Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy defied his head coach's orders when he Griddy'd his way into the end zone in Sunday's 34-26 win over the Dallas Cowboys.

Vikings star pass rusher Jonathan Greenard, who aggravated a pre-existing shoulder injury on Sunday night in Dallas, will undergo surgery and be shut down for the remainder of this season, head coach Kevin O'Connell announced on Monday.

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For most of Monday’s Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) matchup between LaBrae and Brookfield, turnovers equaled points. And fortunately for the Vikings, the turnovers were mostly the Warriors’ and the points were mostly theirs.

The Dallas Cowboys' season, for all intents and purposes, is over after the 34-26 loss to the Minnesota Vikings dropped coach Brian Schottenheimer's team to 6-7-1. It was a Sunday night game that saw the offense flail and struggle to protect Dak Prescott, with George Pickens going missing again and Brandon Aubrey botching two field goals.

Wiggin, a longtime Vikings coach and personnel executive, died Friday at age 91 after spotting and developing Hall of Famers in Minnesota.

J.J. McCarthy's promising performance for the Vikings was overshadowed by a pre-touchdown celebration, a move his coach had explicitly forbidden. Despite the win, McCarthy faces potential internal discipline for ignoring instructions,