Wild Card Playoff Games, 2022

played in Atlanta, GA

45 degrees, fair, calm

Minnesota Vikings	3	10	9	10	-	32
Atlanta Falcons	3	0	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:06 MIN - Cody Parkey 46 field goal
1Q: 03:30 ATL - Justics Riley 20 field goal
2Q: 13:38 MIN - Gabriel Fox 1 run (Cody Parkey extra point)
2Q: 00:03 MIN - Cody Parkey 42 field goal
3Q: 13:07 MIN - Bobby Welch 46 interception return (Cody Parkey extra point failed)
3Q: 00:56 MIN - Cody Parkey 37 field goal
4Q: 12:41 MIN - Cody Parkey 18 field goal
4Q: 08:35 MIN - Ryan Finley 2 run (Cody Parkey extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:06 MIN - Cody Parkey 46 field goal
1Q: 03:30 ATL - Justics Riley 20 field goal
2Q: 13:38 MIN - Gabriel Fox 1 run (Cody Parkey extra point)
2Q: 00:03 MIN - Cody Parkey 42 field goal
3Q: 13:07 MIN - Bobby Welch 46 interception return (Cody Parkey extra point failed)
3Q: 00:56 MIN - Cody Parkey 37 field goal
4Q: 12:41 MIN - Cody Parkey 18 field goal
4Q: 08:35 MIN - Ryan Finley 2 run (Cody Parkey extra point)

Team Statistics MIN ATL
Record 12-5 11-6
First Downs 27 13
- by Rushing 14 5
- by Passing 10 8
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 404 277
- Offensive Plays 69 48
- Yards per Play 5.86 5.77
Net Rushing Yards 208 114
- Rushing Attempts 44 22
- Yards per Rush 4.73 5.18
Net Passing Yards 196 163
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 23 - 17 - 0 25 - 14 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 208 171
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 7.84 6.27
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 4/11 4/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 4.9 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/50 9/54
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/21 2/44
Interception Ret./Yards 2/46 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/4 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 24
Time of Possession 37:23 22:37

Team Statistics	MIN	ATL
Record	12-5	11-6
First Downs	27	13
- by Rushing	14	5
- by Passing	10	8
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	404	277
- Offensive Plays	69	48
- Yards per Play	5.86	5.77
Net Rushing Yards	208	114
- Rushing Attempts	44	22
- Yards per Rush	4.73	5.18
Net Passing Yards	196	163
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	23 - 17 - 0	25 - 14 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	208	171
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	7.84	6.27
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	4/11	4/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.9	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/50	9/54
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/21	2/44
Interception Ret./Yards	2/46	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/4	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 24
Time of Possession	37:23	22:37

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:02	OWN 25	11	46	Field Goal
1	3:22	4:50	OWN 19	11	81	Touchdown
2	11:33	5:42	OWN 1	10	51	Punt
2	2:08	2:08	OWN 20	6	55	Field Goal
3	11:50	2:17	OWN 22	3	8	Punt
3	5:34	4:43	OWN 1	10	79	Field Goal
3	0:05	2:32	OPP 31	6	30	Field Goal
4	11:59	3:32	OPP 25	9	25	Touchdown
4	5:50	4:45	OWN 4	6	13	Punt

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:58	5:36	OWN 25	11	72	Field Goal
2	13:32	1:59	OWN 25	4	17	Punt
2	5:51	3:43	OWN 3	7	78	Interception
3	15:00	2:05	OWN 31	3	16	Interception
3	12:55	1:05	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
3	9:33	3:59	OWN 5	8	51	Punt
3	0:51	0:46	OWN 39	1	-8	Fumble
4	12:33	0:34	OWN 25	2	0	Fumble
4	8:27	2:37	OWN 25	6	19	Punt
4	1:05	1:05	OWN 41	3	11	Game

Game MVP: Ryan Finley, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Ameer Abdullah	24	112	4.67	11	4	0
QB Ryan Finley	11	50	4.55	12	2	1
RB Gabriel Fox	9	46	5.11	10	1	1

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
QB Malik Jammer	9	32	3.56	17	2
RB Wayne McMillen	7	74	10.57	45	3
RB Stan Hambly	5	8	1.60	3	0
RB Wendell Smallwood	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ryan Finley	23	17	208	2/12	0	32	0	101.3

