Vikings get embarrassed by Seahawks in Max Brosmer’s first start

SEATTLE As heavy underdogs on 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 figure at - 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 tragedy of epic proportions A fake handoff to fullback C J Ham fooled nobody and Brosmer was under immediate pressure by edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence In an effort to not take a sack in that situation Brosmer wildly chucked the ball to nowhere in particular and it landed in the waiting arms of linebacker Ernest Jones IV The rest was a blur as Jones raced yards the other way for a touchdown that turned the contest upside down That was the beginning of the end for the Vikings in an embarrassing - loss to the Seahawks It was a brutal performance from Brosmer as he finished of for yards and interceptions The issues for the Vikings go much deeper than the struggles of an undrafted free agent however as the offense that once thrived under O Connell has wholly lost its identity After the offense looked lost last weekend in the loss for the Green Bay Packers the Vikings were even worse against the Seahawks They couldn t do much of anything when they had the ball as gaining positive yardage started to feel impossible The struggles of the offense spoiled a pretty good showing from the defense on the other end The scoreboard is rather misleading from that perspective as the Vikings managed to keep the Seahawks out for the end zone for prolonged stretches Related Articles Vikings will be without Christian Darrisaw in Max Brosmer s first start Vikings picks We have a Max Brosmer believer Vikings at Seahawks What to know ahead of Week matchup The Loop Fantasy Football Update Week Last-minute moves Frederick History suggests Max Brosmer s first NFL start won t go well Our eyes say otherwise