ATLANTA — He saw Jaren Hall go down, saw Brian O'Neill wave the Vikings' medical staff over with an urgency that players who are inured to football's violence only use when something's amiss. Joshua Dobbs' immediate thought was for Hall, his teammate for all of 120 hours. His next was for the checklist he'd need to hot-wire an offense he'd never run.
First, the cadence: The Vikings' starting linemen had worked with Hall in practice all week, so Dobbs gathered the group to make sure they were clear on how he'd call for the ball. "I didn't take one snap with him all week," right tackle Brian O'Neill said.