After converting a fourth-and-5 with a pass to T.J. Hockenson in the final minute of regulation, the Vikings had a first-and-goal from the 6-yard line. Then everything went wrong…
The Minnesota Vikings are blaming crowd noise from their hometown fans at U.S. Bank Stadium for Sunday’s 28-24 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Cousins ended up calling a play on his own and his pass to Hockenson ended up in the hands of Chargers linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. to close out the game. “Sometimes that happens,” O’Connell said of the home crowd fan noise. “It’s not always noticed when we’re in a normal two-minute mode.” O’Connell tried to take the blame for the time management failure, admitting that spiking the ball would have been the smart play.
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