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00:00They had him look like Jalen
00:03Naylor number one is going to be
00:04the guy who comes down and he
00:06was open and he's got a chance
00:08but Montez Sweat saves it they're
00:13down in five good protection
00:17over the middle that's caught
00:18for a touchdown Jefferson and
00:26he breaks out his first gritty
00:28of the 2025 season and the
00:33Vikings are showing they're
00:34going to go for two well the
00:37design of the route you're going
00:39to see two receivers kind of in
00:41the same area about five yard
00:42separation with Justin
00:44Jefferson trailing Naylor that's
00:46not good separation between
00:48those as truck fires a
00:49quarterback being able to see
00:51where to go with the ball but he
00:53is able to locate Jefferson gives
00:56him a good opportunity and now
00:58the Vikings want for two going
01:05for two to make it a three point
01:06game McCarthy in trouble flag is
01:12thrown and just throws it up
01:16incomplete pressure by O'Dangbo
01:21he's had a nice night
01:28illegal use of hands and face number
01:3455 defense the penalty will be
01:36enforced half the distance of the goal
01:37three try to look at it Dio Dengbo and
01:52that last little push there with
01:54the right hand Russell Yerkes what
01:56got the flag it is but it looks
01:58like it's still below the face but
02:00I understand why he called it yeah I
02:02I was wondering why I called it
02:05don't get me going week one but
02:08you're right Joe you mentioned the
02:10night that O'Dangbo has had he he he
02:13was a big question mark as far as
02:15what is was his impact going to be
02:17they hoped he would bring something
02:18but he has been all over this field
02:21but a costly penalty now from the
02:23one play action McCarthy keeps finds
02:25the tight end Oliver and Jonathan
02:27Owens save two points the 13 yard
02:42touchdown to Justin Jefferson which
02:44was the Vikings first third down
02:46conversion of the entire night and
02:49it was McCarthy unleashing a rocket
02:51over the middle Jefferson with a
02:54touchdown and it's a five point game
02:59with 12 to go in Chicago
03:11well this game has an entirely
03:14different feel to it now it's a
03:16five point game at Soldier Field as
03:19Justin Jefferson gets the
03:21touchdown J.J. McCarthy his first
03:27touchdown pass of his very young NFL
03:31career but that drive looked better
03:32and no shock because they got the
03:35running game going yeah that's that's
03:37why it looked better they were able
03:38to take some of the pressure off
03:39Jordan Mason had the big run and you
03:42know had a couple in that in that
03:43drive and then of course the throw
03:46there to Justin Jefferson but
03:48heck of a play by Jonathan Owens
03:51there on Josh Oliver to keep him
03:53from coming away with that two
03:55point conversion Owen saved two
04:01points with that strong tackle as
04:03Duvernay on the far side full head
04:07of steam and he gets hit hard at the
04:09twenty five by Eric Wilson here's the
04:14two point try yeah you see where he
04:16is and then here's Josh Oliver who's
04:18going to come across the field and
04:20you know he's in man coverage and he
04:22recognizes it but it's one thing to
04:24recognize it then you got to make the
04:25tackle against a big guy in the open
04:26field and you know you see so many
04:30times a receiver get that and still
04:32be able to break a tackle and cross
04:34the goal line it's a that's a great
04:36play on his part and a big difference
04:39right now in this game next-gen
04:42stats said Owens traveled over 27
04:45yards to make that tackle in the
04:48field in the open field big play first
04:52down for the 25 Caleb Williams has to
04:55pull it down and it's Hargrave his
05:00first as a Viking and what a big play
05:03is this defense for Brian Flores is
05:06trying to take control of this game
05:08back well Brian Flores he tries to line
05:11up to where and get one-on-one
05:13blocking and he brings up Van Geekle
05:16and he doesn't rush and then you've
05:18got three on two but yet Hargrave
05:20is able to split the difference
05:21between the two blockers and he just
05:24gets right in the face of Caleb
05:25Williams that's a loss of eight
05:31first sack of the night and now it's
05:34Swift getting wrapped up by Eric
05:36Wilson is playing for the injured
05:38Blake Cashman and now the crowd
05:41that's been having fun all night is
05:42starting to groan before third and
05:44nineteen yeah you know they're
05:46applying the pressure now and
05:48you're watching this seeing exactly
05:50what is Ben Johnson going to do
05:52offensively to try to keep the ball
05:55in their hands and see if they
05:56can't go down the field and
05:59unfortunately for them
06:00Minnesota's had answers back to
06:03back tackles for a loss now third
06:05third and nineteen quick throw and
06:11Van Geekle almost walked into the
06:13end zone he got his left hand on
06:17the football on that quick oh and
06:19oh that was wow it well they
06:22rushed by Van Geekle he just
06:24recognizes it immediately I mean
06:25he's going straight up the field
06:27as soon as he sees Caleb Williams
06:29go he knows exactly where Odunze was
06:31going on the throw and we've seen
06:33him make some pretty wild
06:35interceptions over his career and
06:38not that he had a chance to catch
06:40that but just to get his hand on it
06:42was pretty impressive he had two
06:44pick sixes last year line drive
06:46point miles price he's been good
06:50as a little bit of room makes a
06:52move Vikings have found a returner
06:57and that's a twenty three yard
06:59return and the guy wearing number
07:02four just put his team inside
07:04Chicago territory Jefferson
07:09McCarthy a little momentum on
07:12that Viking sideline you're
07:13watching NFL kickoff presented
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07:16Lee Cashman injured but still
07:23trying to fire up the troops for
07:25Minnesota that defense has come
07:26alive and his replacement Eric
07:28Wilson has been all over the
07:30place since Cashman went out and
07:33this is a five point game they
07:35marked the ball right at midfield
07:37which is where the Vikings will
07:39start our producer Steve Ackles
07:41our director Artie Kempner and a
07:43special shout out from all of us
07:45to Eddie Okuno and the entire
07:47tech team as we've moved into new
07:49production trucks I know that
07:51doesn't mean anything to viewers
07:53but all their great hard work has
07:56meant a lot to our crew nice work
08:00that they've done here's a
08:01handoff to Jones and he's trying
08:04to get in on the fun a nice run
08:05to start this drive as Aaron
08:08Jones got a good block from
08:09tight end TJ Hawkinson and
08:11picked up nine signed up pretty
08:12well and you're right after
08:13Jordan Mason the second half
08:14after Jordan Mason the success he
08:16had on that last drive Aaron
08:17Jones wants his opportunity now
08:18and I'll tell you he's the you
08:21talk about his abilities as a
08:23receiver and what he can do in
08:24space he's a pretty powerful back
08:26and he's going to throw the ball back
08:28himself.
