To this point, I spent Thanksgiving with my brother in law who is a huge Vikings fan. He said point blank and without a bit of sarcasm that he wants Kevin O’Connell fired, and I was stunned. What O’Connell got out of an aging Cousins and now Sam Darnold, and made an absolutely inspired D coordinator selection to lead a terrific overhaul on that side of the ball looks super-impressive to me as an outsider. Whereas my brother in law thinks the offense for the Vikes is basically a scripted show that falls apart in the second half because it’s all smoke and mirrors. The grass (or artificial turf I suppose) can look awfully green on somebody else’s field.
As an addendum, I have a hard time imagining other people in the division being jealous of the Packers having Mike McCarthy. That’s partially my Packers fan-ness, but also the fact that, much like LaFleur, that guy rarely seemed to get the respect he deserved, in or out of Packers world. Of course, his Dallas tenure has done nothing to help that.