MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With a new play caller in place Devin Singletary Jersey , the Minnesota Vikings recommitted to running the ball. And Dalvin Cook proved again his capability, when healthy, of taking over a game.Cook had a career-high 136 yards and two touchdowns on a season-high 19 carries for the Vikings, who stayed in control of a spot in the playoffs with a 41-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.“We just wanted to go out there and get back to playing like how we know we can play,” Cook said.Article continues below ...Latavius Murray added 68 rushing yards and a score on 15 of the team’s season-high 40 attempts. The Vikings (7-6-1) converted each of their first three drives under interim offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski into touchdowns, using a back-to-the-basics approach to build a big lead and lean on the defense down the stretch.“He knows the type of guys he has around him,” Cook said. “We’re going to give it 100 percent every play for him. He dialed it up today.”Anthony Barr and Danielle Hunter each had two of the nine sacks of Ryan Tannehill , totaling 71 lost yards for the Dolphins (7-7). Miami came crashing down from the euphoria of defeating New England with that double-lateral 69-yard score on the final play last week capped by Kenyan Drake’s race across the goal line.Minkah Fitzpatrick returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and Kalen Ballage scored on a 75-yard run on the first snap of the second half to bring the Dolphins within 21-17. But on their next five possessions they netted a staggering minus-27 yards on 16 plays.“We’ve got to look in the mirror and ask ourselves how we want to finish the season,” Drake said.Tannehill finished 11 for 24 for 108 yards, as the Dolphins took just their fifth loss in the last 17 games he has started and saw their wild-card bid in the AFC take an even bigger hit. Baltimore, Indianapolis and Tennessee all won to move to 8-6 and leave Miami in ninth place in the conference race.“Obviously, things are out of our control at this point Kyler Murray Jersey , but we’ve just got to keep playing,” Tannehill said. “Win the games we have left on our schedule, and whatever else happens is out of our hands.”Though Chicago won the NFC North by beating Green Bay, the Vikings moved a critical step closer to returning to the postseason. With enough help, they could clinch the second wild-card spot next week.Kirk Cousins threw touchdown passes to Stefon Diggs and Aldrick Robinson to make up for the pick-six. He went 14 for 21 for 215 yards for the Vikings, who posted their second-highest score in five years under coach Mike Zimmer.QUICK STARTThe Vikings were held under 285 total yards at Seattle last week for the fourth time in their last five games, so Zimmer made a last-ditch move to try to salvage the season by firing first-year offensive coordinator John DeFilippo and promoting Stefanski to replace him. One of Zimmer’s public criticisms of DeFilippo in recent weeks had been a lack of consistent commitment to establishing a running attack.“I think Kevin knew what I wanted,” Zimmer said, complimenting Stefanski for acting “calm and collected” throughout the week and during the game.The spark Zimmer sought was immediate, with the Vikings settling in nicely at home after two rough weeks on the road. They needed only 19 plays, keeping the ball on the ground 12 times, to cross the goal line on each of their first three possessions. Cousins http://www.billscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-dawson-knox-jersey , who has operated out of the shotgun for the majority of the season, was often under center while completing his first eight passes.“We couldn’t stop the run, and they were able to do all their play-actions off of that,” a downcast Dolphins coach Adam Gase said. “The last thing we needed to happen was to get behind like that.”TELLING STATSWith 202 yards, the Vikings gained the highest first-quarter total in the NFL in a season filled with prolific production nearly everywhere. It was their most points in the opening 15 minutes since a 28-point output on Oct. 9, 2011, against Arizona.Miami gave up 30-plus points for a sixth game this season and 400-plus yards for the ninth time this year.SHERELS SHINESThe special teams were sharp as ever for Minnesota, too, with Dan Bailey making all five of his extra points and both field-goal tries. Marcus Sherels set up one of those kicks with a 70-yard punt return and totaled 116 yards on five returns.INJURY REPORTDolphins: Frank Gore, the NFL’s active rushing leader, hurt his left ankle on the second-to-last play of the first quarter and didn’t return. … Fitzpatrick, the first-round pick who was drafted as a safety http://www.giantsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-dexter-lawrence-jersey , started at CB for Xavien Howard for the second straight game. Howard, who entered the week tied for the league lead with seven interceptions, has a knee injury. … Backup DT Ziggy Hood (hamstring) limped off the field at the end of the third quarter.Vikings: Backup TE David Morgan (knee) returned from a four-game absence. CB Trae Waynes (concussion) was back after missing the last game.UP NEXTDolphins: Host Jacksonville (4-10) next Sunday.Vikings: Play at Detroit (5-9) next Sunday. Former NFL head coach Greg Schiano had finally returned to the NFL, merging onto what has become a fast track in recent years to an NFL head-coaching gig. And before presiding over a single offseason meeting as defensive coordinator of the Patriots, Schiano is gone.The move came on the same day that coach Bill Belichick praised Schiano in an interview with Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski that debuted on SiriusXM.“He’s a very experienced and outstanding fundamental coach,” Belichick said of Schiano, via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com. “He’s a good teacher and has a lot of experiences in both the college and pro game. . . . I think he’ll be a great addition.”Schiano has now become a subtraction, exiting the Patriots with the kind of loaded statement which invites speculation that something unforeseen occurred.“This is not the result of any one event, but rather a realization that I need to spend more time on my faith and family,” Schiano said in the statement that marked his resignation from the team. “I don’t want to look back years from now and wish I had done things differently. Therefore, I am taking time away from the game to recalibrate my priorities.”Whatever the reason(s), Schiano had a chance to re-establish himself as an NFL coach http://www.arizonacardinalsteamonline.com/zach-allen-jersey , five years after he won 11 of 32 games as the surprise choice to replace Raheem Morris as head coach of the Buccaneers.Schiano quickly became a controversial figure in NFL circles, dialing up an aggressive approach to victory formation that raised the ire of the likes of former Giants coach Tom Coughlin and prompting a mild-mannered Eli Manning to call the ploy a “cheap shot.” Schiano’s second and final year was marred by a feud with former Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman, who was released during the 2013 and whose failure to ever do much of anything with any other team seemed to vindicate Schiano’s approach to the former first-round pick.He resurfaced as defensive coordinator at Ohio State in 2016, and in late 2017 the Tennessee Volunteers tried to hire him to become the program’s next head coach. Intense fan outcry derailed the move.Still only 52, the long-time football coach has plenty of time to find his footing all over again. Before that happens, however, more will need to be known about why he so abruptly walked away from an assignment that eventually could have put him back on an NFL sideline, coaching another team of his own.