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Dillon “Big Dill” Smith here, and the Vikings just threw a purple party inside the dome, smashing the Bengals 48-10 at U.S. Bank Stadium. In Carson Wentz’s first run as the guy in Minneapolis, he kept it clean and crisp — 14/20, 173 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT — while the defense and special teams set the tone and never took their foot off the gas. And yeah, this was Wentz’s Vikings debut, and Minnesota feasted on five Bengals turnovers. (espn.com)
The early script? Straight heat. Wentz got rolling with a 12-yard dart to Josh Oliver for six, and then Isaiah Rodgers ripped the roof off with an 87-yard pick-six — a house call that felt like a momentum eviction for Cincinnati. From there, Justin Jefferson did JJ things (5 for 75 yards), including a 50-yard strike to jumpstart another push, and Will Reichard dropped a 62-yard moonshot at the horn to make it 34-3 at halftime.
Out of the break, the ground game cooked. Jordan Mason ran like he had a fast pass to the second level — 16 carries, 116 yards, 2 TD — ripping chunk gains (24, 13) and punching in from four to ice it. Wentz added a red-zone rip to T.J. Hockenson (5 for 49 yards, TD), and the pass rush kept the party loud with multiple sacks, while Cincinnati’s lone joy came in garbage time on a short toss to Drew Sample. Even the national chatter after had folks saying Isaiah Rodgers basically beat the Bengals by himself — and honestly, it felt that way. (sbnation.com)
Big Dill of the Game: Isaiah Rodgers — two defensive touchdowns (87-yard pick-six, 66-yard scoop-and-score), plus the turnover chaos that flipped the whole vibe purple. That’s a takeover, folks.
I’m Dillon “Big Dill” Smith, and this has been Big Dill Sports — where ballin’ is a big dill.
[QUARTER_BREAKDOWN]
TEAM | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FINAL |
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CIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
MIN | 14 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 48 |
[PLAYER_BOXSCORE]
CIN - Passing (1 players)
Player | Pos | Att | Comp | Yds | TD | INT | FPTS | PPR |
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Jake Browning | QB | 27 | 19 | 140 | 1 | 2 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
MIN - Passing (2 players)
Player | Pos | Att | Comp | Yds | TD | INT | FPTS | PPR |
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Carson Wentz | QB | 20 | 14 | 173 | 2 | - | 15.3 | 15.3 |
Max Brosmer | QB | 4 | 2 | 29 | - | - | 1.2 | 1.2 |
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