Seconds after Brandon Powell spiked the football he'd caught from Joshua Dobbs for the game-winning touchdown in the Vikings' 31-28 victory in Atlanta on Sunday, assistant equipment manager Adam Groene walked behind Kevin O'Connell, retrieving the headset that bore the brunt of the coach's own celebration.
"Yeah, I spiked it. I may have pulled a muscle in my neck. I'm not sure what I did," O'Connell said. "That was all [Brandon Powell]. Everything that we had as an organization being put forward, regardless of the circumstance, just trying to get this one. This one will be special to me for a long time.