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Vikings, Raiders show that midseason misadventures needn't result in giving up on the 2023 season
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Las Vegas Raiders interim head coach Antonio Pierce watches during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in Las Vegas. - photo by AP Photo/Rick Scuteri
The Minnesota Vikings and the Las Vegas Raiders are proof that major midseason upheaval doesn't necessarily mean it's time to start aiming for the draft instead of the playoffs. Days after the Vikings acquired him in a trade deadline deal with Arizona following Kirk Cousins' torn Achilles tendon, Joshua Dobbs was pressed into duty when rookie QB Jaren Hall went out with a concussion in the first quarter Sunday at Atlanta. Dobbs gathered his offensive linemen on the sideline to go over his cadence, then led the Vikings to three touchdowns, including the game-winning 6-yard throw to Brandon Powell with 22 seconds left to rally the Vikings past the Falcons 31-28.