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Vikings' comeback bid vs. Cowboys ends in controversial no-call

Exhibit Number Too Many why the NFL needs to hire full-time officials to call its games: the ending of "Thursday Night Football" between the Cowboys and Vikings.

Minnesota mounted rally late in the fourth quarter, scoring a touchdown with seconds remaining in regulation to make the score 17-15, Dallas. All the Vikings needed was a 2-point conversion to tie the game and send it to overtime.

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Instead, the game essentially ended on a bad overthrow from Sam Bradford — except, the game shouldn't have been essentially over at that point.