Late in Monday night's lo s to the , there was
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a discu sion about tension brewing between Mike Zimmer and offensive coordinator John DeFilippo. That tension doesn't actually exist anymore, because DeFilippo was fired on Tuesday morning in the wake of an embarra sing offensive performance that .The ugly offensive performance was a combination of things that have plagued Minnesota all season long: an inability to establish the run, an inability to protect and an inability to . More on the NFL It's been a wild ride for DeFilippo, who drew praise for his early-season work with Cousins. The former quarterbacks coach was on the short list for potential head-coaching opportunities. That won't be the case now, with "Flip" being to sed on the scrap heap with just three weeks remaining in the season.DeFilippo will be replaced by quarterbacks coach Kevin Stefanski, the team announced. Expect Stefanski to have very strict marching orders as to how the offense should operate, with those orders coming from Zimmer. Worth noting: the wanted to bring Stefanski to New York with former Vikings OC Pat Shurmur, but the Vikings . This promotion could keep him
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in place with Minnesota through 2019. The Vikings have been bad on offense for several games now, and Week 14's egg in Seattle. Some of Cousins' decision making has been questionable, at best. Kirk Cousins. Deeply dedicated to establishing the run. Field Yates (@FieldYates) You could argue, despite the early-season succe s of Cousins and his pretty substantial statistical production, that the offense looked better last year with under center. busted out to a historical start but he was clearly frustrated against Seattle
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on Monday night -- the star wide receiver was caught saying "it's been there all f---ing night" late in the game
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when he caught a pa s. Cousins got from the Vikings. The expectation was he'd take them over the top and turn them into a juggernaut. Instead, this season. The Vikings have been a lower-end team in red-zone production and haven't been able to run the ball effectively at all.Part of that is on the offensive line, but Zimmer likely just grew frustrated with the difference in approach between what he wanted and what DeFilippo was doing.Despite their struggles, the Vikings are 6-6-1 and in firm control of the final wild-card spot in the NFC. They get the at home and on the road in the next two weeks before closing with a home game against the in Week 17. Win two of those three and they're very likely to get in the playoffs. The , Eagles or would have to win out in order to beat them (good luck with that) and the need to win out
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and have the Vikings lose two of the next three to steal a spot from their hated rival.
