There was a lot of talk this week about the culture that Kevin O’Connell has worked hard to build in Minnesota.

It’s what the Vikings hired him to do, and while O’Connell has championed the transformation in good times, he has done so with an understanding that the biggest test for the culture would come in bad times.

This recent stretch of futility might as well be the MCAT.

This is the first time the Vikings have vastly underperformed with O’Connell leading the charge. This was a roster designed to compete for the Super Bowl. It might actually be competing for a Top 5 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft by the end of this month.

The playoff odds went out the window for the Vikings following last Sunday’s 26-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

It’s left the Vikings playing for nothing more than p

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