08:36McCarthy keeps steps into it he's got
08:38Jefferson and can't make the catch
08:40and now coming away injured it's
08:44just Nashawn right and I don't know if I
08:48didn't say I don't know if I saw that
08:49right but it looked like that ball went
08:50through the hands of Jefferson.
08:53Well it was a ball that McCarthy will
08:55take a look at it and see exactly but
08:57thought he could have gotten it and
08:58should have gotten it up a lot sooner
08:59than what he did and then lay it more
09:02out but you're right it sure look like
09:04that's a ball that Justin Jefferson would
09:06normally catch no doubt could not and
09:11Nashawn right he's got a pick six in
09:13this game injured on the play they
09:15check on him and we'll take a break
09:24Sean Wright got injured really after
09:26the play he needed help getting off the
09:30field let's go down to Laura Rutledge
09:33Laura well Joe before this they had
09:36been working on this Sean right on
09:37the sideline as he was dealing with
09:38some calf cramping trying to get
09:40him hydrated stretching him out a
09:42lot and that's what they continue
09:43to do they've been putting a
09:44Theragun on his calf as well and
09:46he continues to try to get
09:47hydrated meanwhile it's third down
09:50and one so now they're without
09:51Wright Tyler Gordon and Jalen
09:54Johnson here they come McCarthy
10:01backpedaling for Naylor and they're
10:04going to throw a flag with Tyreek
10:06Stevenson in coverage Montez Sweat
10:14had pressure on that play and this
10:17one is against Chicago passing the
10:24first summer 29 defense spot foul
10:26automatic first down it's Tyreek
10:33Stevenson with that contact on
10:36Naylor and the crowd doesn't like
10:37that call at all yeah I don't like
10:39it too much myself yeah I agree
10:41with you Troy it looks like he more
10:43slipped than anything yes he
10:44touches him and there's some slight
10:45contact but I don't think that's
10:47significant hindrance of his
10:48ability to catch the pass I wish
10:50they'd have gotten together on that
10:51one and picked it up yeah you just
10:52see him go to the ground and you
10:53assume that he got tugged and Tyreek
10:56Stevenson he is expecting the ball
10:58well you got not Sean Wright who's
10:59back in the ball game but when
11:00they're bringing all out blitz they're
11:02expecting the ball to come out
11:03quicker than what it did McCarthy
11:07passes caught spinning grab by Aaron
11:10Jones and somehow some way the
11:15Minnesota Vikings are on top credit
11:19J.J. McCarthy would hang it in there
11:25and that offense will stay out there
11:29again and go for two again as Jones
11:31is on the receiving end yeah Noah
11:33Sewell who's again is starting
11:35tonight because of injuries he's
11:37forced to try to run with him one
11:39on one he's anticipating a quick
11:41out or an option route of some
11:43type when he's locked up with the
11:44back coming out of the backfield and
11:46when they run these go routes from
11:48that position in the backfield it is
11:50awfully hard on any linebacker to run
11:53with someone with the ability of an
11:54Aaron Jones play clock inside of five
11:58second two point try McCarthy begging
12:00for the ball the pass is caught feeling
12:03and this is a three point game the
12:10Vikings connect and McCarthy has come
12:15alive he really has I mean they they
12:18they've been able to make some plays
12:20when they've had the opportunities the
12:21Bears have failed to capitalize at
12:23times when they could have done a
12:25little bit more and extended it but
12:26they've been hanging around hanging
12:28around hanging around and McCarthy's
12:30been able to make some plays here
12:31the last couple possessions good job
12:33by Aaron Jones on the blitz pickup
12:35and feeling is there McCarthy lays it
12:40on him and this is a three point
12:41game of the Vikings on top Kevin
12:43O'Connell his team is hung in there
12:46McCarthy is hung in there it was
