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Purple Reign wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 12:04 am I have a question about the end of the game. I understand that in overtime a td ends the game and there is no need for the PAT, or if on the final play of regulation a td wins and the PAT has no impact on the outcome. In this case, a botched PAT by the Lions and the Vikings returning it for 2 points would have tied the game. I understand the chance of that happening was almost 0 since the Lions would have just done a kneel down, but that's not the point. There was still a chance and as long as there was a chance they should have attempted the PAT. Or is there a rule that says a PAT doesn't have to be attempted in that case? Anyone know the rule?

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:57 am

Purple Reign wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 12:04 am I have a question about the end of the game. I understand that in overtime a td ends the game and there is no need for the PAT, or if on the final play of regulation a td wins and the PAT has no impact on the outcome. In this case, a botched PAT by the Lions and the Vikings returning it for 2 points would have tied the game. I understand the chance of that happening was almost 0 since the Lions would have just done a kneel down, but that's not the point. There was still a chance and as long as there was a chance they should have attempted the PAT. Or is there a rule that says a PAT doesn't have to be attempted in that case? Anyone know the rule?

Of course if they made it a rule you had to attempt a PAT wouldn’t the team just “go for two”? And when they did wouldn’t they they just take a knee?

Purple Reign wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:43 pm

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:57 am

Of course if they made it a rule you had to attempt a PAT wouldn’t the team just “go for two”? And when they did wouldn’t they they just take a knee?

Yes, I said there wasn't much of a chance, but still a chance. Maybe the ball slips out of the center's hand on the snap and the ball gets batted/kicked around and a defender scoops it up and returns it. Stranger things have happened.

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:57 am Of course if they made it a rule you had to attempt a PAT wouldn’t the team just “go for two”? And when they did wouldn’t they they just take a knee?

IIsweet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:01 am I saw something yesterday that had me smh !!!
The 2021 Vikings 2 minute defense is closing in on historic lows with an NFL WORST in points allowed in the final 2 minutes of any half with 101 points allowed this season.
The most points allowed in the final 2 minutes in the last 20 years is 107 points allowed.
This was set just last year, in 2020, by yours truly... the Minnesota Vikings

IIsweet wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:01 am I saw something yesterday that had me smh !!!
The 2021 Vikings 2 minute defense is closing in on historic lows with an NFL WORST in points allowed in the final 2 minutes of any half with 101 points allowed this season.
The most points allowed in the final 2 minutes in the last 20 years is 107 points allowed.
This was set just last year, in 2020, by yours truly... the Minnesota Vikings

VikingLord wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:41 am

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:57 am Of course if they made it a rule you had to attempt a PAT wouldn’t the team just “go for two”? And when they did wouldn’t they they just take a knee?

I would.

Purple Reign wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:20 pm

VikingLord wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:41 am

I would.

Well, yeah, any coach would say take a knee. That doesn't guarantee the center/qb won't mishandle the snap. The way I see it, you are eliminating a scoring opportunity for the defense, no matter how small that chance is there is still a chance.

J. Kapp 11 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:37 pm Another set of holy sh!t stats.

The Minnesota Vikings have given up the 3rd fewest points in the first 28 minutes of first halves.

The Minnesota Vikings have given up the 7th fewest points in the 56 minutes outside of the final 2 minutes of each half.

If the Minnesota Vikings had scored the same number of points in the last 2 minutes of both halves as they’ve given up, they’d be 9-2-1 and the No. 1 seed in the NFC (because they would have beaten the Cardinals).

The ineptitude displayed at the end of FIRST halves has been historically bad. We’re giving up 6 points per game in the last 2 minutes — by far the worst in league history. How far is by far? The difference between the Vikings and the second-worst team in NFL history (the 2018 Bengals) is the same as the difference between the Bengals and the 40th worst team (2013 Cleveland Browns).

If Mike Zimmer isn’t embarrassed by this, then he’s numb to humanity.

VikingLord wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:20 pm

Purple Reign wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:20 pm

Well, yeah, any coach would say take a knee. That doesn't guarantee the center/qb won't mishandle the snap. The way I see it, you are eliminating a scoring opportunity for the defense, no matter how small that chance is there is still a chance.

I have been watching football for a long time, and I can't recall any offense actually mishandling a kneel down that was returned for a score. I suppose it could happen, but I also suppose that if your team is in a situation where they need something like that to happen in order to win, just calling the game is the more merciful way to end it.

808vikingsfan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:45 pm

J. Kapp 11 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:37 pm Another set of holy sh!t stats.

The Minnesota Vikings have given up the 3rd fewest points in the first 28 minutes of first halves.

The Minnesota Vikings have given up the 7th fewest points in the 56 minutes outside of the final 2 minutes of each half.

If the Minnesota Vikings had scored the same number of points in the last 2 minutes of both halves as they’ve given up, they’d be 9-2-1 and the No. 1 seed in the NFC (because they would have beaten the Cardinals).

The ineptitude displayed at the end of FIRST halves has been historically bad. We’re giving up 6 points per game in the last 2 minutes — by far the worst in league history. How far is by far? The difference between the Vikings and the second-worst team in NFL history (the 2018 Bengals) is the same as the difference between the Bengals and the 40th worst team (2013 Cleveland Browns).

If Mike Zimmer isn’t embarrassed by this, then he’s numb to humanity.

any stats on the offense in the last 2 minutes of each half? Just curious. Other team can't score if the offense has the ball (unless there's a turnover of course).

Not trying to take the blame away from the defense. I think Barr is such a liability on this team. He's practically invisible.

The puzzling stat. Vikings are #2 in sacks and sacks allowed.