Week 8 · 2025–26 season
Vikings
L 10-37 at Chargers · Oct 23, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Vikings fans calling it coaching malpractice after KOC left a visibly broken Wentz in down 24 instead of turning to.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
J.Herbert carved up the middle of the field at will in the first quarter — Gadsden, Allen, McConkey all uncovered — and a D.Turner roughing penalty turned a stop into more points. J.Metellus pulled an interception out of the wreckage in the third, but by then it was 30-something to nothing and the fanbase had moved on to litigating why C.Wentz was still taking snaps. The Brosmer question isn't going away.
What fans said
“KOC is an absolute coward for not going to Brosmer at half.”
u/Minnesota_Hammer2▲ 218rage
“Not benching Wentz at halftime was the worst decision of the year so far.”
u/bmcater▲ 431frustration
“We are now on the level of the Christian Ponder era in terms of frustrations.”
u/Frozen_Dream▲ 160despair
“Putting wentz in with 5 minutes left was absolutely sick and coaching and medical malpractice.”
u/Super-Attention-4280▲ 88rage
“I never want to see Wentz take a snap in a Vikings uniform again”
u/expungant▲ 99rage
“I unironically think they should be fined for it or worse. Disgusting”
u/noah3302▲ 66rage
14 more
“They are absolutely bad enough for a top 5 pick.”
u/Witty-Stock▲ 106despair
“This shit defies all moral, logical, ethical explanations.”
u/odin_the_wiggler▲ 53rage
“Coaching malpractice to send and keep Wentz out there tonight in his current state. Actually dumbfounded by the decision.”
u/Winterfreshh▲ 240frustration
“Some of the worst coaching I’ve seen in years. Wentz was in so much pain, he couldn’t look past his first read.”
u/hjugm▲ 45rage
“Classless bullshit from KOC tonight. Don’t play obviously injured players. Fuck this.”
u/RayWhelans▲ 55rage
“I’d be pissed if I was Wentz tbh put the fucking backup in when we’re down by 24 with 6 mins left, asswipe.”
u/TheRealGEQBUS▲ 52rage
“KOC needs to explain himself with this one. Disgusting game.”
u/Cobains_ghostx27▲ 194frustration
“Wait so I’m confused. We have the best coaching staff in the league but we get out-coached every game. Are we stupid?”
u/Kaleb595▲ 87frustration
“Ain’t no way Max Brosmer is worse than an injured Carson Wentz.”
u/UWMN▲ 358frustration
“KOC is an absolute douchebag for leaving him in the game.”
u/Ihate_reddit_app▲ 21rage
“Can’t believe im going to watch my team waste 3 generational talents. Randy moss, Ap, and JJ. We are a fucking joke man and I’m a clown for believing in this franchise.”
u/stilldrama▲ 25despair
“The doom is settling in nicely.”
u/Curious_Draft_5921▲ 23despair
“Kwesi is not fit to continue being our GM. He had one good offseason last year with his veteran signings in free agency. This year has been an abject failure. Every free agent signing has been bad, mediocre or injured and they were known for having an injury history so no excuses”
u/not1fuk▲ 15rage
“KOC is a horrible run play designer. Our running success rate year after year is just abysmal.”
u/BritzBeef▲ 42frustration