Linebacker Blake Cashman picked it up and sprinted untouched to the end zone for what was ruled on the field as a touchdown. Stafford immediately protested that the loose ball was the result of an incomplete pass and not a fumble.

Swarmed by Vikings pass rusher Jonathan Greenard early in the second quarter, Stafford appeared to lose the ball as Greenard wrapped him up, and linebacker Blake Cashman proceeded

The Rams jumped out to a 10-point lead, but the Vikings were chipping away. First, Minnesota got on the board with a field goal; then, the Minnesota defense seemed to make a splash play that flipped the entire game.

Matthew Stafford said that it was his intent to throw a shovel pass on the play where he avoided a sack with an incompletion.