{"id":777316,"date":"2026-07-03T22:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777316\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:21:34","slug":"minnesota-vikings-have-a-secret-weapon-to-unleash-on-the-nfl-this-season-and-kevin-oconnell-can-use-it-in-multiple-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777316\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Vikings have a secret weapon to unleash on the NFL this season, and Kevin O\u2019Connell can use it in multiple ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each season under Kevin O\u2019Connell, the Minnesota Vikings have evolved. This season, they have a potential trick up their sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>Year over year, Minnesota Vikings head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings-news\/dianna-russinis-comments-jj-mccarthy-can-of-worms-minnesota-vikings-kevin-oconnell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin O\u2019Connell<\/a> has done a good job molding the team in its own image. <\/p>\n<p>There has been growth and development in all phases, especially on defense with Brian Flores running the show. On offense, O\u2019Connell has introduced new wrinkles each season, including <a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings-news\/biggest-minnesota-vikings-myth-kevin-oconnell-jj-mccarthy-carson-wentz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">making adjustments for each quarterback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What could O\u2019Connell have in store for the 2026 season? There is one interesting element that could separate the Vikings from other teams in the NFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each season under Kevin O\u2019Connell, the Minnesota Vikings have evolved. This season, they have a potential trick up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-777316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}