A Quarterback isn't going to fix this

I wrote a small dissertation of how KOC should be on the hot seat just before the season had started. I lined out a few things as to what KOC would need to do to be the 2027 Vikings head coach. The only checkbox I can recall that hasn't been reached is failure to win a playoff game. As of right now, this is not a playoff team.

But lets take a deeper dive in to why a QB won't fix this. Lets go all the way back to week 8 of 2023 when Kirk Cousins tore his achilleas. Since that time, the plethora of QB's coming through the turnstile has been many.

This offense has failed on many levels since then, including the 2024 Darnold season. Darnold looked serviceable to great until it really mattered. He then melted down. The blame was on everything except where it should of been. The OL was bad, we have no running game, the defense didn't make a stop...blah blah blah.

Welp 2025 comes along and it's JJ's team. Except he fails. Sure he gets injured, but he looks unprepared, he looks lost many times. He is wildly inaccurate (Sounding familiar), slow to read, and then injured. Then it's Wince, Brosmer and a missed playoff team, BUT some hope as the Vikings win the last 5.

Here comes 2026. JJM is no longer the KOC darling, now he has a new super QB. Mighty Mouse is here to save the day!! Failed again. Well lets run Wince's ass out there to save some semblance of offense, and it is somehow...WORSE!! What in the hell is going on?

Listen we can preach about the 5th rounder for JJM, or many other moves, but the one constant remains. This offense fails because it is ill-prepared from the QB out. I am no fan of KM, Wince, or even McCarthy, but the evidence is there that failure on offense is well...consistent. KOC and his staff of goobers are exactly who is tasked to make the engine run. You have some of the best WR's in the world out there, Hockenson is no slouch, and like it or not, but the OL doesn't look terrible, even with the statue and Mighty Mouse back there.

Even IF the Vikings were to get Cousins in here, it isn't going to be enough. There are fundamental issues within the offense, and it has very little to do with play calling and schemes and more to do with coaching and preparedness. As long as KOC is standing on the sidelines, this variation will be the results. It has now played out for just over 3 seasons.

They aren't going to fire him, but unless he brings in a professional offensive staff, the Vikings will continue to fail, be prepared to see Justin Jefferson, WR1 Kansas City Chiefs.