For one very strange night, in the middle of an utterly forgettable but ultimately transformative Vikings season, quarterback Josh Freeman took center stage.
On Oct. 21, 2013 — the 10-year anniversary is Saturday — Freeman was thrust into the role of starting quarterback on Monday Night Football for a Vikings team desperately searching for a jolt to their season and a long-term solution at the most important position in sports.
It did not go well.
The game was, however, memorable in its own way — so much so that one-year later I gathered up a group that had watched the game together so that we could recount our experiences in an oral history of sorts.