Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss Minnesota’s massive win over Houston, as the Vikings move to 3-0 for the first time since 2016. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Another big uh game on Sunday that really blew my mind.
Truly blew.
My mind was Minnesota just taking the Texans behind the woodshed and giving them good old fashioned country ass whooping.
I mean, there is no nice way to say this moment where Sam Darnell continues four touchdown passes to four different players.
Absolutely incredible.
And you’re watching this resurgence of Brian Flores and this resurgence of Darold all happening under the watch of Minnesota.
And you’re thinking, man, the Vikings aren’t just a fun story.
The Vikings look like they’re a good football team.
I mean, there’s two straight weeks.
They, they have again, I like to play tournament selection committee a lot and two quality wins.
You beat the 49er.
I know they blew it today.
We’ll get to them.
But the 49er, a good football team, we all know that Vikings shut them down.
They had seven points after the first three quarters today, Texans don’t score their first points until about four minutes left in the third quarter.
It is just, just handling them.
Kevin o’connell is just a very, very good head coach, probably one of the five or so best in the NFL and Sam Darold is playing at a level.
We’ve never seen him play at consistently.
But one of the toughest things to accomplish if you truly want to replicate what the Chiefs have done have done is some level of continuity within your organization.
If Brian Flores isn’t for multiple reasons, uh, a head coaching candidate anywhere they may have found their bags.
Like one of the interesting things about the Chiefs is that Spag is so brilliant, but seems to be very content in the spot that he’s in as the defensive coordinator of a great team.
We can look at the Lions and say, hey, for whatever reason, depending on which report, Ben Johnson, the offensive coordinator doesn’t take a job.
It gives them more continuity.
Well, I’m looking at this saying, man, you know, Kevin o’connell, find finds a defensive coordinator that he may be lucky enough to have for years to come.
That’s gonna make this a formidable pair.
And if they do have their quarterback and jj mccarthy long term, then they’ve created the ever impossible.
Kansas City Chief Blue Blueprint have a great head coach with an offensive mindset.
Have a great defensive coordinator that can confuse everybody and have a quarterback.
You believe it like that’s such a difficult, holy triumvirate to get and it feels like Minnesota may have those pieces