Not that catch. Or that one. Nope, not that TD, either. Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell tells AlbertBreer his favorite Justin Jefferson play on Sunday was one you might not have noticed ↓
It happened on a fourth-and-18. At that point, the Vikings were down by four, and the ball was snapped from their own 27 right after the two-minute warning. Minnesota had one timeout left. That means, best case, if Jefferson doesn’t come down with the ball in that spot, more than 30 yards downfield, Buffalo is probably able to run it under 30 seconds, kick a field goal to push the lead the seven, and give the Vikings a full field to drive without a timeout left.
The Vikings didn’t wind up scoring on that drive. But getting the ball to the 1 put the Bills in the position where they couldn’t kneel on it to end the game after making a massive goal-line stand. Which, of course, led to more hell breaking loose. “It really was as unique of a football game as I’ve been around,” O’Connell says. “I think the best part about it for me was feeling the same confidence that I’ve felt from our team in a lot of wins that we’ve either come from behind in or found ways to win throughout these eight games that we’ve won. This one was just probably a little bit more unique.”
“A lot of receivers in this league don’t always do those things on every snap. And for him to show up in a moment like that, the team needed it. Nobody’s going to be talking about that block, but he was willing to go in there and be the determining factor to give Dalvin that edge.”• The truth is, if it weren’t for Eric Kendricks, that run, and Jefferson’s wild catch, would’ve gone for naught.
“He made that play in a quarters alignment,” O’Connell says. “They’re trying to attack that coverage, and he’s able to understand how much space there was and undercut that route and make a play on the football. What he’s done in our scheme is he’s really applied all of his experience of being a top-tier corner in this league for a long time. I do believe he still is. He’s applied all that experience to this and to playing in this scheme now.
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