The outcome of the game already was decided.
All that remained before Vikings 37, Jets 17 became official was for the final 1:21 on the clock to expire.
Robby Anderson sat on his butt in the end zone with the football in his hands after an incomplete pass on which he felt he was interfered with and, frustrated by the non-call, he childishly whipped the ball toward a nearby official.
“It was just frustration,” the Jets receiver said. “I hate losing. Who likes to lose? It wasn’t anything intended to [the referee]. It wasn’t anything malicious.