The Minnesota Vikings made things more difficult on themselves than it needed to be. After going up 28-0 , the Vikings nearly lost the game in beating the Green Bay Packers by just two points at 31-29.
It was the tale of two halves as the Vikings dominated in the first half but struggled to get pressure on defense and it nearly cost them in the end. There were three plays that stook out on Sunday where head coach Kevin O’Connell made the difference.
Kevin O’Connell accomplishes rare feat
Through the first two-plus seasons of his head coaching career, O’Connell hasn’t used the coaches challenge much. Heading into Sunday’s game, O’Connell had used just 12 challenges with 6 of them having been successful. He also had used multiple challenges in a game just one time and that came last season against the New Orleans Saints…