MINNEAPOLIS — With 1:10 left in the game, the Vikings offense stayed on the field.
Max Brosmer and Co. faced fourth-and-17 from their own 24, down by 8, with one chance to keep the drive alive.
Brosmer delivered.
The rookie QB dropped back and let the ball fly, hitting Jeshaun Jones over the middle for a 25-yard completion.
"We had a dagger called, kind of a deep dagger," Brosmer detailed after the Vikings 20-12 preseason loss to the Patriots. "I thought Jeshaun got to a really good spot at the perfect time, and the o-line did a great job of holding up on fourth-and-17. That's hard. The defensive ends and the d-tackles are going to pin their ears back — I mean, their one job is to go sack the quarterback, especially on fourth-and-17, and go win the game. That's like their dream, right? But [our offensive line] did a great job holding up protection, and Jeshaun got to a really good spot, and at that point you have to make a throw to where you think your guys can catch it. He did a great job there."
Brosmer noted he made the "spot throw" before actually seeing Jones open, trusting his receiver would be there.
"It's something you work on, and it's something I actually missed a couple plays before that, to Dontae [Fleming]. I threw it behind him," Brosmer said. "We got lucky ending up with the ball there … and I threw it to the spot where I thought he was going to be, and it ended up being a really good spot."