12:50under one minute left in the third
12:52quarter and the Bears were up 11 with
12:54the ball first and 10 at the Vikings
12:5624 they had a holding penalty then a
12:59grounding call against Caleb Williams
13:01it killed the drive they missed a
13:04long field goal gave the Vikings a
13:06short field they got down into the
13:09end zone now they're back in there
13:10again and they're up by three this
13:12guy's got a little moxie there's no
13:13doubt you don't win a national
13:15championship without that and he is
13:17just hung in there it has not been a
13:19great night lot has gone against him
13:21as you said and yet he's hung in
13:23there and now he finds himself up
13:26three points and now the tables have
13:28been turned so what has been
13:30Johnson have and Caleb Williams as
13:32well now that for the first time
13:34tonight their backs are against the
13:36wall and having to make a play of
13:37their own this one into the end zone
13:43and that will bring it out as we look
13:49at summer workouts the last couple
13:52of years Adam Thielen who is from
13:54Minnesota would go back home and had
13:57been working out with JJ McCarthy and
14:00now here they are on the same team
14:01yeah and who would have thought that
14:03they would be on the same team and
14:04that these workouts it wasn't like
14:06they did a ton of it a couple times
14:08a week you know over the course of a
14:11couple months but yet to have some
14:13familiarity with the receiver when he
14:15comes in at this stage of the
14:16season I mean that's that's
14:19irreplaceable ball out to the 35
14:24after the kick went into the end
14:26zone five yards more of a penalty
14:29on a kick straight into the end
14:31zone that is down this year
14:34compared to last and here is Jalen
14:36Redmond and this Chicago offense
14:40is Swift is stood up at the line
14:42of scrimmage all of a sudden can't
14:44do anything well this Jalen Redmond
14:46what a what a job he has done as
14:50far as even making the team a year
14:52ago as an undrafted free agent he
14:54was just going to be a camp guy
14:56and he surprises everybody and gets
14:58his opportunity and and now they're
15:01talking about him as though he's
15:03going to be one of the outstanding
15:04players on this defense comes up with
15:06a big play on second down and 10
15:13Caleb throws nice pass a dunze for a
15:16first down a gain of 13.
15:21A dunze does such a nice job of just
15:27sitting down in the hole it was a
15:29zone coverage Caleb gets to him a
15:31little bit late he drops his elbow
15:34down but a dunze he didn't go
15:35anywhere a lot of times you'll see a
15:37young receiver they'll start running
15:38around and and leave an open window
15:41he just sat right there and waited
15:43for the ball to hit him first down at
15:49the forty seven play action from
15:53Williams he's in trouble Van Ginkle
15:56chasing him and out of bounds was
16:01Williams before he let that pass go
16:03with Javon Hargrave right there in his
16:06face he thought he thought he was
16:09going to give Javon Hargrave the
16:10little you know ropey dope and then
16:12he would fall for it he didn't you
16:14know for a big man he's he he wasn't
16:16fooled at all so he stepped out of
16:18bounds and that's going to move the
16:19ball back inside the forty five near
16:21the forty three a loss of four it'll
16:23go down as a sack he steps out right
16:27there on second down Williams oh
16:46what a throw and try for the catch
16:49is a dunze comes up empty well it
16:54was a tight window I talked about
16:56earlier in this game that that he
16:58missed a corner route when he had a
17:00big window in that zone coverage
17:02but Isaiah Rogers you know this is a
17:04pretty tight between he and the
17:05safety that ball has to be perfect
17:07which it was I mean he fit that in
17:09perfectly but you're asking him to
17:12make a big time play with Theo
17:14Jackson coming in to close and now
17:18third down and 14.
