Greg Joseph wasn’t supposed to drill a 53-yard, game-tying field goal last week at Cincinnati. Conversely, Vikings fans were supposed to toss remotes back on coffee tables, chiding a mistake-riddled effort by their favorite team.
But Joseph temporarily hit the pause button on lament after he indeed connected on the kick, sending the contest to overtime in Week 1. The remote tossing would occur some 15 minutes later when Dalvin Cook allegedly fumbled, thus sealing the game in Cincinnati’s favor. Joseph, if only for a sliver of time, saved the day with a rather unforeseen, cold-blooded field goal conversion.