Tag: Cam Bynum

Referee knocks over Cam Bynum resulting in Commanders touchdown

You can’t make up the Vikings’ bad luck

The Minnesota Vikings had a tremendous first drive of the game but the second half didn’t start off well at all with the Commanders scoring a touchdown on the opening drive.

Unfortunately for the Vikings, they were on the wrong end of an incredibly fluky play as Commanders wide receiver Curtis Samuel caught a 49-yard touchdown to take a 10-7 lead.

What made the play so fluky? The back judge ran right into safety Camryn Bynum causing him to get knocked down instead of a likely interception.

Unfortunately for the Vikings, this isn’t something that can be changed. The referee is a part of the field of play and it ends up as an unfortunate, poor result for the purple and gold.

This isn’t the first time that it’s happened. The most notable was to Joe Horn and the New Orleans Saints back in 2001.

Hopefully, the Vikings can overcome this and find a way to win the game.

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Vikings’ Thursday injury report shows improvement

The injury report is improved from yesterday

The Minnesota Vikings began the week with six players designated on their injury report. While Cam Bynum is technically still listed on the report, he did not have a designation as he returned from his personal matter.

Jalen Nailor (illness) and Dalvin Tomlinson (calf) both didn’t practice for a second-consecutive day. With Tomlinson nursing a calf injury, I don’t expect him to play and head coach Kevin O’Connell said that they would be taking things week-to-week with the star defensive lineman.

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Cameron Dantzler stayed limited with a neck injury and Za’Darius Smith practiced in full for a second-consecutive day.

The good news on the day was Adam Thielen (knee) practicing in full after being limited on Wednesday.

Things continue to look good for the Vikings injury-wise as they prepare for the Commanders on Sunday.

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Cam Bynum says Vikings focusing on being more of a ‘team’ under Kevin O’Connell

Vikings focusing on building chemistry off the field so that it comes more naturally on it.

The Minnesota Vikings are building chemistry together on the field, but they’re also making the effort to build it off the field as well, according to safety Camryn Bynum.

New head coach Kevin O’Connell is really pushing team bonding and relationships through various activities.

Bynum spoke about the renewed focus on developing deeper relationships with the players he’ll be sharing the field with on Sundays.

“One thing we’ve been focusing on is just partnership with your teammates, being able to go out with your teammates and go paintballing or go eat together, just doing that and making more of a team,” said Bynum in an interview with Sportsnaut.

“…Obviously, the new coaching staff is different, but that’s something we have to do as players—to be able to know the guy next to us and know his life story, know how he reacts to coaching or how he reacts to confrontational issues just so you can be a better teammate at the end of the day.”

O’Connell had a front row seat to Sean McVay’s coaching methods as the offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl-winning Los Angeles Rams.

Despite there being a lot of moving parts for that group last offseason, they came together when it mattered most and went on an incredible run to capture the franchise’s second Lombardi Trophy.

O’Connell doesn’t necessarily run a loose ship, but he places the accountability on the players to be more in control of things. Ultimately, they’re the ones out there on the field performing.

It’s a complete contrast in styles from the one Minnesota experienced under former coach Mike Zimmer. Only time will tell if O’Connell’s way is the right way for the Vikings.

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