Kirk Cousins had to blow a timeout on a crucial 4th down after lining up under the wrong player

• Kirk Cousins lined up underneath the wrong player on a critical fourth down.
• The miscue meant the Vikings had to spend a timeout just before the snap.

The Minnesota Vikings had to take an embarrassing timeout ahead of a crucial fourth-down play because Kirk Cousins lined up behind the wrong guy.

With the Vikings trailing 34-26 in the fourth quarter, Cousins marched the offense down inside the 49ers' 10-yard line to set up a potential game-tying touchdown. After two short runs and an incompletion, the Vikings decided to go for it on fourth down.

Cousins shouted out orders to both sides of the line, but as he went to get set to take the snap, he lined up under his right guard Oli Udoh, rather than the center, who had the ball.

Thankfully for the Vikings, they called timeout before what would have been an utterly humiliating snap.

Following the timeout, Cousins lined up under the right player but was still unable to make the play the Vikings needed, throwing an incompletion to Justin Jefferson to turn the ball over on downs.

After the game, Cousins didn't have much of an explanation for what happened on the play.

"We just didn't get lined up properly, and the play clock was winding down," Cousins said. "I was just moving, trying to get everybody settled up and just got under the wrong guy."

Though Minnesota would get one more chance at a game-tying score, they were unable to capitalize, losing to the 49ers 34-26.