Week 4 · 2025–26 season
Vikings
L 21-24 at Steelers · Sep 28, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Vikings fans watching Wentz cosplay a late-game drive and losing to A.Rodgers again, too tired to even be surprised.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
After J.Addison's 81-yard catch set up first-and-goal at the 1, this game was there for the taking. Instead, C.Wentz's intentional grounding penalty with 43 seconds left turned a potential go-ahead drive into the kind of sequence fans are still trying to scrub from memory. The D.Metcalf 80-yard catch-and-run hurt, the early J.Mason fumble returned by J.Ramsey hurt more, but the late-game collapse with the ball in Minnesota's hands is what will linger.
What fans said
“It’s the hope that really kills you in the end.”
u/Go_To_Bethel_And_Sin▲ 202despair
“Worst late game drive I've ever seen”
u/mantistoboggan21▲ 296frustration
“that's the type of shit you do when the city is under attack”
u/TwoLegitShiznit▲ 71rage
“He gets concussed so easily he probably should retire.”
u/BurpVomit▲ 59despair
“Bro might genuinely be out of the league before the season ends if he keeps up his rate of getting concussions.”
u/Vexans27▲ 28despair
“this is the exact same game plan that Atlanta used to boat race us.”
u/cptblumpkins▲ 86frustration
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“I’ve never seen so many god damn injuries to key players so fucking fast in a season, for fucks sake”
u/PLGP▲ 18rage
“Never underestimate the Vikings ability to lose games that they should easily win.”
u/BobbyTheDude▲ 77frustration
“"Just nowhere to go with the ball" as they show Jefferson casually jogging wide open across the middle.”
u/WrestleBox▲ 34frustration
“KOC calling a run and then us standing around for 20 seconds after it failed was criminal”
u/philsterz97▲ 34frustration
“How the fuck is Addison getting caught by a linebacker 10 yards behind him?”
u/BritzBeef▲ 57frustration
“Would have walked into the endzone if he didn’t have to completely stop his route to catch that terrible pass”
u/chillinwithmoes▲ 57frustration
“Damn you for giving me that little bit of hope at the end. Turnovers kill.”
u/hiptones▲ 118frustration
“Worst part is losing to fucking RODGERS again.”
u/Wrathszz▲ 13rage
“Zero.. F”
u/subtleshooter▲ 13despair
“He was horrible. I know the O line but that last drive he had time and still made horrible decisions.”
u/AnthonyBarrHeHe▲ 28frustration
“KOC can't be both HC and OC - it just isn't working.”
u/Abraham_Froman34▲ 49frustration
“You can try to make it sound better, but he was ass.”
u/magworld▲ 21rage
“I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at my party because of the game. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye vikings. I am no longer a fan.”
u/Comprehensive_Rice27▲ 9nuclear
“Wentz literally moved the whole offense backwards that entire last drive. Holy shit was he complete shit.”
u/AnthonyBarrHeHe▲ 11rage