
The Minnesota Vikings once again dug themselves a substantial hole in a primetime game on Sunday night. But this time there was no fourth quarter J.J. McCarthy magic to save them as Kevin O'Connell's team fell to 1-1 on the year after a 22-6 home loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
Six days after authoring an epic comeback on the road against the Chicago Bears, Minnesota looked flat from the opening kick and McCarthy's second career start offered little for Vikings fans to cheer about. O'Connell was noticeably less fired up than he was in the raucous Soldier Field scene when he strode to the podium in defeat to make an honest comment about what went wrong.