There are certain things you don’t do in sports. You don’t mention it if a pitcher is throwing a no-hitter or perfect game. You never replay a particularly gruesome injury. You don’t mention a kicker’s field goal percentage before a field goal unless you want the kicker to miss it. And if a team hasn’t allowed an offensive touchdown in nearly three games when that team’s opponent is in the red zone… well, you might not want to make a big deal about it.
Unfortunately for the Minnesota Vikings in their Saturday game against the Cincinnati Bengals, NFL Network announcers Chris Rose and Jason McCourty happened to point out that Brian Flores’ defense hadn’t allowed a touchdown since there was 1:03 left in the Vikings’ Week 11 loss to the Denver Broncos. Right after that, of course, Jake Browning hit Tee Higgins for a 13-yard touchdown with 14:56 left in the fourth quarter.
the announcer curse is real my friends pic.twitter.com/LCF8u7h7f3
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) December 16, 2023
The Vikings then allowed another touchdown on the Bengals’ next drive.
2nd effort from @Joe_MainMixon ties it up!
📺: #MINvsCIN on @NFLNetwork
https://t.co/vtmfEKvOLy pic.twitter.com/XEJGd3mtmg— NFL (@NFL) December 16, 2023
Never mess with sports voodoo, kids. That’s all we’re saying.