17:27Williams backpedaling and throws it
17:29out of bounds with commit the
17:31closest one to it and that's now
17:34six straight third down stops by
17:38this Vikings defense well we've
17:39seen floor as he started to bring
17:41more pressure and he's been
17:42rushing more five guys that have
17:45been having an impact so you know
17:50Chicago unable to get anything
17:52going on this drive now they're
17:54going to be relying on their own
17:55defense to come up with a stop
17:56after a couple big drives by this
17:58Minnesota offense Brian Flores 44
18:01year old third season as
18:03defensive coordinator former head
18:04coach in Miami and his guys love
18:07playing for him with the Vikings as
18:09that one's blocked partially the
18:13ball will take a decent Chicago
18:16roll inside the 35 as Eric Wilson
18:21who's been everywhere got through
18:23and got his hand on that punt he
18:25has been everywhere special teams
18:27player and then he's had to step
18:28in on defense he's been all over
18:30the field since then excellent job
18:33of him working through and getting
18:36his hand on this football this
18:39crowd in the third quarter there
18:42was a time I hadn't heard the
18:43crowd this loud soldier field ever
18:45in Minnesota ever since it's been
18:47all them and they've taken them
18:48right out of it Bears offense
18:50remember they marched down the
18:51field on the opening drive put in
18:53the end zone for a touchdown since
18:56then they've had a defensive score
18:58and a field goal made so the
19:00offense not doing their part Kevin
19:01O'Connell's crew has hung in there
19:06they were up against the ropes and
19:10they've now come out starting to
19:11swing as they lead by three and
19:15take over at their own 32 after
19:18that 25 yard punch here's Mason
19:21spinning his way into Chicago
19:23territory and a 20 yard carry by
19:26Jordan Mason who's again been the
19:29better back of the two well the
19:31offensive line has begun to flex on
19:34this defense and the two drives
19:36that they've had where they've
19:37scored points the big thing in
19:39those drives is they've gotten the
19:40running game going now the first
19:42was first play here they get a big
19:45hole and Jordan Mason finds it in
19:47a big game Troy the first nine
19:50drives the Vikings average less
19:52than three yards a rush the last two
19:54just under 10 yards a rush and
19:57that's when JJ McCarthy in this
19:59offense woke up here's Mason he
20:02stopped this time good job up front
20:05by the Chicago Bears defenders
20:09O'Dang Bo was in there with Noah
20:11Sewell as as the beneficiary of a
20:14great running back when I played
20:15and a great offensive line when you
20:17get the running game going a lot of
20:19good things start to happen and
20:21JJ McCarthy not that he necessarily
20:23needed to know that or didn't know
20:25that but he certainly knows it
20:27tonight second and 10 Dennis Allen
20:32looking for a stop McCarthy steps
20:40into it he's got Hawkinson and
20:43Hawkinson is knocked down just
20:45short of first down yardage it'll
20:47be third and short you just see the
20:50poise and the confidence right now
20:53of JJ McCarthy as he's as he has
20:56settled in you know I mentioned it
20:58things begin to slow down a little
21:00bit early in this game things were
21:01moving awfully fast he was under
21:03duress because of the play clock
21:05now he's being afforded a little
21:06more time and you can see the
21:09results in his play five and a
21:12half to go on a night when we're
21:15honoring the eighty five bears
21:16right now would be a good time
21:17for this defense to step up Aaron
21:24Jones got it first down
21:28Minnesota and the drive
21:30continues and it'll take it under
21:32five minutes to play here at
21:33Soldier Field and I would think
21:36if they can continue to run the
21:38football you know McCarthy or excuse
21:41me Kevin O'Connell he's going to
21:43lean on that and see if he can't
21:45continue to wind this clock down
21:4714 wins a year ago wasn't good
21:51enough to win the NFC North a
21:55game behind Detroit Sam Darnold
21:59moved on he's in Seattle and now
22:01they're playing behind J.J.
22:02McCarthy although they're one on
22:03one down here with Justin
22:05Jefferson here's Jones he's able
22:11to get three it's been detailed in
22:16many publications but J.J.
22:17McCarthy who grew up in the
22:19suburbs of Chicago LaGrange Park
22:22was four years old when he
22:23attended his first game here at
22:24Soldier Field October 14th of 07 a
22:29game against Minnesota that the
22:31Vikings won on a Longwell field
22:33goal and now here he is his first
22:37NFL start with his team out in
22:39front a little confused in here by
22:41this Chicago defense Jones is wide
22:47open makes the catch and tiptoes for
22:52a first down little misdirection
22:57and the Bears over pursuing Jones
23:01there was nobody within 10 yards
23:02of him yeah because Josh Oliver
23:04comes off the ball a tight end and
23:06the linebacker who's supposed to
23:07come out and cover that he gets
23:09picked off so it's a it's a bit of
23:11a natural pick that Minnesota runs
23:14and it opens it up for an easy
23:16completion Vikings have gone three
23:20tight ends over the last couple
23:21of plays they have two in there now
23:27on first down that's Mailer in
23:32motion this is Jones and a good
23:34play up front Mason with the ball
23:38and a loss of one as Montez sweat
23:42makes the tackle
23:45Montez sweat came in with the trade
23:52a couple years ago and had a big
23:54season and not to his standards
23:57last year comes up with the play
24:00second and eleven Jefferson with a blocker
24:18out in front picking his way and he's
24:21about half a yard maybe a full yard
24:23short of a first down it's third down
24:25and a timeout is taken I think Kevin O'Connell
24:28has called a heck of a game especially
24:30here on these last three possessions that
24:32that play there on second down I was
24:34anticipating they might run the football
24:36to try to continue to milk the clock and
24:38then then maybe pick it up on third down
24:40instead give the young quarterback a high
24:43percentage screen pass blockers out in
24:46front and picks up a nice game to make
24:48this a third and short and keep the clock
24:51running timeout taken by Chicago they're
24:54left with only one yeah after challenging
24:57the one play they lost that one it's been a
25:03drive that has consumed four and a half
25:05minutes off the clock and if they can pick
25:08up a yard and just keep chewing the game
25:12clock it's a three point game Vikings
25:14on top and this is just going to be a
25:17battle up front you would have to
25:18believe yep bears won a good part of
25:25this game up front defensively but
25:27they've been on the losing in the last
25:29three possessions healing in motion
25:32McCarthy keeps he's got it and forces
25:36his way into the end zone touchdown
25:51Hawkinson out in front of him and J.J.
25:56McCarthy takes it into the end zone it's
26:03a simple read option he's he's watching
26:06Odangbo on the outside and when he puts
26:10it in Mason's belly he's waiting to see
26:12what he's going to do as soon as he
26:13turns his shoulders McCarthy knows he
26:15has him beat on the edge and J.J.
