Week 15 · 2025–26 season

Vikings

W 34-26 at Cowboys · Dec 14, 2025

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Vikings fans embracing spoiler season because rooting for J.McCarthy's growth beats admitting the playoffs are gone.

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.

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What happened

J.McCarthy's deep ball to J.Addison setting up his own one-yard touchdown plunge, the 23-yard strike to J.Nailor in the third, and the short scoring toss back to J.Nailor in the fourth gave the offense a pulse that's been missing for weeks. B.Aubrey's missed 59-yarder didn't hurt either. The McCarthy interception early is the kind of rep that still needs ironing out, but with playoff math already grim, development reps against Dallas count as the win that matters.

What fans said

  • “Awesome prime time win! I don’t care if we’re eliminated from playoffs. It was nice to see a great effort and for JJ to keep developing. SKOL!”

    u/Viperman22xx▲ 369joy

  • “I just want to play playoff spoiler every week now.”

    u/Ragnarr_Lodbrok88▲ 246hope

  • “Im excited for the rest of the year, this is awesome to see.”

    u/Independent-Help1444▲ 182joy

  • “Obviously wanted to win, but that’s just gravy. Complete team win.”

    u/hjugm▲ 159joy

  • “Costing the Packers the division in the last game and them losing on the road in the 1st round is the best available outcome for the season.”

    u/CountJohn12▲ 155hope

  • “This sub has been toxic as fuck since the first game of the season and became nuclear since the second game”

    u/kylebertram▲ 98frustration

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