Sam Darnold threw for 347 yards and five touchdowns, both career highs, and the Minnesota Vikings pulled away from Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons 42-21 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory.
Darnold added another highlight to his brilliant first season in Minnesota following the departure of Cousins in free agency to Atlanta with a 22-for-28 performance and no turnover-worthy plays despite heavy first-half pressure.
Cousins has eight interceptions and no passing scores for the Falcons over their four-game losing streak, which was extended by a wide array of errors that stretched beyond their 35-year-old quarterback who's coming back this season from surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon that ended his six-year tenure with the Vikings midway last season.
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