26:19McCarthy who had 10 rushing touchdowns
26:21in his three years at Michigan has won
26:24in his first start with the Minnesota
26:27Vikings and boy did he and they hang in
26:29there tonight as the lead is 10 they
26:32sure did I mean collectively the
26:35defense did the offense did the
26:37coaching staff everybody to get
26:40themselves in this position right now
26:42you can't say enough about J.J.
26:43McCarthy I mean things were not going
26:46well at all he was under duress playing
26:48on the road tough environment Monday
26:51night football and yet he hung in there
26:53and Kevin O'Connell kept feeding him
26:55the football and let him kind of
26:56settle in and he was able to do
26:59that but Joe right now I mean for
27:00the Chicago Bears and short of a
27:04miracle if they don't win this game
27:10how they're going to leave this
27:11field tonight knowing that they let
27:13one get away because they were in
27:14total control at one point Vikings
27:18with three straight touchdown drives
27:20and they've outscored the Bears so
27:22far in the fourth quarter 21 to
27:24nothing you know the other part of
27:26this Joe is really Minnesota their
27:30their surge and McCarthy really
27:33coming alive began after the pick
27:36six tonight's game recap is brought
27:41to you by NBA 2K 26 here's the pick
27:50six and the 74 yard return by the Sean
27:53right he's trying to fire up his young
27:58players or his offensive line and he
28:00finds Justin Jefferson in the end
28:02zone he found Aaron Jones who took it
28:06into the end zone and then he takes it
28:08he takes it in himself outscoring the
28:11Bears 21 zip in this fourth quarter
28:13it's pretty hollow as a young
28:15quarterback when you're talking to
28:16offensive lineman after you've
28:17thrown a pick six but that group's
28:20gonna look at him differently this
28:21week at practice you know he
28:23delivered for them when he had his
28:25back against the wall Williams for
28:29commit and they're saying that's a
28:32catch it sure looks like it and one
28:34heck of a catch at that Bears have
28:37only one timeout left they're down by
28:3910 and he caught it that's amazing he
28:44didn't get a lot of opportunities
28:45last year but he caught everything in
28:47his direction here's one of the end
28:50zone and DJ Moore was open but
28:53overthrown and that stops the clock at
28:562 26 boy he just had his eyes in the
28:58wrong place he was looking in the
28:59backfield or looking in the flat I'm
29:02sorry and to Zaccheaus here who goes
29:06here but then he misses DJ Moore
29:09immediately Williams is looking to
29:12Zaccheaus and because he's looking to
29:14the flat he doesn't see the corner
29:16sit on it otherwise the ball comes up
29:18a lot quicker there's the 31 yard
29:20catch by commit just phenomenal and
29:25it's second down and ten sideline and
29:36incomplete for Swift and now it's
29:41third down and ten here's another
29:46look at that play you got Zaccheaus
29:47coming here and then DJ Moore comes
29:49off the ball and you see right on how
29:52much room there is he was just late
29:54getting to it and I think when he was
29:55late then the ball sails on him
29:58instead of him making an accurate
30:00throw but boy that should have been
30:02an easy one and then you've got a
30:03touchdown and still over two minutes
30:05left to play third down and ten down
30:15the middle Williams got hit as he let
30:17it go there's a flag on the far side
30:20of the field and this looks like
30:27illegal contact prior to the past
30:33illegal contact number seven defense
30:35five-yard penalty automatic first down
30:37against Byron Murphy who's working
30:40against a dunze and Williams under
30:46heavy pressure got his arm hit Bears
30:50have to be thankful he's okay hand
30:53got hit arm got hit here's the penalty
30:55on Murphy riding him up the field
31:01first down gets hit again and there's
31:14more balls out flag on the play for the
31:18hit and there's a flag in the secondary
31:24is Ivan pace got through and hit Caleb
31:27Williams there's two separate fouls
31:29here yeah they're both going to be
31:30against Minnesota it looks like but
31:32Caleb definitely he got hit late or
31:34hit up in the head and neck area you
31:37can see the pressure on pace coming
31:38right up the gut and he comes right
31:41into the headgear of Caleb and then
31:46there's on the back end personal
31:47foul rough in the posture number zero
31:49the defense 15-yard penalty from the
31:51previous spot automatic first down and
31:55then there was the hit on DJ more after
32:00the ball was placed somehow perfectly by
32:03Caleb Williams he gets hit but
32:08they're going to call it on the hit by
32:09pace to give Chicago 15 yards the
32:14automatic first down and they're still
32:15checking on DJ more yeah that they're
32:19going to talk about that penalty that
32:20was a that was a big hit but it did
32:22not look like it went to the head and
32:24neck and you know to a defenseless
32:26receiver correct the the contact was
32:28the shoulder up to the shoulder and
32:30there was incidental contact to the
32:31neck area so they threw the flag but
32:33they decided to pick it up but they
32:34still have the roughing the pastor so
32:36it's still going to be a 15-yard
32:37penalty in the first down so just one
32:39foul on the play on the hit by pace
32:42the game block thank you and they're
32:46going to put time back on the clock
32:48there's two minutes 12 seconds left
32:51and the ball is inside the 15 again
