It’s 3rd and 1 on the Vikings opening drive, and Kevin O’Connell has a trick up his sleeve. Rather than simply having Josh Dobbs hand the ball off to Alexander Mattison or calling an RPO, Kevin sends T.J. Hockenson under center so he can pitch the ball to Joshua Dobbs on a designed run to the outside. Christian Darrisaw, K.J. Osborn, and Alexander Mattison are all out in front of Dobbs as blockers, which sounds promising considering that the Vikings only need to get one yard.
Yet, the play is blown up in large part due to Dalton Risner not being able to get out in space quick enough to prevent Alex Singleton (#49) from getting into the backfield.