Vikings 22, 49ers 17
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A: He had an ankle, then returned.
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A: We think it was a thigh contusion, but have to wait to see.
Q. What is going to stick with you about this game?
A: The loss. Losing. I mean...
Q. Specific areas that you were really concerned with?
A: Yeah, I was real disappointed we couldn't get them off the field. We had one punt. They had one punt. They had one turnover. We had three turnovers.
I think when both teams only punt once, looks like it's going to be a shootout. We ended up turning over two more times than them. It was a five-point game, so...
Almost as simple as that.
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A: I don't think the assignment was blown on the touchdown. Called an all-out blitz. He's got to get rid of it right away. He threw it up. Got a chance, picked. They got a touchdown. Real bad play by us.
Q. Are you okay with that blitz call?
A: That's stuff we'll discuss throughout this week. Obviously I did not like the result.
Q. Brock's two interceptions seem similar in that he was expecting a receiver to come across. What was going on?
A: I thought on the first one he just missed the throw. I thought he just sailed it a little bit inside. Had Jauan right there.
The second one, I mean, they're soft as can be, going down without any timeouts. He tried to lob it over a guy who was really deep. Looked like the guy climbed the ladder and made a hell of a play.
Q. Do you feel like you're getting enough from your pass-rush?
A: No, I don't. Don't look like it.
Q. What's going on?
A: I mean, last week I don't think they had as many opportunities. This week it seemed like they did, watching it live. I'll have to check it out on the plane.
We didn't have any sacks today. When you go against a quarterback like that, you got to make him uncomfortable. He didn't seem too uncomfortable.
Q. How did Chris McCaffrey come out?
A: Seemed like he was fine. Haven't talked to him yet. Never heard anything during the game.
Q. What do you say to the team after a loss like?
A: Not much you can do about it. I mean, we flat out got beat. I think right now you got to take it like a man. We got a game here. I think tomorrow we wake up, it will be five days from now. We got a team coming off a bye week who has been waiting for this a little bit.
We can't sit here and worry about what's happened before this. We have to make sure we do everything now till Sunday when this game is over to beat the Bengals. Then we go into our bye week.
I just looked at our guys right now. We have about five and a half days left. Got to focus all on that, make sure we go into the bye week 6-2, not 5-3.
Q. The two interceptions, was it the reads, the throws?
A: No, he just missed the one to Jauan. A little over the middle. Had to have it a little bit more inside the numbers. The second one was trying to lob it over someone in desperation.
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A: I thought he played really well. The one missed throw to Jauan was the one tough play that he didn't make.
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A: No, I mean, there were plays for him. They mixed up their coverages. Just the way it rolls sometimes.
Q. How did Jaylon Moore play today?
A: Seemed like he did well. I didn't say his name much today. Seemed like he did well.
It's frustrating only getting 17 points. When it's a game like that, we got to score on all those. When you turn it over three times, that's three drives without points. Then we had that missed field goal, too. Can't do that when the game goes the way it did.
Q. What is your confidence level in him?
A: Yeah, I mean, it was tough when he missed that. It was nice that he came back and hit a real long one, 54, 55, not sure. That definitely helped the confidence, the one he finished with.
Thanks, guys.
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