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Malik Jammer	25	14	171	1/8	0	36	2	43.9

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Devin Singletary	6	6	69	11.50	30	23
TE Myles Martineau	3	4	33	11.00	5	14
WR Dennis Humphrey	2	4	36	18.00	23	32
RB Ameer Abdullah	2	3	2	1.00	1	4
WR Blake Guthrie	2	3	49	24.50	6	32
RB Gabriel Fox	1	1	4	4.00	4	4
WR Jack Bergsman	1	1	15	15.00	0	15
TE Blake Bell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Lionel Jackson	3	7	41	13.67	5	18
WR Damien Money	2	2	8	4.00	0	5
WR Terry McLaurin	2	3	45	22.50	38	36
RB Wayne McMillen	2	4	11	5.50	3	8
WR Jordan Matthews	1	1	24	24.00	3	24
WR Ryan Switzer	1	3	10	10.00	0	10
WR Courtland Sutton	1	2	30	30.00	16	30
WR Jaleel Scott	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4
RB Sherman Moss	1	2	6	6.00	0	6

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Abel Shea	1	0	0.00	0
CB Bobby Welch	1	46	46.00	1

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Recov	Force
OLB Abel Shea	1	0
CB Bobby Welch	1	0
DT Greg Gaines	0	1
CB Ivan Kassulke	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Malik Jammer	2	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Anger	3	152	50.7	50.7	65	2

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
J. K. Scott	4	204	51.0	51.0	57	3

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cody Parkey	4/4	2/2	0/0	46	2/3

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justics Riley	1/1	0/0	0/0	20	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dennis Humphrey	1	21	21.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Courtland Sutton	2	44	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Willie Bayer	7	0	0.0	14	12
ILB Arthur Brown	6	1	0.0	22	23
OLB Jordan Sanford	4	2	0.0	18	19
DE Robert Nkemdiche	3	1	0.0	18	18
S Leonard McDaniel	3	0	0.0	2	7
DT Greg Gaines	2	0	1.0	6	4
CB Eddie Jackson	2	1	0.0	22	26
CB Bobby Welch	2	1	0.0	20	13
OLB Abel Shea	2	0	0.0	20	26
CB Antonio Woodard	2	0	0.0	20	26
CB Ivan Kassulke	1	2	0.0	8	16
DE Trey Hendrickson	1	0	0.0	10	13
CB Junior Brovins	1	0	0.0	4	8
CB Carter Meister	0	1	0.0	22	26
CB R.J. Horner	0	1	0.0	2	6

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Al Woodard	12	5	0.0	44	25
S Bubba Starks	11	3	0.0	34	20
OLB Donny Duckett	8	1	0.0	29	19
ILB Winfred Pirker	5	3	0.0	35	12
S Donnell Paltrow	5	2	0.0	43	24
CB Keegan Sherman	3	0	0.0	41	25
DE Montravius Adams	2	0	1.0	36	20
DE Lorenzo Hitchcock	2	0	1.0	34	22
CB Alec Daily	2	1	0.0	35	22
CB Deandre Baker	2	0	0.0	20	11
ILB Terry Nalen	2	0	0.0	31	25
S Cary Groza	2	0	0.0	7	0
DE Jace Dole	1	3	0.0	23	10
DT Charles Nettles	1	2	0.0	18	14
CB Darrell Krank	1	1	0.0	19	15
OLB Brant Jones	1	0	0.0	1	0
CB Brayden Small	1	0	0.0	8	0
QB Malik Jammer	1	0	---	---	---
DT Eddie Vanderdoes	0	2	0.0	26	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Greg Gaines	1.0	0	0	0	4
DE Cristian Burks	0.0	0	2	0	21

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Lorenzo Hitchcock	1.0	0	1	1	22
DE Montravius Adams	1.0	0	0	0	20

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Leonard McDaniel	3	0	0	7
ILB Arthur Brown	2	1	0	23
OLB Jordan Sanford	2	0	0	19
CB Eddie Jackson	2	0	0	26
ILB Willie Bayer	1	1	0	12
OLB Abel Shea	1	0	1	26
CB Bobby Welch	1	0	1	13
DE Robert Nkemdiche	1	0	0	18
CB Ivan Kassulke	1	0	0	16
CB Antonio Woodard	0	2	0	26

