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Minnesota had a chance to win the game in regulation, but Dan Bailey's 51-yard field goal try was wide left. Jacksonville then attempted a 62-yard field goal to win it, but that was also no good.
Credit the Vikings for getting a win with perhaps their best player on the sideline, as linebacker Eric Kendricks was a late scratch.
He popped up on the injury report with a calf injury on Thursday and appeared ready to go, but the injury apparently flared up before the game, and the All-Pro couldn't go.
Minnesota is now 3-4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2020, and improved to 5-1-1 in overtime games under Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer since his hire in 2014.
Here are four more takeaways from Sunday afternoon:
1. Dantzler, Brailford shine on defense
A pair of youngsters stepped up in a big way Sunday, as Cameron Dantzler and Jordan Brailford each made a handful of big plays.
Dantzler snagged his first NFL interception midway through the second quarter, a clutch play considering Minnesota trailed 9-0 and Jacksonville was about to enter the red zone.
In the fourth quarter, Dantzler came up big yet again when he forced and recovered the first fumble of his career on a completion to Jaguars wide receiver Chris Conley.