33:02only one timeout remaining for
33:04Chicago DJ more able to get up
33:09the ball is inside the 15 again
33:12he's been an Iron Man for the Bears
33:27no miss starts with Chicago since he
33:30was traded here in 2023 DJ more and
33:36he is still getting attention we
33:45hope that he's OK Joe you look at
33:47the situation right now in this
33:49ball game and I mean with one
33:51timeout them scoring before the
33:54two minute warning is is huge and
33:58it's a two score game so even if
34:02they were to settle for a field
34:03goal here before the two minute
34:04warning it it affords them it at
34:06least a chance to try to do
34:08something you know but if this
34:10gets below two minutes they're
34:12going to they're going to lose a
34:13lot of valuable time with no
34:14timeouts of their own to stop
34:15the clock yep well the offense
34:19is out there more is to the
34:23sideline and for now they'll try
34:27to strike into the end zone here
34:29with 2 12 to go four man rush
34:50Caleb Williams steps low looking
34:52for the end zone he's no signal
34:56yet the officials come together
34:59touchdown
35:01really got a field touchdown
35:06we've seen it throughout the night
35:16what he's able to do with his legs
35:17this is an outstanding job by him
35:19take a closer look contact number
35:21seven of the defense the penalty is
35:23declined push out they did throw the
35:25flag there's a lot going on they
35:27threw the flag on Byron Murphy Caleb
35:31Williams looks to be out of bounds
35:35the previous play is under review
35:37he is definitely out of bounds and
35:39the ball is just short of the goal
35:41line when he first touches out of
35:42bounds I expect that they will
35:43reverse this to short of a
35:45touchdown well Ben Johnson has
35:51kept his offense out there so
35:54they're anticipating that after
35:56replay review the ball carries out
35:58of bounds with the ball at the half
36:00yard line it's first and goal and
36:03again there's 2 0 4 left trying to
36:06come up with a quick score before
36:09the two minute warning meanwhile DJ
36:11Moore went back out there so he was
36:13good enough to continue in this
36:15game that's good news for Chicago
36:17no doubt he just came back off the
36:21field and it'll be first down and
36:24goal from just outside the end zone
36:26half the distance to the goal so
36:31now because it wasn't a touchdown
36:33they're going to move the ball half
36:35the distance to the goal which is
36:37reported eligible inches away and
36:41inches closer and it'll be first
36:45down and goal first and goal and
36:47then they added a second also on the
36:49clock instead of 2 0 4 there's 2 0 5
36:52frustration for Ben Johnson he's
37:03only got one timeout in his pocket
37:07they need to score right here right
37:09now they fake the pitch throw it
37:15wide open touchdown a dunze with 2 0 2
37:27to go and they get it done outside of
37:30the 2 minute warning and the extra
37:35point to follow and then it'll be
37:38incumbent upon Santos to boom it out
37:40that's right yeah that's the key
37:42because otherwise it doesn't much
37:44matter but he's gonna have to boom
37:46one first things first is the extra
37:49point and it's a three point game
38:09the other option Joe is if he kicks it
38:11out of bounds but if those those two
38:14seconds they're precious welcome
38:19you inside the broadcast booth Joe
38:20Buck Tory Aikman just a complete
38:23reversal I mean we were coming on
38:25camera the last time at the end of
38:27halftime and it was one sided all
38:30Chicago and since this fourth
38:32quarter started it's been all
38:33Minnesota and credit to Kevin O'Connell
38:35for keeping his team in this ball
38:37game yeah I mean he really has done
38:39a great job he's done a great job
38:40ever since he got to Minnesota but
38:42to keep the young quarterback in
38:44the ball game and keep his head
38:46clear and for him to come out and
38:47respond the way that he did and
38:48again I mentioned it moments ago
38:50that I think Kevin really did a
38:53nice job especially those three
38:54scoring drives but he's such a
38:56great play caller for any
38:57quarterbacks but how fortunate is
39:00JJ McCarthy to be working with him
39:04and and what a job JJ McCarthy
39:06there's gonna be a lot of gonna
39:08be a lot of tough moments over the
39:10course of a career in this league
39:12and he saw it tonight he kind of
39:14went through it all but hung in
39:16there and did a nice job all
39:21right so they got the touchdown
39:23with two or two to go and you
39:27cannot allow any time to come off
39:29the clock with any kind of a
39:30return right here and it or will
39:33he yeah I was gonna say they
39:40lined up by they've already
39:41decided it he could have he could
39:44have tried the onside kick but
39:46they would have to declare it
39:47they have not declared that so
39:49he's got to let it fly and a
40:02decision by Ty Chandler which is a
40:05good decision and that gets this
40:09game clock inside two minutes so
40:13the Bears do not get that extra
40:16stoppage with two minutes left
40:18you see Kevin O'Connell he gave
40:20him the fist bumps that did
40:21exactly what you were told bring
40:22it out of the end zone if you
40:23can and what a night for JJ
40:27McCarthy Kevin O'Connell and the
40:28Vikings they've got the ball a
40:30minute fifty five to go up three
40:36how I am Scott Van Pell coming
40:38up on the nationwide post game
40:40after this game wraps up one of
