Vikings fans at Sofi awoke the sleeping giant and paid the price

Karma, your name is Jared Verse

The Rams defense surrendered 14 point in the first quarter of the game, and by all rights it appeared that they were a beaten team. And yet, Verse was not having any of that. By the time the second quarter of the game arrived, the Rams offense had driven for another touchdown to tie the game. Injured defensive back Kamren Curl had returned to the game.

But Jared Verse was about to get started.

On a clear passing down set up by penalties and incompletions, the Rams defense pinned its ears back and went after Darnold with complete abandon. The first defender to get to him? Jared Verse. And you can bet that his sack celebration had a special message to all of the SKOL-chanting Vikings fans in the seats at SoFi Stadium:

And Verse was not done. With time running out, and the Vikings only trailing by a touchdown and a two-point convers, their offense took over at their 30-yard line with all three time outs and 6:17 remaining on the game clock. But after a 25-yard completion to Josh Oliver, and a two-yard run by Vikings RB Aaron Jones, Darnold dropped back to pass.

But both Michael Hoecht and Jared Verse were on him like heat-seeking missiles, dropping the veteran quarterback for a sack and a loss of 13 yards on the play. That forced the Minnesota Vikings to punt at fourth down and 21 yards to go. And that was all she wrote.

The Rams defense was not done. Oh no, not yet. The Rams were forced to punt the ball back to the Vikings. Still down just eight points, and operating on their own five-yard line, Darnold dropped back to pass. This time, he was hunted down by OLB Byron Young, who dropped Darnold for a sack in the Vikings endzone. That became the first safety scored by the Rams defense this season.

After allowing two touchdown drives in the first quarter, the Rams defense became mighty stingy mighty quickly. They allowed just six points by the Vikings offense the rest of the game, and three of those points came after a Matthew Stafford interception.

And the Rams defense scored two points in the game as well.

Common courtesy is simply common sense. If any NFL fans find themselves as the topic of a next-day article about motivating their opponent to win, they not only failed to show respect, they've failed their team.

When the Vikings fans had their say, their team went up on the scoreboard to an early seven-point lead. But by the time OLB Jared Verse had his final say, the scoreboard told a different tale

TNF Final Score

Minnesota Vikings 20
Los Angeles Rams 30

As always, thanks for reading.

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