But as the leader, he knows he's got to get back up on the horse each day and keep fighting.' I think we feed off that, and it makes us a resilient group,' quarterback Kirk Cousins said. That's a guy that you're not going to knock down easily, and you can't count him out. He's been through a lot in his football career. In his eighth season with Minnesota, the 65-year-old Zimmer has seen his team lose seven times by a combined margin of 28 points. The security of head coach Mike Zimmer is probably being threatened by all these last-minute falters. 'I know you're supposed to have a 24-hour rule, but if you don't take things personally in this league, you're not going to be here very long.' 'I carry losses with me,' 10th-year Vikings safety Harrison Smith said. The end was cruel again to the Vikings on Sunday in Detroit, when the previously winless Lions beat them 29-27 with a last-play touchdown pass to cap a 75-yard drive that began with 1:50 left and with no timeouts. What transpired last week in a positive way might not necessarily manifest itself in the next stadium in that way.' 'But you're just faced with different challenges each and every week. I know that we grow from those experiences and grow in the right ways: belief in themselves, each other,' Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. They'll play in Minnesota on Thursday night, with the full expectation of another down-to-the-wire affair.

The Steelers are 6-1-1 in decisions by eight points or less. 'Character can be built, heart can be built, from those games.'

'Obviously we'd love to have a blowout game and not have to worry about it, but I definitely think you can learn something from the game last week,' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. Their outlook is a bit brighter, though, thanks to their 20-19 win over rival Baltimore on Sunday.Īs random and unpredictable as NFL results can be, the Steelers appear to have cracked the code on these close games that the Vikings are still scrambling to solve. The Pittsburgh Steelers are on the outside of the playoff picture in the AFC, too, similarly facing a difficult schedule down the stretch. The NFC wild-card race that was recently so inviting will require extra work to re-enter. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings have spent the entire season on the edge, with all but one game decided by one score.

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