Who wanted to play Minnesota in the playoffs there? Heck, you had to push off on the safety just to beat them. ;)
Yes, the famous Hail Mary game that still gets mentioned. Forget the fact that Drew was also an illegal receiver, because he went out of bounds. By rule he could not be the first person to touch the ball. Then to add insult to injury, as you eluded to, he pushed off on the safety to get the pass.
Like now, that push off was offensive pass interference, which the referee should have flagged.
That was the year the I firmly believe my Vikings would have gone all the way. Then again, I could say that about a dozen other times they never should have been in a situation for the other team to even be close enough for a bad call or missed call to be a factor.
Since then I can honestly say that the worse moment that allowed the Vikings to be eliminated was the time Denny Greene (or as my wife called him, Re-Rerun) decided to kneel down with possession of the ball, and take his chance on winning the coin toss in overtime. Sadly, we lost the coin toss, and Atlanta went on to kick a field goal to advance to the SB.
This mind you from a coach who, at the time, had the most dominating receiving core and offense in the history of the game.
I remember all the times we coulda, shoulda, woulda won if only.................
Maybe this will be our year, It can happen, it just hasn’t yet.
Ahhhhh,,,, forever the bridesmaid and never the bride.