The environment of NFL preseason video games tends to be extra relaxed than what star gamers and coaches usually expertise over the course of the common season.
However, a participant being mic’d throughout a sport has change into a comparatively regular incidence within the league. Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connnell rapidly picked up on the truth that Justin Jefferson was sporting a microphone throughout Minnesota’s preseason opener.
O’Connell ended up having a lighthearted and hilarious change with the celebrity broad receiver on the sideline because the Vikings took on the Las Vegas Raiders.
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Head Coach Kevin OConnell of the Minnesota Vikings on the sidelines of the pre-season sport in opposition to Las Vegas Raiders at U.S. Financial institution Stadium on August 10, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Minnesota Vikings defeated the Las Vegas Raiders 24-23. (Adam Bettcher/Getty Pictures)
“The real question is, why — I see Justin, he never stands by himself,” O’Connell mentioned. “He’s the energy, the igniter. Why in the world is he standing off by himself talking to himself? Now I know.”
O’Connell was responding to Jefferson’s request to say a number of phrases to the viewers watching the sport’s broadcast.
The three-time Professional Bowler was featured within the sport’s broadcast for the whole thing of the third quarter. Jefferson’s look served as one other reminder that the Vikings have been taking part in an exhibition sport and never a daily season contest.
Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell talks with broad receiver Justin Jefferson (18) throughout Minnesota Vikings Coaching Camp at TCO Efficiency Heart on August 3, 2024 in Eagan, Minnesota. (Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures through Getty Pictures)
At one level, Jefferson even efficiently predicted {that a} play would lead to a landing. “Got em, got em, got em, got em,” Jefferson mentioned as rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy threw a move to Trent Sherfield Sr.
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Jefferson, who signed a historic contract extension in June, didn’t play in Saturday’s preseason sport.
McCarthy rebounded from an ill-advised throw intercepted by Las Vegas beginning cornerback Jack Jones with two landing passes in opposition to backups, a blended however promising preseason debut for the Vikings’ future franchise quarterback in a 24-23 victory over the Raiders.
J.J. McCarthy #9 of the Minnesota Vikings seems to be to move the ball within the second quarter of the preseason sport in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders at U.S. Financial institution Stadium on August 10, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Pictures)
Rookie Will Reichard kicked a 37-yard area purpose as time expired to cease Minnesota’s 10-game preseason dropping streak. The Vikings final gained an exhibition on Aug. 24, 2019, at dwelling in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals.
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“Things are going to go bad, and it’s your ability to respond and navigate those waters when it does happen, just being able to have that goldfish memory to just go back out there and have that sling-it mentality,” McCarthy mentioned.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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