Story byMilwaukee Journal SentinelEmmett Prosser, Milwaukee Journal SentinelMon, January 5, 2026 at 2:26 AM UTC·2 min readAfter 59 minutes and 59 seconds of what amounted to a preseason game in the final Sunday of the regular season, Brandon McManus' field goal to avoid a shutout in the Green Bay Packers' ugly 16-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings appeared to be about as meaningless as the final result of the game. But it was clear on social media Jan. 4 that it was quite meaningful to a faction of NFL fans that play games of chance. They would have certainly preferred that Packers coach Matt LaFleur would have just let the clock run out. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut LaFleur did not fold.