Minnesota Vikings: 5 best offensive plays of the 2017 regular season

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 19: Adam Thielen #19 of the Minnesota Vikings, Michael Floyd #18, and Jerick McKinnon #21 celebrate after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the game against the Los Angeles Rams on November 19, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 19: Adam Thielen #19 of the Minnesota Vikings, Michael Floyd #18, and Jerick McKinnon #21 celebrate after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the game against the Los Angeles Rams on November 19, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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(Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images) Jerick McKinnon
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3. McKinnon gets loose for a touchdown in Chicago

Minnesota’s Week 5 matchup with the Chicago Bears was definitely one of the team’s oddest games of the 2017 season.

Sam Bradford started under center for the Vikings for the first time since Week 1, but he was taken off the field before the team even finished the second quarter. At the half, the score of the game was only 3-2 in favor of Minnesota and it looked like the team’s past struggles in the Windy City could be making an appearance once again.

Luckily, after a hobbled Bradford was replaced by Case Keenum, the Vikings were able to put 17 points up on the scoreboard and eventually get a 20-17 win over the Bears.

In Minnesota’s first game since rookie running back Dalvin Cook was lost for the season to a torn ACL, the Vikings did not show any signs that their rushing attack had become a weakness. Minnesota running back Jerick McKinnon finished the matchup against Chicago with 95 rushing yards on 16 carries, including a nice 58-yard scamper in the third quarter that resulted in a Vikings touchdown.

Following the win over the Bears, McKinnon and fellow running back Minnesota running back Latavius Murray proved that the team’s rushing attack was more than capable of being a factor each and every week even without Cook in the lineup.