In the days following the Vikings' 40-3 loss to the Cowboys, players went through their usual postmortem under head coach Kevin O'Connell. They watched through the game. They rewatched clips of errors that coaches wanted to emphasize as teaching points. There was no proverbial burning of the film from a loss that concluded just four days before Thursday night's kickoff against the New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium.
But at least one player wanted to. Receiver Justin Jefferson did not hide the burns from the most lopsided loss of his football playing career. His teams, from Destrehan High School just outside New Orleans to LSU to the Vikings, don't often lose like that.