The Minnesota Vikings’ bye week promises to be anything but quiet for head coach Kevin O’Connell. While players will have the week off, O’Connell will be making a decision on who will be his starting quarterback when the Vikings resume the season a week from Sunday in Las Vegas.
Starter Kirk Cousins was lost to a season-ending Achilles’ injury in Week 8 at Green Bay and while Joshua Dobbs was a great story in his first two appearances with the Vikings, he has six turnovers in the past two games. Dobbs had a fumble and an interception in a loss at Denver and threw four picks in Monday night’s loss against Chicago.
O’Connell gave no assurances Dobbs would keep the starting job after that game or during his press conference on Tuesday. So who will get the start against the Raiders?
Let’s examine the situation.