The Vikings' final offensive play was derailed Sunday when Kirk Cousins couldn't hear coach Kevin O'Connell's playcall and then decided to call a play on his own, which ended in a game-sealing interception for the Chargers.
NFL teams encourage crowds to be loud when the defense is on the field and to minimize noise when they are on offense. The crowd of 66,878 at U.S Bank Stadium got excited after the fourth-down conversion, and many could be heard encouraging the Vikings to spike the ball to maximize the number of plays they would get to score from the 6-yard line.
O'Connell made clear that he didn't think that the ticking clock impacted the execution of the play. But given how the scene played out, he acknowledged that spiking the ball would have been a better option. In theory, Cousins said, he could have decided to spike the ball on his own. But he said he tries"not to make a habit of" making such unilateral decisions during games.
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