In the case of the Minnesota Vikings’ 31-29 loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday, head coach Kevin O’Connell was left stewing over a handful of mistakes that opened the door for Detroit to come out on top.
MINNEAPOLIS — In all games that come down to the final moments, there are always a handful of plays that end up shifting the tide just enough for one team to come out ahead.
Before the Vikings failed to put away the Lions in the final minutes, they also failed to increase their lead to three points. The Vikings were trailing by five points when they got the return for TD because they failed to take fully advantage of a 51-yard pass from Darnold to Jordan Addison. Following the explosive pass that set the Vikings up on Detroit’s side of the field, the Lions got called for illegal contact and gave Minnesota a fresh set of downs at the 32-yard line down by eight points.
“Thought we might have had a chance to maybe give Aaron the ball there kind of as we talked about the play, but Sam had Jordan flash to him and Branch did a really nice job being in the area to kind of jump that throw,” O’Connell said. “You know, that's one of those things.” “He was phenomenal,” O’Connell said. “Really good. He was not 100% but literally from the time we touched down from London to today, it's been sun up to sun down treatment. Tyler and his staff did a great job.... Aaron is a true pro's pro, one of those standards for our team, and the fact he was able to not only make it but have the impact he did on the game, just very, very fortunate to have Aaron Jones on the football team that I coach.
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