The Vikings have lost starting left tackle Christian Darrisaw, one of their top players and among the best at his position in the NFL, for the remainder of the season because of a left knee injury, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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The Vikings had taken possession of the ball at their own 3-yard line, but they had all three of their timeouts. Rather than kneel on the ball to close out the half, O'Connell said he wanted to see if the offense could potentially move into position for a score. The Rams also had a timeout, which would have required the Vikings to kneel twice within a narrow space between the line of scrimmage and the end zone.
"They had dime defense on the field," O'Connell said,"so I thought we could maybe pop a run. Don't know if we were necessarily targeted versus that group out there, which I think if we are, maybe that ball's got a chance to . If we get off and rolling with the timeouts we had left at the time, get that first down, then there's a chance to maybe try to dial some stuff up and not give them any chance at doubling us up there with them starting out the second half.
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