TRAP EVADED
VIKINGS 15 DOLPHINS 10 Sunday presented the 3-0 Vikings hosting the 0-3 Dolphins. A classic spot for one team to overlook another, especially when that team is also mired in an offensive funk. But the Vikings have spent the early part of this season mastering the (abstract) art of the ugly win. Style points aren't happening. Doesn't matter. Wins matter. Keep winning. I do think this game eventually showed some evidence that the offense is figuring some things out. But it sure wasn't in the first half. It was a lot more of the same stuff we saw last week. A messy offense, with penalties and a skittish Kyler Murray. Justin Jefferson didn't play, and in the 1st half, we also lost both Donovan Jackson and Christian Darrisaw. But the offense was able to scrape together a trio of field goals from the machine Will Reichard. The Vikings also got a couple of breaks. Malik Willis appeared to have lofted a long touchdown pass, but the receiver had stepped out of bounds before cat...