40:41the stars of the game from which
40:43team will it be we'll visit with
40:45Joe and Troy afterwards as well
40:46this game fellas has changed
40:48dramatically in this second half
40:50look forward to talking to you
40:51when this is done yeah I mean we
40:55this is we haven't seen a flip of
40:57a game script like this since I
40:59don't know last night with the
41:02Bills and the Ravens the way
41:03that thing turned in within the
41:07last four minutes of that ball
41:09game and now it's a twenty one
41:11twenty one to seven fourth quarter
41:13with the Vikings pulling out in
41:15front now by three a minute fifty
41:18five only one timeout remains for
41:21Chicago and we'll show you Ty
41:24Chandler getting help from the
41:26sideline about taking that kick
41:28off out of bounds a moment ago
41:30here's Mason he's had a nice
41:32night and look at the eyes of
41:38Chandler he's checking with the
41:40sideline and who does he find
41:42Kevin O'Connell over on the
41:45sideline saying come on out Ty we
41:48need to get this game clock under
41:49two minutes that's pretty good I
41:51just wonder if Kevin O'Connell
41:52told him before he went out hey
41:54you look to me if you catch this
41:56ball and I'll tell you what to do
41:58like a third base coach that's
42:00right you talk about these great
42:04games around the NFL last night
42:06of course with Buffalo and
42:07Baltimore and then this one yeah
42:10the NFL's put America back on the
42:12edge of their seat yeah here we
42:13are again and for Kevin O'Connell
42:17and his Vikings are involved in
42:19another one score game they were
42:23nine and one in one score games
42:25last season second down and seven
42:32Bears are out of timeouts Mason is
42:36tackled immediately by brisker no
42:39gain on the play it'll be third
42:41down so this will take us down to
42:48about a minute remaining run
42:50another play and then then you're
42:53looking at if they keep the clock
42:55running you're which I got to
42:57believe they're gonna just hand
42:58the ball off you're talking about
43:00punting roughly around 15 seconds
43:03or so Vikings have all three of
43:12their timeouts left and Kevin O'Connell
43:15it appears we use one now first
43:19charge timeout Minnesota when we
43:22talked Troy with Kevin O'Connell he
43:26talked about trying to get more
43:28physical they went out in the
43:30offseason they revamped the
43:32interior of this offensive line it
43:34took a little bit of time in this
43:36game for them to start flexing
43:38their muscles but they got more
43:40physical in this second half and
43:43it was that offensive line that
43:45got the ground game going which
43:47then opened it up for the first
43:48year starting quarterback JJ
43:49McCarthy you know especially
43:51considering what happened last
43:53year in the season for the
43:55Vikings and when they got mauled
43:56by the Rams and gave up nine
43:58sacks and one of the first
44:00things out of O'Connell's mouth
44:01that day at the press conference
44:02was that they needed to get
44:03better up front and so didn't
44:05look so good early Chicago was
44:06winning that but for them to
44:07come around the way they did was
44:10impressive handoff is to Mason and
44:14Jordan Mason you're gonna bring
44:16up fourth down as he gets a
44:17couple over the left side Vikings
44:19will let it go all the way down
44:22likely spend another time out and
44:26then it will be the defense of the
44:28Vikings out on the field the
44:30offense for the Bears in a three
44:31point game but a long way to go
44:32with no timeouts and just one note
44:35about McCarthy JJ McCarthy is now one
44:40of two players to throw multiple
44:44pass touchdowns in their debut
44:46McCarthy tonight Fran Tarkenton in
44:50the first game in Vikings history in
44:571961 it came off the bench the
45:00opponent in both games the Chicago
45:02Bears well no offense to the
45:05Chicago Bears but that's pretty
45:06good company anytime you're
45:08compared to Fran Tarkenton but I
45:09mentioned it a little bit
45:10earlier this team's gonna look at
45:12JJ McCarthy a lot different this
45:14week when you when you've got a
45:15guy who is yet to play you know
45:17either there's a lot of unknowns
45:19in that locker room with the
45:20veteran players especially we
45:22showed him talking to the
45:23offensive line after he threw the
45:24pick six and I also know because
45:27I've been on that end of it to
45:28where those linemen kind of look
45:30at you with an empty stare and
45:32they're not really thrilled to be
45:34hearing from you many times but
45:36the way he responded to that he
45:39gained some trust and confidence
45:41in that locker room is going to
45:42carry him a long way.
45:49That's right.
45:52We'll boom it.
45:54Running back and taking a safety
45:56was on the board as well to take
45:58more time off the clock but
45:59there's nine seconds left when we
46:01talked to JJ McCarthy and we're
46:04nine seconds away from the end
46:05of the game so time running out
46:07on the Bears you just there's a
46:09brightness to him.
46:11There is he's been described as
46:12an old soul his parents Jim and
46:14Megan obviously did a tremendous
46:15job.
46:17But this young man who has been
46:18dialed into the sport of
46:19football since he was a young
46:20boy working throughout high
46:21school at Nazareth Academy the
46:24Road Runners won a national
46:27championship at Michigan he and
46:28his partner are going to be
46:29parents later on in this month.
