London got a proper thriller. The Minnesota Vikings beat the Cleveland Browns 21–17 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, winning it on a Carson Wentz → Jordan Addison 12-yard touchdown with just 25 seconds left. It capped a 10-play, 80-yard march where Wentz went a perfect 9-for-9, the kind of two-minute cool you bottle for December. Minnesota move to 3–2; Cleveland drop to 1–4.

This one swung all afternoon. Cleveland’s rookie QB Dillon Gabriel started his first NFL game and looked ready for the moment: 19/33, 190 yards, 2 TDs, plus a steady ground game from fellow rookie Quinshon Judkins with 110 rushing yards. Minnesota answered with creativity — a trick-play pass from Cam Akers to Josh Oliver and a bruising third-quarter punch from Jordan Mason. Then, when the window cracked in the final minute, Wentz and Addison climbed through it.

The Addison subplot mattered. The second-year wideout sat the first quarter for a team-rules violation earlier in the week, then delivered the winner late — a tidy arc from lesson to payoff. Head coach Kevin O’Connell framed it as standards and accountability; Addison did his talking on the route break. Justin Jefferson (who had 123 yards) did his bit shepherding the room. London loves a redemption beat; this one landed.

Flow of the game. Cleveland struck first after a forced fumble set a short field. Gabriel faked the handoff and popped a 1-yard TD to Harold Fannin Jr. Minnesota equalised on the special: a direct snap to Akers, roll right, and a 32-yard strike to Oliver. The Browns nudged it 10–7 with Andre Szmyt’s 31-yard FG just before the half. The third quarter saw the Vikings up 14–10 via Jordan Mason’s 3-yard rumble, only for Cleveland to immediately answer on a long grind capped by David Njoku’s 9-yard TD — 17–14 Browns. Early in the fourth, Will Reichard pushed a 51-yard FG wide right — his first miss of the season — keeping the margin at three. That set the stage for the closer: Wentz to Addison, 21–17, and a purple party in N17.

Stat snapshots. Wentz finished 25/34 for 236 with the game-winner. Jefferson paced the receivers at 7 for 123. Gabriel’s line (190 yards, 2 TDs) was tidy for a debut, and Judkins’ 110 between the tackles gave Cleveland balance. Team-wise, Minnesota edged total yards 349–322 but lost time of possession by a whisker; penalties also told a story — Cleveland’s 10 for 78 hurt in field position.

Context and stakes. The Vikings came in off a painful Week 4 trip to Dublin (a 24–21 loss to the Steelers), which made this London rebound feel bigger than a normal inter-conference win. The franchise also quietly keeps a perfect London résumé: 5–0 all-time in the capital after this one. The Browns, meanwhile, are still calibrating on offence — a rookie QB in a foreign window is a tough ask — but the defensive front remains a weekly terror.

Halftime show: British star RAYE handled the mid-game lights — part of the league’s push to make the London slate feel like a proper event, not just a neutral-site one-off. The set landed fine in-stadium and played crisply on the broadcast.

Venue note: Tottenham’s purpose-built NFL surface (synthetic field under the retractable grass pitch) again provided slick footing and NFL-grade sightlines — it’s the league’s only purpose-designed home outside the U.S. It suits quick game and wide-zone outfits; both teams leaned into rhythm throws and misdirection to stay on schedule.