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Bubba Starks	4	0	20
OLB Donny Duckett	3	0	19
CB Keegan Sherman	2	0	25
CB Deandre Baker	2	0	11
ILB Al Woodard	2	0	25
DE Montravius Adams	1	0	20
ILB Winfred Pirker	1	0	12
S Donnell Paltrow	1	0	24
CB Darrell Krank	1	0	15
CB Alec Daily	0	1	22

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Ethan Pocic	6	9	1	44	1	25
G Braden Smith	5	9	2	44	0	25
T Clothesline Francis	4	9	0	44	0	25
C Alexis Durham	3	6	0	44	0	25
T Brandon Shell	2	5	0	44	1	25

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Scottie Justice	3	9	22	0	26
C Pedro Janes	1	2	22	0	26
T Demetrius Caron	1	2	22	0	26
G Oscar Ignasiak	0	4	20	0	19
T Kelvin Wayne	0	3	20	1	19

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Jack Bergsman	1	20
Emmanuel Greer	1	8

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Al Woodard	1	13

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Braden Smith	44	25	---	---	7	76
T Clothesline Francis	44	25	---	---	7	76
C Alexis Durham	44	25	---	---	7	76
WR Dennis Humphrey	38	24	---	---	13	75
T Brandon Shell	44	25	---	---	---	69
C Ethan Pocic	44	25	---	---	---	69
QB Ryan Finley	44	25	---	---	---	69
TE Myles Martineau	38	23	---	---	---	61
CB Carter Meister	---	---	22	26	7	55
RB Ameer Abdullah	31	23	---	---	---	54
WR Devin Singletary	28	22	---	---	1	51
CB Eddie Jackson	---	---	22	26	1	49
OLB Abel Shea	---	---	20	26	3	49
CB Antonio Woodard	---	---	20	26	2	48
ILB Arthur Brown	---	---	22	23	1	46
WR Jack Bergsman	19	4	---	---	20	43
DE Cristian Burks	---	---	16	21	5	42
FB Craig Robbins	14	9	---	---	17	40
OLB Jordan Sanford	---	---	18	19	1	38
DE Robert Nkemdiche	---	---	18	18	1	37
CB Bobby Welch	---	---	20	13	4	37
DT Jordan Phillips	---	---	14	16	1	31
WR Blake Guthrie	15	15	---	---	---	30
RB Gabriel Fox	11	2	---	---	16	29
ILB Willie Bayer	---	---	14	12	1	27
TE Johnnie Lang	3	1	---	---	20	24
CB Ivan Kassulke	---	---	8	16	---	24
DE Trey Hendrickson	---	---	10	13	---	23
S Leonard McDaniel	---	---	2	7	11	20
CB R.J. Horner	---	---	2	6	11	19
TE Blake Bell	16	2	---	---	---	18
OLB Donovan Welch	---	---	2	0	14	16
WR Emmanuel Greer	7	0	---	---	8	15
DT Greg Gaines	---	---	6	4	3	13
CB Junior Brovins	---	---	4	8	---	12
K Cody Parkey	0	0	---	---	11	11
RB Chandler Estrada	0	0	---	---	10	10
DT Luke Schlafly	---	---	2	6	1	9
P Bryan Anger	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Cris Houzah	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Kerry Boone	0	0	---	---	7	7
ILB Telvin Smith	---	---	0	0	6	6
QB Brendan Zenger	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Ryan James	---	---	0	0	---	0
C Kim Cassidy	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Glenn Batchelor	---	---	0	0	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
ILB Al Woodard	---	---	44	25	13	82
ILB Terry Nalen	---	---	31	25	15	71
S Donnell Paltrow	---	---	43	24	4	71
CB Keegan Sherman	---	---	41	25	4	70
ILB Winfred Pirker	---	---	35	12	18	65
CB Alec Daily	---	---	35	22	4	61
DE Montravius Adams	---	---	36	20	4	60
DE Lorenzo Hitchcock	---	---	34	22	3	59
S Bubba Starks	---	---	34	20	2	56
C Pedro Janes	22	26	---	---	5	53
T Demetrius Caron	22	26	---	---	4	52
OLB Donny Duckett	---	---	29	19	2	50
QB Malik Jammer	22	26	---	---	1	49
G Scottie Justice	22	26	---	---	---	48
CB Darrell Krank	---	---	19	15	13	47
CB Deandre Baker	---	---	20	11	14	45
RB Wayne McMillen	18	24	---	---	3	45
G Oscar Ignasiak	20	19	---	---	5	44
TE Lionel Jackson	20	23	---	---	---	43
DT Eddie Vanderdoes	---	---	26	11	4	41
T Kelvin Wayne	20	19	---	---	---	39
DE Jace Dole	---	---	23	10	4	37
WR Terry McLaurin	9	11	---	---	13	33
DT Charles Nettles	---	---	18	14	---	32
WR Courtland Sutton	7	14	---	---	7	28
RB Sherman Moss	4	7	---	---	17	28
TE Chris Herndon	9	3	---	---	14	26
TE Jack Doyle	5	0	---	---	17	22
WR Jordan Matthews	9	12	---	---	---	21
WR Ryan Switzer	7	14	---	---	---	21
CB Brayden Small	---	---	8	0	12	20
WR Jaleel Scott	9	10	---	---	---	19
RB Stan Hambly	6	0	---	---	10	16
G James Carpenter	2	7	---	---	5	14
RB Wendell Smallwood	5	5	---	---	2	12
WR Damien Money	2	7	---	---	---	9
C Dixon Christmas	2	7	---	---	---	9
S Cary Groza	---	---	7	0	---	7
C Brett Edmunds	0	0	---	---	5	5
P J. K. Scott	0	0	---	---	4	4
K Justics Riley	0	0	---	---	3	3
OLB Brant Jones	---	---	1	0	---	1
QB Dexter Prior	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Gene Fore	---	---	0	0	---	0
OLB Wesley Grogg	---	---	0	0	---	0
S Jorge Roan	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	41	4.1
Middle	18	89	4.9
Right	16	78	4.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	70	7.0
Middle	9	42	4.7
Right	3	2	0.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ryan Finley	23	17	4	2	2	1	1	1	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Malik Jammer	25	14	3	2	1	4	2	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	2	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	8	87	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	87	12.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	32	32.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	5	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	6	65	5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	59	9.8
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	42	10.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Devin Singletary	6	6	0	69	2	22
WR Dennis Humphrey	4	2	2	36	1	24
TE Myles Martineau	4	3	0	33	0	23
RB Ameer Abdullah	3	2	0	2	0	23
WR Blake Guthrie	3	2	0	49	1	15
TE Blake Bell	1	0	0	0	0	2
RB Gabriel Fox	1	1	0	4	0	2
WR Jack Bergsman	1	1	0	15	0	4

