Adam Thielen saw a replay and accepted the outcome. Mike Zimmer saw one and still wasn’t convinced.

Late in the first half of Sunday’s 31-24 loss at Carolina, Thielen thought he had scored a touchdown for the Vikings on a 4-yard pass from Case Keenum in the deep right corner of the end zone. But the play was overturned on replay, and the Vikings settled for a field goal.

Thielen threw his helmet down in disgust after the reversal. But he said after the game he had seen a replay and agreed with the call because the ball moved when he hit the ground out of bounds and that’s the rule.

Zimmer also was visibly upset when the call was changed. On Monday, the Vikings coach expressed his displeasure with the NFL’s catch rule.

“I just think the whole thing is messed up,’’ Zimmer said. “I’ve been doing this (as a coach) for 30 years, and I know what a catch looks like. So the ball moved a little bit, yeah, but he caught the ball.’’

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“I didn’t get an explanation, they just said it was a fumble,’’ Zimmer said. “Actually, the (disputed) plays I turned in (following the Thanksgiving game at Detroit), I didn’t get an explanation from either.’’

KEENUM AGAIN TO START

Zimmer said Keenum again will start Sunday against Cincinnati at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Zimmer had been asked if Keenum was the starter “moving forward,’’ and he said yes. When asked for clarification on whether he still is going week to week with his starter, Zimmer said he is.

“You guys (the media) keep asking me this,’’ Zimmer said. “I never said (injured quarterback) Sam Bradford is our starter for the season. I never said (guard) Joe Berger is our starter for the season. I’ve never said (center) Pat Elflein is our starter for the season. So I’m not going to say it (with Keenum). Clear enough?’’

Teddy Bridgewater, who hasn’t played since suffering a torn ACL in August 2016, has been Keenum’s backup the past five games after being activated off the physically unable to perform list.

TOO MANY MISTAKES

Zimmer told his players Monday they were fortunate Sunday’s shaky performance didn’t happen during a playoff game.

“In the playoffs, we don’t want to be talking about losing or the reasons why we lost,’’ said running back Latavius Murray. “We don’t want to be having that discussion at that point, so I think that’s what he meant by that.’’

Zimmer said the Vikings (10-3) “made a lot of mistakes’’ in having their eight-game winning streak broken. They had three turnovers. They dropped passes. They had two faskmask penalties. They were ineffective in the red zone while Carolina was effective.

The defense gave up a 60-yard touchdown run by Jonathan Stewart in the first quarter and a 62-yard run by quarterback Cam Newton that led to Stewart’s winning 1-yard run with 1:47 left in the fourth quarter.

“We just didn’t play like ourselves,’’ said defensive end Everson Griffen. “It was a lot of uncharacteristic things. … We beat ourselves.’’

Griffen said the mistakes were “little things we can fix.’’ Zimmer agreed, saying, “It is a good time to refocus.’’

MURRAY MOSTLY HEALED

Murray said his right ankle mostly has healed from surgery in March.

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After his surgery, Murray missed all of spring drills, the first two weeks of training camp and didn’t play in the first two preseason games. He had rushed for 323 yards over four games before being held Sunday to 14 yards on nine carries.

“When we had chances to run the ball, then we didn’t do well,’’ Murray said.

Murray also said Monday he sent a text to Philadelphia quarterback Carson Wentz, ruled out for the season with a torn ACL.

“We have the same agent, and so I just felt really bad for him,’’ Murray said. “ I just told him I feel bad for him and I’m just praying for a fast recovery.”