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Vikings' Levi Drake Rodriguez Wins NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Fourth-Quarter Block

The first-time award recognizes a fourth-quarter block that set up points in Detroit.

Overview

  • He blocked Jake Bates’ 45-yard field-goal attempt in the fourth quarter at Ford Field.
  • Isaiah Rodgers recovered the loose ball to set up a Will Reichard kick that made it 27-17 with 2:49 remaining.
  • The sequence helped secure Minnesota’s 27-24 win over the Lions.
  • It was Rodriguez’s first career blocked field goal and the first blocked kick of Bates’s career.
  • Minnesota is one of three teams with two blocked field goals this season, including one in Week 4 in London, and will host the Ravens on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium.