The Vikings' 37-10 loss to the Chargers on Thursday night was one of the ugliest performances of the Kevin O'Connell era, which is now almost halfway through its fourth season.
Carson Wentz took a thorough beating on Thursday night in Los Angeles. He was officially sacked five times in the Vikings' embarrassing 37-10 loss to the Chargers, but he was hit and pressured on numerous other plays.
Many teams have made missteps regarding a separation from a head coach or coordinator. Some have been straight firings, others de facto dismissals described as mutual separations.
Thursday night's blowout loss to the Chargers was the fifth straight game that the Vikings played without quarterback J.J. McCarthy and watching Carson Wentz try to battle through injury throughout the night raised the question of whether it is the right time to go back to McCarthy.
Justin Jefferson continues to rewrite the Minnesota Vikings record book and the NFL’s history books along the way. On Thursday night against the Los Angeles Chargers, Jefferson became the youngest player in league history to reach 8,000 career receiving yards, cementing his place among the game’s elite at just 26 years and 129 days old.
The Vikings should apologize to everyone who watched this plane crash of a football game. The final score was 37-10, and quite frankly, that might have been too close for the game that aired on national television.
The Minnesota Vikings lost their seat atop the AFC West after getting pillaged by the Los Angeles Chargers, 37-10, at SoFi Stadium on Thursday. The Vikings dropped back-to-back assignments for the first time this season after also losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 7.
The Minnesota Vikings lost for the second time in five days after the team’s no-show on Thursday Night Football. A banged up Carson Wentz got the start but struggled against a strong Los Angeles Chargers defense.
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The Minnesota Vikings have had a quarterback issue for the last six weeks, but they won't for much longer. Head coach Kevin O'Connell made it very clear who the starting quarterback is moving forward, and that is J.J.
The Minnesota Vikings’ 37-10 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday Night Football was more than just another defeat — it was a test of toughness for quarterback Carson Wentz.
You don't often get Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell incredibly honest and forthright in the press conferences, but he certainly was on Thursday night after they lost 34-10 to the Los Angeles Chargers.
During the first half of Thursday night's Vikings-Chargers game, Prime Video's Al Michaels said the Minnesota kicker Will Reichard's only missed field goal of the season happened when the ball struck a camera wire during a win over the Browns in London.
They have to be having some major regrets this season given those developments, and especially after watching Thursday's dreadful performance in a 37-10 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Minnesota Vikings have struggled in all areas during their primetime matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers. However, quarterback Carson Wentz has been looking to Justin Jefferson in moments, and as expected, the star receiver makes the grab.
Basically everything that could go wrong for the Vikings went wrong in the first half of tonight's game against the Chargers. They had an early pick-six overturned on review despite the broadcast's rules analyst saying he thought the call should've stood.
The three biggest questions the Vikings have are whether starting tackles Christian Darrisaw and Brian O'Neill, and running back Aaron Jones, will play Thursday night against the Chargers.
How worried should fans be about the late addition of left tackle Christian Darrisaw to the Vikings' injury report on Wednesday? Darrisaw was not on the injury report Monday or Tuesday, and the Vikings did not say Darrisaw was a "DNP" Wednesday for scheduled rest.