In its final 15 snaps before the bye week, the Vikings gave up one third-down conversion, three fourth-down conversions and, oh yeah, mugged backup safety Jayron Kearse for making a game-clinching play at the final gun for the second straight week.
“Don’t call him Jayron!” Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs yelled to reporters after the Vikings came back from a 20-0 halftime deficit to beat Denver 27-23 at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday.
“From now on,” Diggs continued, “He’s ‘Big-play Jay!’”
A week after intercepting a Dak Prescott Hail Mary in the end zone to preserve a 28-24 victory, Kearse once again was in the end zone with a four-point lead to protect, the game clock at: 00 and the ball in the air.