SEATTLE — As heavy underdogs Sunday afternoon at Lumen Field, the Vikings had a chance to pull even with the Seattle Seahawks shortly before halftime. A chip shot field goal by kicker Will Reichard would’ve tied the score at 3-3.

Instead, head coach Kevin O’Connell opted to roll the dice, perhaps believing the Vikings needed to be aggressive if they were going to upset the Seahawks on their home turf.

The decision was defensible. The play call was not.

Though the Vikings only needed about a yard to move the chains, O’Connell dialed up a play action pass, asking a lot of rookie quarterback Max Brosmer, who was making the first start of his career.

It proved to be a disaster of epic proportions.

A fake handoff to fullback C.J. Ham fooled nobody and Brosmer was under immediate pressure b

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