WEEK 13
NEW YORK JETS (7-4) @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS (9-2)
DATE: Sunday (12/4/22)
STADIUM: U.S. Bank Stadium
TIME: 1:00 PM ET
REFEREE: Clete Blakeman
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Jets lead all-time series, 8-3
STREAKS Vikings have won past 2
LAST GAME 10/21/18: Vikings 37 at Jets 17
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/7/14: Vikings 30, Jets 24 (OT) (TCF Bank Stadium)
NEW YORK JETS
LAST WEEK W 31-10 vs. Chicago
COACH VS. OPP. Robert Saleh: 0-0
PTS. FOR 20.9
OFFENSE 325.8
PASSING Mike White: 22-28-315-3-0-149.3
RUSHING Michael Carter: 99-370-3.7-3
RECEIVING Garrett Wilson (R): 49-628-12.8-4
PTS. AGAINST 17.8
DEFENSE 308.8
SACKS Quinnen Williams: 8
INTs Lamarcus Joyner: 3
TAKE/GIVE +2 (15/13)
PUNTING (NET) Braden Mann: 47.7 (41.5)
KICKING Greg Zuerlein: 78 (24/25 PAT; 18/22 FG)
JETS NOTES
• QB MIKE WHITE made 1st start of season last week & completed 22 of 28 atts. (78.6 pct.) for 315 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs with career-high 149.3 rating. Joined HOFer Kurt Warner as only QBs in NFL history with 300+ pass yards, 3+ TD passes & 75+ comp. pct. in 2 of 1st 4 career sarts.
• RB MICHAEL CARTER is 1st NYJ RB with 500+ scrimmage yards in each of 1st 2 seasons since Shonn Greene (2009-10).
• RB JAMES ROBINSON had 108 scrimmage yards (78 rush, 30 rec.) & rush TD in only career game vs. Min. (12/6/20 w/ Jax.).
• RB ZONOVAN KNIGHT (rookie) led team with 103 scrimmage yards (69 rush, 34 rec.) last week, most-ever by NYJ player in NFL debut.
• RB TY JOHNSON rushed for season-high 62 yards & 1st TD of season in Week 12.
• WR GARRETT WILSON had 5 catches for 95 yards & 2 TDs last week, his 2nd game this season with 2 rec. TDs, tied-most among rookies. Has 5+ catches & 90+ rec. yards in 3 of past 4. Ranks 2nd among rookies in receptions (49) & rec. yards (628).
• WR ELIJAH MOORE had season-high 64 rec. yards & 1st TD catch of season in Week 12. Has 60+ rec. yards & rec. TD in 2 of his past 3 vs. NFC.
• TE TYLER CONKLIN had 50 rec. yards last week. Had 93 catches, 922 rec. yards & 4 rec. TDs in 4 seasons with Min. (2018-21).
• DL QUINNEN WILLIAMS has sack in 3 of his past 4. Has TFL in 2 of his past 3 vs. NFC.
• LB C.J. MOSLEY led team with 10 tackles & had 1st INT of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 9+ tackles. Has PD in 3 of past 4.
• CB SAUCE GARDNER (rookie) leads NFL with 14 PD in 2022.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
LAST WEEK: W 33-26 vs. New England (Thanksgiving)
COACH VS. OPP. Kevin O’Connell: 0-0
PTS. FOR 23.8
OFFENSE 340.3
PASSING Kirk Cousins: 269-414-2,760-17-9-88.6
RUSHING Dalvin Cook: 178-841-4.7-6
RECEIVING Justin Jefferson: 81-1,232-15.2-5
PTS. AGAINST 23.4
DEFENSE 390.7
SACKS Za’Darius Smith: 9.5
INTs Harrison Smith: 4
TAKE/GIVE +6 (18/12)
PUNTING (NET) Ryan Wright (R): 47.1 (43.7)
KICKING Greg Joseph: 72 (24/29 PAT; 16/21 FG)
VIKINGS NOTES
• QB KIRK COUSINS completed 30 of 37 atts. (season-high 81.1 pct.) for 299 yards & 3 TDs vs. INT for 116.1 rating last week. Has 90+ rating in 7 of his past 8 home starts. Passed for 241 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 95.9 rating in last meeting.
• RB DALVIN COOK has 1,001 scrimmage yards in 2022, his 4th-straight 1,000-yard season. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in 16 of his past 17 at home.
• WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON had 9 catches for 139 yards & rec. TD last week, his 21stcareer game with 100+ rec. yards, most by player in 1st 3 seasons all-time. Has 4,248 rec. yards & surpassed HOFer Randy Moss (4,163) for most rec. yards by player in 1st 3 seasons in NFL history. Is 1 of 3 (Odell Beckham Jr. & Moss) with 1,200+ rec. yards in each of 1st 3 seasons all-time.
• WR ADAM THIELEN had season-high 9 receptions for 61 yards & 3rd rec. TD of season last week. Had 9 catches for 110 yards & rec. TD in last meeting.
• TE T.J. HOCKENSON had 1st rec. TD with Min. last week, his 16th-career TD catch. Aims for his 5th in row with Min. with 5+ receptions.
• LB DANIELLE HUNTER had 7th sack of season last week. Had sack in last meeting.
• LB ZA’DARIUS SMITH ranks 2nd in NFL with 15 TFL in 2022.
• LB JORDAN HICKS led team with 9 tackles & had 3rd sack of season last week. Needs 7 tackles for 4th-straight 100-tackle season.
• LB ERIC KENDRICKS has 7+ tackles in 9 of his past 10. Needs 5 tackles for 8thstraight 90+ tackle season since entering NFL in 2015.
• S HARRISON SMITH has 6+ tackles in 5 of his past 6. Had INT in last meeting & sack
in last home meeting. Is only active player with 30+ INTs (33) & 15+ sacks (16.5).
