Joe Buck mocks Vikings at end of playoff debacle vs. Rams

Joe Buck mocks Vikings at end of playoff debacle vs. Rams

If the fat lady had sung, Joe Buck certainly didn’t hear her.

A frustrated Vikings team looked lethargic, dismayed and shocked as they slowly went to the line of scrimmage and were still running the ball Monday while trailing the Rams by 18 with 6:24 remaining.

“The Vikings, I ᴀssume, are aware they’re down 18 points,” Buck said on the telecast as Minnesota allowed the play clock to dwindle down to nine seconds in an embarrᴀssing 27-9 season-ending defeat.

“I was kinda thinking the same thing,” Buck’s broadcast partner, Troy Aikman, responded.

Buck appeared annoyed with the Vikings’ lack of urgency, adding, “I mean, they’re running the ball. They’re slow to the line.”

The Vikings also looked shocked and frustrated at the end of the first half after quarterback Sam Darnold coughed up a fumble for a touchdown, immediately followed by the defense letting Los Angeles meticulously drive down the field for a score to close the second quarter.

The Vikings never regained their composure as Darnold took nine sacks throughout the wild-card contest.

Sam Darnold took nine sacks on Monday. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

Darnold lost 82 yards on those nine sacks, the most in the history of the NFL playoffs, previously beating Bart Star’s dubious record of 76 yards taken during the 1967 Ice Bow.

While the game likely was over, Aikman and Buck could not believe that the Vikings essentially conceded.

“Just seeing now if they’re going to kinda speed things up, which they’re not,” Aikman said as the Vikings executed a quarterback for a first down on fourth-and-1 with less than seven minutes remaining. “Minnesota has kinda conceded this one. They’re in no rush to get the ball snapped.”

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were shocked to see the Vikings give up during the fourth quarter. Getty Images
Joe Buck took a few sH๏τs at the clock management for Minnesota. Getty Images

The Vikings head into an uncertain offseason where they won 14 games behind Darnold, but went down with a whimper after being decimated by the Lions in Week 18 and then embarrᴀssed by the Rams.

Darnold, a free agent to be, finds himself in a peculiar place as the Vikings prepare for the return of first-round pick J.J. McCarthy, who went down with an injury that forced him to have knee surgery.

Previously, Darnold had put himself in a position to ᴀssume that role with McCarthy potentially on the outside looking in, but the poor end to the season casts doubt on his Vikings future.

Sam Darnold heads into an uncertain offseason. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

“That conversation’s a different conversation today than it was two weeks ago,” Aikman said after the game.

With the win, the Rams now head to Philadelphia as an underdog to the Eagles.

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