After Monday night’s 23-6 loss to the Bills, during which Carson Wentz completed eight of 25 passes for 81 yards, two interceptions and an 8.9 passer rating, Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell was asked if the team would consider trying to acquire a quarterback by Tuesday’s trade deadline at 4 p.m. ET.
“I’ll defer to (GM) Nolan (Teasley) on that one,” O’Connell said. “We’ve had dialogue about a lot of different positions. And a tight end obviously playing the Monday night game before that, and we’ll start working on any potential moves that might be there. But we really just focused on the game tonight, which wasn’t good enough in any way, shape or form.”
No, it wasn’t. It was worse than terrible.
O’Connell was asked at one point if he has ever felt as challenged as he does now as a player of the game.
“No,” he said.
They have options. Some teams may be looking to make a deal. And even if it will not be cheap, it is necessary to save what was, just nine days ago, a very promising season.
It still could be. A Kirk Cousins return would be a B-12 blow to the franchise. Even Daniel Jones would make things better than they are.
And if they all want to go, try to make a deal for Justin Herbert – who might be excited at this point to make an eye patch and escape from LA
Whatever the Vikings do, they have to do something. Otherwise, there may not be a quarterback change when the season ends.
There may be a coach change.