🏈WK 09 ~ BILLS @ VIKINGS GAME DAY

Vikings HC Kevin O'Connell: "In no way shape or form was tonight acceptable. I told the team that it starts with me. The defense was on the field too much. ... Just not even close offensively to what we want to be."

— Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) November 10, 2026

Evening Judd: Something has to change after an embarrassing display of offense for the #Vikings

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— SKOR North - Minnesota Sports (@SKORNorth) November 10, 2026

The answer for the #Vikings & GM Nolan Teasley is Kirk Cousins.

Yes you are going to have to overpay. He is the only QB that knows the system, Playbook, and proven success with these weapons. Anyone else is blind dart at the dart board 🎯 GET HIM #SKOL @Vikings @KirkCousins8 pic.twitter.com/cjADOhicgm

— Steve Hoikkala (@stevehoikkala) November 10, 2026

I don't know if he's the answer or not. I don't know that there is an answer at this time.

I cannot overstate how much the Vikings need to add a quarterback tomorrow.

They just had one of the worst QB performances in half a decade on primetime television against one of the worst defenses in football.

If they don’t make a move tomorrow, both Kevin and Nolan‘s heads…

— 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙚 (@verysadvikings) November 10, 2026

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-vikings-need-to-trade-for-a-quarterback-tomorrow

The biggest test of the still-new partnership between Vikings G.M. Nolan Teasley and Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell has arrived.

What will they do about a team with a Super Bowl-caliber defense and an offense that could barely function in the MAC?

The window remains open until 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The Vikings were in this spot three years ago, when Kirk Cousins tore an Achilles tendon two days before the deadline.

That time, the Vikings didn’t have many options; they ended up with Josh Dobbs. This time, there are two former Vikings on other teams who know the Minnesota offense: Colts quarterback Daniel Jones and Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins.

If the calls haven’t already been made, they should be. Immediately. What will it take to salvage a season that is disintegrating before everyone’s eyes, despite the 6-2 record?

It wouldn’t be easy to plug and play a new quarterback, but there’s history with Jones and Cousins. It would be easier to get them up to speed than if they brought in someone who would be learning everything from scratch.

If, in the end, the Colts want too much for Jones and the Raiders want too much for Cousins (neither is untouchable; the question is the amount of the compensation), the only other starter potentially available would be Geno Smith.

Some have suggested a play for Justin Herbert. At this point, however, it’s impossible to know whether his implosion is about his surroundings or about Herbert.

Then there’s Jimmy Garoppolo, who remains a free agent — and who has been largely forgotten.

Whatever the Vikings do, staying the course with Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz is a middle finger to the fan base. And Max Brosmer, by all appearances, isn’t good enough to make a difference.

The fans know it. The boos were frequent, loud, and warranted on Monday night.

So what will Teasley and O’Connell do?

And, perhaps more importantly, when will the narrative change about O’Connell being a quarterback whisperer? He didn’t want 2024 first-rounder J.J. McCarthy, who had fallen to third on the depth chart before he was given away for a fifth-round draft pick. O’Connell preferred Murray, who has been underwhelming. Wentz landed at No. 2 on the depth chart, and when the lights got bright Wentz winced..

It’s a pivotal moment for Teasley, O’Connell, and the entire franchise. They can continue to act like everything is fine, that 6-2 is a good record, whatever.

Anyone who’s paying attention knows the truth. The Vikings, after starting 6-0, are sinking like a smooth stone in a septic tank. Failure to act amounts to dysfunction.

And, yes, dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional things. Some around the league have suggested in recent years that the Vikings are low-key dysfunctional.

Right or wrong, they’re definitely the worst 6-2 team we’ve ever seen — and the only question at this point is whether they’ll figure out how to win another game.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/kevin-oconnell-on-potential-quarterback-trade-ill-defer-to-nolan-teasley-on-that

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 whether the team will consider trying to acquire a quarterback by the trade deadline at 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

“I’ll defer to [G.M.] Nolan [Teasley] on that,” O’Connell said. “We’ve had dialogue about a lot of different positions. And tight turnaround obviously playing the Monday night game before that, and we’ll get right to work on any potential moves that can be there. But really just focused on the game tonight, which was not good enough in any way, shape, or form.”

No, it wasn’t. It was worse than horrible.

O’Connell was asked at one point whether he has ever felt as challenging as it does right now, as a play-caller.

“No,” he said.

They have options. Several teams could be looking to make a deal. And even if it won’t be cheap, it’s necessary to salvage what was, only nine days ago, a very promising season.

It still can be. A return of Kirk Cousins would be a B-12 shot to the franchise. Even Daniel Jones would make things better than they are.

And if they want to go all in, try to make a deal for Justin Herbert — who may be thrilled at this point to don an eye patch and escape from L.A.

Whatever the Vikings do, they need to do something. Otherwise, there may not be a quarterback change when the season ends.

There could be a coaching change.