Childress explains long pass late in game

Vikings coach Brad Childress addressed the long pass down the right sideline, as his team protected a 10-point lead late in the fourth quarter. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk wondered why the Vikings would attempt such a play, when they had a chance to burn valuable seconds off the clock. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/favres-performance-vaults-him-to-no-3-rating-but-last-pass-was-a-head-scratcher/ "It was a shot to take a chance," Childress said. "Thinking that they are playing the run and they had no timeouts at that point in time. We could have run it and taken more seconds off the clock and we had a discussion on how to do that. We thought that we would get after that guy and we did in fact complete it, but unfortunately a long foul ball." The Packers drove the ball down the field and settled for a field goal with just under a minute remaining. But, their onside kick attempt was recovered by Vikings receiver Sidney Rice.