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Lionel Jackson	7	3	0	41	0	23
RB Wayne McMillen	4	2	0	11	0	24
WR Ryan Switzer	3	1	1	10	0	14
WR Terry McLaurin	3	2	0	45	1	11
WR Courtland Sutton	2	1	0	30	1	14
WR Damien Money	2	2	0	8	0	7
RB Sherman Moss	2	1	0	6	0	7
WR Jordan Matthews	1	1	0	24	1	12
WR Jaleel Scott	1	1	0	-4	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Ameer Abdullah	5	31	6.20	4.67
QB Ryan Finley	3	5	1.67	4.55
RB Gabriel Fox	2	9	4.50	5.11

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Wayne McMillen	1	-1	-1.00	10.57

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ryan Finley	9	4	19	2.11	9.04

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Malik Jammer	5	2	15	3.00	6.84

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dennis Humphrey	2	0	0	0.00	9.00
RB Ameer Abdullah	2	1	4	2.00	0.67
WR Devin Singletary	2	2	11	5.50	11.50
TE Blake Bell	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Gabriel Fox	1	1	4	4.00	4.00
TE Myles Martineau	1	0	0	0.00	8.25

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Lionel Jackson	3	0	0	0.00	5.86
WR Terry McLaurin	1	1	9	9.00	15.00
RB Sherman Moss	1	1	6	6.00	3.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
RB Ameer Abdullah	5	1
QB Ryan Finley	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ryan Finley	4	2	2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Malik Jammer	9	4	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Ameer Abdullah	1	0	0
WR Devin Singletary	1	1	1
WR Jack Bergsman	1	1	1
TE Myles Martineau	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Lionel Jackson	4	2	2
WR Ryan Switzer	2	1	1
WR Courtland Sutton	2	1	1
RB Wayne McMillen	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,300 (25,300)
End Zone 18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	99,900 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,300 (25,300)
End Zone	18,200 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)