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Tie game, new overtime rule leaves Vikings unsettled: 'What did I sacrifice all that for?'

Not that professional football needs another customer complaint, but …

After two weeks, the NFL already has two ties in the same season for only the fourth time since overtime was introduced in 1974. That leaves 15 more Sundays to reach a third deadlock for the first time since there were seven in 1973.

And, per usual for the NFL these days, no one is happy, and everyone wants change.

"It's almost like, 'Man, what did I sacrifice all that for?'" Vikings receiver Adam Thielen said the day after Monday's 29-29 tie at Green Bay. "That's the hardest part.