DETROIT – After yesterday’s Vikings/Lions game in Detroit, Fox made an inadvertant move that is sure to attract more of us female NFL fans.

During a ‘live’ feed after the game showing Vikings owner Zygi Wilf handing a game ball to coach Brad Childress, tight end (there’s a bad joke there) Visanthe Shiancoe was standing directly in the shot, stark naked, his prize hanging right out.

There it was, a huge one being part of the game ball presentation and the crew did not notice until it was too late.

As this blooper makes it’s way through the media, you have to wonder if coach Childress is “looking in the wrong direction” and may need a lesson in locker room etiquette.  

Maybe this event will divert the attention away from the Vikings’ legal matters like drug tests and player suspensions.

Besides entertaining the female football world, Shiancoe led his Vikings in receptions, total reception yards and caught the winning pass in the fourth quarter. Talk about hogging the spotlight.

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Vikings defensive tackle Jim Marshall owned the line of scrimmage throughout his career, recording 127 sacks and an NFL record 29 fumble recoveries. One of those fumbles would put him on NFL video blooper reels forever:

That game occurred on October 25, 1964 against NFC rival San Francisco. As shown in the video above, Marshall, a member of the famous “Purple People Eaters” line, scooped up  the fumble and ran it 66 yards into the end zone.

As he galloped down the sideline, his teammates were jumping up and down waving their arms in what he thought was celebration.

After making his way into the end zone, the out-of-breath, exhausted player heaved the ball out of bounds in celebration then soon realized he would forever make it onto every NFL blooper reel in existence.

Marshall had just run in the wrong direction and instead of scoring a TD and putting 6 points on the board for the Vikings, he had just handed the 49ers a two-point safety. The Vikings did go on to win that game with Marshall coming up with a few huge defensive plays contributing to the win.

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