Leslie Frazier continued to accept blame for his defense's meltdown on the final drive against the Chicago Bears in a 31-30 loss on Sunday. But he also cited a lack of execution on the players part, too.
Frazier blamed himself immediately after the game for not doing more on that drive, and he continued with that theme at his Monday press conference.
Frazier remained vague on what he would have done differently, other than admitting he should have managed that situation better.
"We're talking about a sequence that was a very important sequence during the course of the game," he said. "You can't take away all the good things our defensive did yesterday. There are just some things from my standpoint that I have to manage better."
Frazier said he doesn't want to take over play-call duties from defensive coordinator Alan Williams in that situation. That's not his intent.
"Our defense was well prepared," he said. "They did a great job to do the things they did to allow us to be where we were in that ball game. So no, I don't foresee a situation like that. Alan and our defensive staff, they've done a very good job. They did a good job a season ago and they're doing a good job now."
Several defensive players were upset with the play calls on the final drive. Middle linebacker Erin Henderson said he was surprised by the play call on the game-winning 16-yard TD catch by Martellus Bennett.
Frazier said the Vikings were prepared for that look and even made that same defensive call twice in the first half.