Sheldon Richardson Pulls a Chris Webber and Calls Fourth Timeout for Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings, playing the Cleveland Browns this afternoon, struggled mightily with penalties in the first half. While up 7-0, mistakes made by the Vikings gave the Browns seven tries at the end zone. Eventually, Cleveland succeeded and scored.
Then something happened that you simply do not see every day in football. Sheldon Richardson, a former Brown now lining up for the Vikings, tried to call a timeout before the ensuing PAT. The problem? The Vikings had no timeouts. This resulted in a delay of game penalty that Cleveland took advantage of and converted a two-point conversion after the penalty was enforced.
Former Cleveland Brown, and current Minnesota Viking, Sheldon Richardson called a timeout when the Vikings didn’t have one.
— SB Nation (@SBNation) October 3, 2021
This lead to a delay of game penalty and the Browns converting a two point conversion from the 1 yard line.
Rare to see a player helping his former team.
Pretty sure it was Sheldon Richardson who tried to call a timeout on the PAT when the Vikings didn't have one. The ball moves up to the 1 on the penalty and Cleveland converts the 2-point conversion to go up 8-7.
— Will Ragatz (@WillRagatz) October 3, 2021
Potentially a very big mistake!
In short, Richardson pulled a Chris Webber.
Was Richardson's mistake as costly as Webber's? Certainly not. We're only in Week 4 of the regular season here, not the playoffs.
But this almost never happens! Another weird thing to happen today after the Jared Goff junk interception.