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Sam Darnold Takes Blame for Vikings Loss, O'Connell Defends QB amid Contract Rumors

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Sam Darnold picked a bad time to have his worst two-week stretch of the season, as the Minnesota Vikings lost back-to-back games to have what seemed like a dream run come crashing down on them.

After the Vikings' 27-9 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Wild Card round on Monday, Darnold shouldered the blame for taking nine sacks in the game.

"It's up to me to be able to feel that and either step up, move, go run for a first down or just simply throw it away," he said.