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Weekly Vikings
Roundup
By Jordan Wright
Two weeks after
thoroughly destroy-
ing the Minnesota
Vikings, the Phila-
delphia Eagles were
lifting the Lombardi
Trophy on the Vi-
kings home turf.
The Eagles and New England Patriots participated in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, February 4, and after a thrilling game that went down to the nal seconds, the Eagles emerged victorious.
TheEaglesandPatriotshadtwoofthe bestdefensesintheNFL,butthegame ended up being an offensive slugfest. The two teams combined for 1,151 total yards, which is the most in NFL post season history. The two teams also combined for 74 points (41-33), which was one point shy of tying the Super Bowl record (Super Bowl XXIX). This game had tons of trick plays and gutsy calls, but in the end it came down to the greatest quarterback of all time versus the more complete team.
The Eagles were led by backup quar- terback Nick Foles, who proved the NFC Championship game wasn’t a fluke. Foles completed 28 of 43 passes for 373 yards (fourth most in Super Bowl history), three touchdowns and one interception. The key for the Eagles was establishing a ground game to help take pressure off Foles, and they did a tremendous job of it, rushing for 164 yards as a team. The Eagles also did a great job on third down, convert- ing 63 percent of the time, which kept their offense on the eld – and perhaps most importantly, kept Tom Brady on the sidelines.
Tom Brady played a nearly-perfect game, completing 28 of 48 passes for 505 yards (Super Bowl record), three touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passer rating of 115.4 (third most in Super Bowl history). Brady also had a pass thrown his way from Danny Amen- dola, but he was unable to haul in the ball. The Patriots had three players with over 100-yards receiving, including Rob
Gronkowski (nine catches for 116 yards and two touchdowns) – but in the end it wasn’t enough.
As good as the game was, millions of people tuned in for another reason: the commercials. Super Bowl commercials have become almost as important as the game itself, and this year didn’t disappoint. Although there were many commercials that stood out, either be- cause of the emotional message it con- veyed or because it was just plain funny, there were three that really impressed.
The most anticipated commercial for me was the trailer for The Avengers: In- nity War. I have been watching Marvel movies since the rst Iron Man (2008), andIn nityWaristhebeginningofthe endforthephaseonecharactersIhave known and loved.
The funniest commercials were for Tide detergent. David Harbour, who plays Jim Hopper in the Net ix show Stranger Things, takes the lead in the Tide commercials that appeared at rst glance to be advertisements for other things, only to end up taking a turn at the end.
The commercial that made the stron- gest impression to me was the Doritos/ Mt. Dew commercial. The commercial began with Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones, rapping a Busta Rhymes song to promote a new Doritos avor. Then Morgan Freeman rapped a Missy Elliot song to promote a new Mt. Dew avor.
The biggest disappointment was Bud Light. Budweiser usually has some of the best Super Bowl commercials, and Bud Light had a big marketing campaign surrounding the term “Dilly Dilly”. Maybe I was disappointed because I was ex- pecting too much, but Bud Light’s “Bud Light Knight” wasn’t funny.
Nowthatthe2017NFLseasonisover, it’s time to look back at the Vikings sea- son and look ahead to free agency and the NFL draft!
If you have any questions or comments (about the Vikings, the Super Bowl, or the commercials), reach out to me on Facebook (facebook.com/SkolJWright) or on Twitter (@SkolJWright)
Fliehs Family News
It seemed great that a former Gro- tonnite- now of Texas-came back es- pecially for the 80th Anniversary Car- nival of Silver Skates Sunday. Marsha McAlister-Erdman of Corsicara, Texas and friend Lynn Larson of Sioux Falls came Saturday especially to see the 80th Anniversary of the Silver Skates CarnivalSunday.Marshasaidwhenshe was about four the children were out learning to skate and looked forward to takingpartintheCarnival.Atthattime therewerenotmanyoftheactivitiesfor young people to take part in. The ladies were overnight guests of Bob and Val Wagner Saturday and returned to Texas Sunday P.m. by car and airliner. Amber Cooper of Des Moines, Ia came Sunday tovisitherGrandsontheirJaniceFliehs. They attended the Carnival of Silver Skates-despite the cold temperatures. Amber returned home Tuesday.
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