It wasn't the only reason they lost to the Baltimore Ravens, with blame and disappointing performances anywhere you looked, but being penalized 13 times for 102 yards put the Minnesota Vikings behind the eight-ball way too often on Sunday.
Of those 13 penalties, eight were false starts by the offense. That volume of false starts is not supposed to happen when you're the home team, so it's no surprise the Vikings landed in historical territory for this century.
The Vikings' 8 false starts today are tied for the second-most in a game by the home team with the 2005 Rams (since 2000).