What a wild end to the first half for the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears.
The Vikings were driving at the end of the half to score some points and things went awry as they couldn’t get a successful field goal attempt off before the clock expired as they go into halftime with a 10 point lead at 16-6.
Vikings make the fire drill field goal but are ultimately penalized for 12 men on the field pic.twitter.com/W7FHXW9pCl
— Main Team (@MainTeamSports) January 8, 2023
The end was honestly disappointing. They had to burn their last timeout when Justin Jefferson didn’t get out of bounds. They didn’t have one extra to burn because the officials forgot to reset the play clock after Alexander Mattison failed to get into the end zone.
Right after on third down, Cousins checked down to Dalvin Cook who was tackled in bounds with about 15 seconds left. The team ran a scramble drill but couldn’t get everyone off of the field, so the kick didn’t count, taking three points off the board for the Vikings.
Overall, a really disappointing end to the first half for the Vikings, as they should have a 13-point lead and not a 10-point one. Head coach Kevin O’Connell continues to have struggles with clock management. Needless to say, social media ripped the Vikings a new one for that atrocious display.
Remember: The #Vikings had to burn a timeout after officials didn't reset the play clock when they'd ruled Mattison short of the end zone earlier in the half.
And now officials say they had 12 men on the field. Kick won't count.
— Ben Goessling (@BenGoessling) January 8, 2023
That was one of the worst, dumbest sequences we've seen all season by KOC, Kirk Cousins and the Vikings offense. Complete embarrassment.
— Phil Mackey 🎙 (@PhilMackey) January 8, 2023
Vikings had 12 players on the field, so the FG doesn't count. It's 16-6.
Inexplicably bad clock management and decision-making in the final minute by O'Connell and Cousins.
— Will Ragatz (@WillRagatz) January 8, 2023
WHAT IN THE WORLD??? That was terrible clock management. The first timeout taken w/ 25 seconds should have been taken a long time before that…#Vikings need to have a better plan there…
— Ron Johnson (@3RonJohnson) January 8, 2023
Whether or not this FG counts, that was incredibly sloppy clock management all-around by the Vikings. They were way too worried about giving this inept Bears offense too much time.
— PowerTripBets (@PowerTripBets) January 8, 2023
Kirk threw a dumpoff with about 15s left on 3rd and goal and Vikings barely got FG off in time… Except upon further review they had 12 men on the field so no FG
— fake (nin 3 months from launch, jitsu in 6 months) (@fakeninjitsu) January 8, 2023
