Barely Under the Surface, The Vikings are Seeing an Issue Bubble Up

Talent has never been the issue with Kyler Murray. Talent, though, isn t the same thing as being a good football player, much less somebody who is great or elite. The Vikings are a 6-0 football team. As many have pointed out among them being ESPN s Adam Schefter and VT s Adam New Minnesota is the last unbeaten team in the NFL. Not too shabby. What s also true, though, is that the offense is below average, and that s putting things in an optimistic manner. How long can the current trend persist? The Vikings Have a Purple Problem: The Offense On Monday, I asked Kevin O Connell about whether Murray had become the elevator a talent who can elevate the other players around him that the skipper had openly coveted in the summer months. Part of what made the coach s response notable was how he swerved back and forth between the view from 30,000 feet versus the view from 3 feet. In a small sample size (3 feet), Murray has proven capable of being an elevator, made evident