With the Vikings set to play the Saints in the wild card round of the playoffs, naturally, we go back to the last time these two teams played in the postseason.
That was back on Jan. 14, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in the NFC Divisional Round.
The Vikings trailed 24-23 after Wil Lutz drilled a 43-yard field goal with just 25 seconds left in the game.
With about 10 seconds left, the game appeared to be over barring some sort of, I don’t know, miracle.
Saints coach Sean Payton did something he probably now regrets (or maybe he doesn’t, who knows?). He gave Vikings fans some of their own medicine, doing the ‘Skol’ chant to the crowd.
About that . . .
The next play was a little thing we call the Minneapolis Miracle in which Case Keenum connected with Stefon Diggs for a game-winning 61-yard touchdown to send the Vikings to the NFC Championship game.
Payton didn’t go into that game as a popular guy among the Vikings’ faithful considering he was the coach of the Saints when the Bountygate scandal occurred back in the 2009 NFC Championship game.
The Saints are big favorites and the game will be in New Orleans. But if the Vikings can pull off the upset, expect some Vikings fans to direct their Skol chant in Payton’s direction, even if he won’t be able to see it.
