With the Vikings trailing by four points with 1:52 to go on Sunday and facing a fourth-and-18, Justin Jefferson made the most acrobatic catch of his career because Kirk Cousins figured he'd be better off counting on the receiver to do something spectacular than he would be anywhere else.
"There's not a lot of scheme that you can go find in that moment," Vikings coach O'Connell said. "It was about a player, and our quarterback, and the two of them behind good protection in a gotta-have-it moment — try to just give him a chance to make a play.