On Tuesday, Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips showed his support for O’Connell during this disappointing 2025 campaign during media availability.

At 4-8, the Vikings are all but mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. They've lost four games in a row and have scored six points total in back-to-back losses to the Packers and Seahawks. O'Connell says the losses have hit him especially hard this season.

SEATTLE — Ernest Jones IV returned an interception 84 yards for the first touchdown of his career, one of five takeaways by the Seahawks' dominant defense, and Seattle blanked the Minnesota Vikings 26-0 on Sunday for its first shutout victory in more than a decade.

The lasting image from the Minnesota Vikings’ 26-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks is Justin Jefferson seated alone on the bench, towel over his head,

The Minnesota Vikings have a J.J. McCarthy problem and that should force the team to consider bringing in a veteran quarterback to compete with him in 2026. One Vikings beat writer believes that's pretty much certain to happen at this point.

Coming off a shutout and highest-scoring week for a defense/special teams unit of the season, the Seattle Seahawks are flying high heading to Atlanta.

And it's not just the worst offensive DVOA game by a Vikings team, it's the worst one by a MILE. This was about 30 percent worse than the previous low, set back in the 1984 season opener, according to DVOA creator Aaron Schatz. And that metric factors in how good the Seahawks' defense is.

With J.J. McCarthy set to return this week from a concussion, the Vikings cut quarterback Desmond Ridder from their practice squad, the team announced. Ridder also was with the Vikings early in the season when McCarthy was sidelined with an ankle injury. The Vikings waived him in early October.