46:32He's got a lot going on he's
46:3322 years old and barring the
46:36incredible he will start his NFL
46:39career want to know with a road
46:41win in the stadium where he's
46:44lead on his Bears.
46:45You mentioned the incredible Ben
46:46Johnson and the trick plays and
46:48the things that he dials up we'll
46:50see what he has for this
46:51situation right here.
46:53That's what it's going to take
46:54and this ball hits DJ more flags
46:56on the play and more gets hit
46:59out of bounds and we're down to
47:00five seconds left.
47:01I don't know if that was
47:06supposed to be a direct snap to
47:07DJ Moore or what that was not
47:09quite what I was expecting.
47:10Eagle shift offense five yard
47:12penalty replay first down.
47:15And it just takes more time off
47:16the clock.
47:18I think the Bears are going to
47:19wonder what hit him.
47:20Yeah.
47:21They're going to walk out of
47:22here short of a miracle right
47:24here and wonder how they lost
47:27this football game.
47:31five seconds left no timeouts the
47:33defense pushed back.
47:37They've got safeties back on
47:38their side of the 50.
47:43They got their hands team out
47:44here now.
47:52It's a dunes a.
47:54It's more.
47:55He's got to get rid of it.
47:56He does.
47:57And my done guy can't make a
48:00plan.
48:01That's it.
48:02The Minnesota Vikings will start
48:03this season one at all.
48:06With this.
48:08Strong comeback.
48:10And a win on the road here in
48:12Chicago.
48:14Kevin O'Connell starts.
48:16Want to know Ben Johnson the
48:17rookie head coach on one.
48:20And J.J. McCarthy back home in
48:24Chicago.
48:26Gets the win.
48:30We asked him about all that.
48:32Memorabilia that he collected
48:34as a kid.
48:35He said that's all gone now.
48:36I consider Minnesota my home.
48:38Kevin O'Connell wasn't really
48:40in the mood to hear about his
48:41coming home either.
48:43Said if he's worrying about where
48:44he grew up.
48:45And where he saw his first game
48:47when he was four.
48:48He's thinking about the wrong
48:49stuff.
48:54I mean we can talk about it.
48:55Yeah.
48:56Come on.
48:57That's what we do.
49:03Let's send it down.
49:06To Lisa Salters.
49:07Lisa.
49:08J.J.
49:09Your NFL debut here in your
49:10hometown.
49:11Your family in the stands.
49:12You said you weren't going to
49:13think about any of that until
49:15postgame.
49:16Now here you are.
49:17Just what's this feeling like
49:18to you.
49:19It's a real you know your first
49:20NFL win and you know I just
49:22can't.
49:23Can't be more proud of the guys
49:24up front.
49:25The defense they were you know
49:26struggling the first half for
49:27us offensively and they had
49:29our back you know in the
49:30kicking game punts and all
49:31that.
49:32So I just want to say my thanks
49:33to my team right there.
49:34You said that the game wasn't
49:35going the way you would have
49:37liked and you threw that pick
49:38six.
49:39And then it seemed like
49:40everything changed.
49:41What started to click for you.
49:44Honestly you know we were just
49:45figuring it out.
49:46We were playing one play at a
49:47time and you know coach O'Connell
49:49got us in great play calls and
49:50we just executed at the end of
49:51the day.
49:52So yeah it just came down to
49:54execution.
49:55When things weren't going well
49:56what was the issue.
49:58You know it's just all 11 being
50:00on the same page.
50:01I feel like you know it's game
50:02one there's a lot of things we
50:03got to clean up.
50:04But you know I was really
50:05really proud of how we
50:06responded because there's
50:07going to be a lot of gritty
50:08games in the future.
50:09And again even when things
50:10weren't going well we could see
50:12you on the sidelines rallying
50:14the troops talking to your O
50:16line talking to your receivers.
50:18What were you saying to them.
50:20That we got a belief you know
50:22that's one thing that we can
50:23do is control the controllables
50:24and our belief in you know
50:25going out there and executing
50:26that next play.
50:27And you know it's as simple as
50:28that.
50:29We got a great group and
50:30everyone was on the same page
50:31with that.
50:32JJ this is game one of what
50:34will hopefully be a very long
50:35career for you.
50:36But what do you think he will
50:38remember most about this night.
50:42Getting the win.
50:43That's what I remember most you
50:44know just being here in the
50:45hometown you know it's a dream
50:47come true and you know it's
50:48all the kids out there it's
50:49possible.
50:50And you know I just love my
50:51guys and can't wait to go to
50:52war next week.
50:53Congratulations and welcome
50:54home.
50:55Thanks so much.
50:56Joe.
50:57Lisa thank you JJ McCarthy.
51:00He won a national championship
51:02in Michigan in 2023 at 20 years
51:05old.
51:06He missed all of last year with a
51:07knee injury.
51:08And here he is making his NFL
51:10regular season debut.
51:12They hung in came back and got a
51:14win.
51:15Final score Vikings 27 Bears 24.
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51:33Joe thank you very much.
51:34On the way SportsCenter and one
51:37of the stars of the game will
51:39join me right here on our set.
51:41Ryan Clark will be here as well
51:43with the keys to the game and
51:45what changed in the second half
51:47for McCarthy and Minnesota.
51:49As Joe was just mentioning for
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