MINNEAPOLIS -- How could the Minnesota Vikings commit eight false start penalties Sunday, the most by a home team in the past 16 seasons?

Players and coaches offered a variety of explanations after a 27-20 loss to the Ravens , including the possibility that the Baltimore defense was making calls designed to simulate quarterback J.J. McCarthy 's cadence.

"Sometimes it's hard to hear," Vikings running back Aaron Jones said. "They're making 'move calls' up front, so sometimes it sounds like it could be J.J. [saying], 'Set hut,' but they're making move calls and you see them stem and so they're trying to get them to jump as well."

Asked if the Ravens were playing a game with snap counts, Jones said: "Yeah, they're playing a little game there, too. So that's what they get paid to do.

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