There seems to be a lot of chatter on various forms and news outlets about the kneel down extra point after the bizarre final play that won the game for Minnesota. That final touchdown put Minnesota up by 5 points and the rules say the extra point must be attempted or played. Since the betting line was Minnesota -5 or even -5.5, that extra point mattered to a lot of people.

Interestingly the same thing happened in the next to last weekend of the season in the Eagles-Raiders game. Final play of the game with the Eagles up 13-10, the Raiders run that stupid lateral play where the team laterals the ball about a dozen times trying to move up field. Well the Eagles intercepted one of the laterals and ran it into the endzone, making the score 19-10 and just like the Vikings game today, NFL rules say the extra point must be attempted. The betting line was 9.5 or 10, so again the extra point would have made the difference and just like the Vikings, the Eagles took a knee rather than kick the point to a chorus of boos raining down from their home fans, who had bet The eagles -9.5 or -10.