| Vikings Coach Brad Childress Takes Blame For 12th Man In The Huddle Penalty | | | The Vikings' gut-wrenching overtime loss Sunday at New Orleans in the NFC Championship Game was filled with countless inept plays and controversial calls that will fuel plenty of offseason discussion. But if this defeat is going to be defined by a phrase to be uttered with disgust by Vikings fans for generations to come, it will be this: "The 12th-man game." Childress said fullback Naufahu Tahi was not at fault for being the extra man in the huddle, took the blame on himself and cited an "error in communication," in explaining one of the highest-profile miscues in the Vikings' 49-year history. Source: Star Tribune | | |