Sam Darnold went a couple plays without hearing from his head coach in Sunday's win over the Seahawks.
In one of the most important moments of the game, technology failed Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell.
O'Connell's headset went out while the Vikings had the ball trailing the Seattle Seahawks 24-20 with 4:21 to play. When Sam Darnold scrambled for a 9-yard gain during the drive, he had never received the play call from his head coach. "My headset went out completely, which I thought was curious in that moment, but Sam was able to — he scrambled on the play before, so I was able to talk to him on the sideline and get that play called, and by the time the next snap was called, I had a new pack on," O'Connell said after theO'Connell's headset was functional for the final play of the drive when Darnold hit Justin Jefferson for a 39-yard touchdown pass, but that play was improvised, too.
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