Key Highlights
- A savant, a whiz on that side of the ball.
- Those aren’t labels he ever gave himself, by any means, but that was the perception, and that remains the perception four years later.
- The generally-held belief is still that the Vikings have a mastermind leading their offense. Are we sure he deserves those (very unofficial) labels?
- Four years is a pretty big sample size, and although the Vikings have won plenty of regular season games during O’Connell’s tenure, their overall offensive metrics are extremely underwhelming.
- Just look at where they’ve ranked in two prominent all-encompassing metrics over the past four years (hat tip to Nick Olson, who pointed this out).2022: 18th in EPA* per play, 20th in DVOA*2023: 18th in EPA per play, 23rd in DVOA2024: 14th in EPA per play, 15th in DVOA2025: 28th in EPA per play, 29th in DVOA*Expected Points Added*Defense-Adjusted Value Over AverageAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOnly once in four years have the Vikings had an above-average offense, according to those two useful efficiency metrics.