leading rusher was Jerick McKinnon, who amassed 16 yards on six carries. For every lopsided game the Redskins had, for the Vikings, this was exponentially worse, as they were only able to muster 47 yards on 21 carries. It wasn't beautiful, but this was by no means even a bad defensive effort compared to what the Redskins have shown this season. Two key sacks on the final drive definitely helped the overall effort.
The Redskins now move to 5-3-1 and are still third in the NFC East. Next week they take on The Packers at home in a rare primetime game for the Redskins, Sunday at 8:30.
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