It takes a special kind of stupid to allow that to happen.
Well if you look at the Saints’ defense for the season it was not strong against scoring and mediocre in yards against the pass and one of the worst against the run. The Vikes’ offense for the season was not impressive either, but had the edge on the Saints.
The game was the Saints #4 scoring offense against the Vikes #1 scoring defense.
Anyway, sorry your team lost if your team was the Saints.
Actually the Vikes made about as boneheaded a play on offense a little earlier when they had third down within field-goal range with about 1:30 left. Instead of running the ball which would have taken time off the clock and possibly more if they had made a first down, the Vikes chose to pass, muffed it, and thus stopped the clock giving the Saints enough time to move within field-goal range which is exactly what they did.
The Vikes were very lucky. Both teams played stupid in their respective weak areas - the Vikes on offense and the Saints on defense.