Vikes' Hockenson livid after replay overturns TD

MINNEAPOLIS -- Vikings choky extremity T.J. Hockenson was livid Sunday erstwhile NFL replay overturned a fourth-quarter touchdown drawback that would person closed the Philadelphia Eagles' pb to 2 points successful Minnesota's eventual 28-22 loss.

Hockenson said helium had "control the full time" and revealed that 2 members of referee Bill Vinovich's unit told him they considered the play a drawback and touchdown adjacent aft it was overturned.

"There was thing to overturn it," Hockenson said. "I mean, I was retired there. I felt it, hands nether the ball, snag it and I don't understand. I don't fundamentally recognize the drawback regularisation astatine this point. ... I don't recognize however New York tin telephone successful and conscionable beryllium like, 'Yeah, that's not a catch,' erstwhile determination was nary grounds that it wasn't. I mean I had it. I deliberation it's ridiculous."

All scoring plays successful the NFL are taxable to review. Vinovich's unit had credited Hockenson with a 15-yard touchdown reception connected third-and-2 with 2 minutes, 58 seconds remaining successful the game. Initial replays showed that the shot moved to immoderate grade arsenic Hockenson dove to the ground, but the NFL's modular for replay reversal is to uphold the telephone unless determination is wide and evident grounds connected video that shows a antithetic telephone should person been made.

In a excavation report, vice president of instant replay Mark Butterworth said determination was.

"The ruling connected the tract was a touchdown," Butterworth said, "so it's replay's jurisdiction to halt the game. We utilized broadcast-enhanced shots to amusement that arsenic helium was going to the crushed -- helium needs power of the shot passim the process of the drawback -- helium mislaid power of the ball. The shot deed the ground. Then, helium regained power of the ball. So therefore, we overturned it to an incomplete pass."

Had the touchdown been upheld, and had the Vikings converted the other point, they would person trailed 28-26 with each 3 of their timeouts remaining. Placekicker Will Reichard had earlier converted a 59-yard tract goal, meaning the Vikings would person been successful presumption to triumph if they had gotten the shot backmost and moved it adjacent the Eagles' 40-yard line. The overturn led to a 16.4% plaything successful triumph probability for the Vikings, according to ESPN Analytics.

The Vikings had plentifulness of different opportunities earlier successful the game. They finished with lone 1 touchdown successful six trips to the reddish portion portion committing 2 turnovers, including an interception that Eagles linebacker Jalyx Hunt returned 42 yards for a touchdown.

"It is what it is," Hockenson said. "Got to determination connected different plays. ... I mean you can't spell 1 for six [in the reddish zone] and triumph a shot crippled with 2 turnovers. We had the [opportunity] astatine the end, obviously. But yeah, pugnacious one."