HEAD COACH MATT RHULE

RE: Opening Statement

Obviously, credit to the Minnesota Vikings, Coach [Mike] Zimmer and his team, Kirk Cousins, [Justin] Jefferson. If you would have told me we held Dalvin Cook to 55 yards rushing and lost the game, I wouldn’t have believed it. Credit to them for finding a way to win the game at the end. That being said, I didn’t think that obviously was good enough by us. And I’ve always tried to be really honest and real and direct about where I think the fault is. I think as a coaching staff, we didn’t get the job done today. I think anytime you have two defensive touchdowns and you don’t win, it’s on you. Anytime that you hold them to 55 yards, it’s on us as a staff. To not be able to put the game away with the