The Minnesota Vikings’ hard-fought 19-13 victory in Chicago, which started their five-game winning run, was attributed to Creed by Kirk Cousins. The next week, following Minnesota’s Monday night victory over the San Francisco 49ers, 22-17, he gave them another shoutout. In the final seconds of the first half of their 27-19 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, the Vikings, of course, played “Higher.”
The Vikings had traded for the journeyman quarterback at the deadline. Dobbs arrived in Minnesota on Tuesday and had to take command of an offense he had less than a week to learn. But Dobbs operated the offense with aplomb, leading the Vikings to a 31-28 victory in his hometown of Atlanta. Then he followed up that performance by going 23/34 for 268 yards and two touchdowns – one passing and another rushing.
Dobbs had the Vikings up 24-3 at halftime. Creed blared over the U.S. Bank Stadium loudspeakers, and the crowd kept singing “Higher” after the speakers shut off. It felt like an appropriate moment for Dobbs, who has a degree in aerospace engineering from Tennesee. Dobbs spent countless hours at Minnesota’s facility in Eagan learning the playbook and preparing for Sunday’s game.