(12-02-2025, 01:09 PM)medaille Wrote: The biggest blunder was taking an offense designed for Sam Darnolds skillset as a veteran and trying to apply it to a 21-22 year old who came from an offense that mostly just ran the ball. They didn't pick the wrong guy. They're just trying to force him to play a scheme that never made sense for him to play in year one and now they're changing everything midseason. I don't think there were any QBs in the draft class that would have made KOC look good, because he has been asking too much of them and not figuring out ways to have the veterans carry him.
Exactly. From the JJ Symptom Free thread,
Quote:Coaches have already toned down gameplans to help McCarthy and Brosmer, ranging from easier cadences at the line of scrimmage to fewer formations and personnel groupings.
O’Connell said he believes a simpler approach could “lead to a little bit more rhythm and timing to our pass game.”
Watching Shadeur throw an occasional TD, watching Dart throw some quick slants, I just wonder why we can't do that?
(12-02-2025, 01:03 PM)supafreak84 Wrote: Which is exactly my point. San Francisco, who has been an absolute MASH unit this year with their plethora of injuries, ranks 11th in total offense and 3rd in third down conversion percentage. I don't want to hear all these excuses. If you are this supposed elite offensive mind, then why are we bottom of the league in almost every offensive catagory? We have skill position guys most rosters would die to have. The Jets....that's right, the Jets, have a higher ranked offense than this Vikings unit and its really a KOC problem
Letting Darnold go to Seattle for 100 Mil was absolutely the right decision. They tried with Jones, but he didn't want to compete with JJ. Not sure what they should have done other than not sign a dufus vet that didn't fit the offense. Should have had some real competition for JJ all offseason.
![[-]](https://vikefans.com/forums/images/duende_v3_local/collapse.png)
