declined to speak<\/a> to reporters, per Kevin Seifert of ESPN.<\/p>\nWhich means that Jefferson, who has a habit of always saying all the right things, doubted that he would have been able to do that.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously he\u2019s frustrated, and that\u2019s understandable,\u201d quarterback Kyler Murray told reporters, via Seifert. \u201cHe is who he is, and he has every right to the way he feels when he doesn\u2019t get the ball. That\u2019s on us to find a way to get him the ball.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWe had some opportunities for [Jefferson], and there were some chances there,\u201d coach Kevin O\u2019Connell told reporters. \u201cBut we\u2019ve got to find a way to get him the ball, especially on potential chances for him on some of those sequences where we\u2019re looking to kick off some momentum. He\u2019s a great guy to do it behind, and we\u2019ll continue to find ways to get him the football. But it was a division game. These guys want to win. I don\u2019t fault the frustration or the competitiveness in any way, shape or form.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whatever the cause, there\u2019s clearly a problem. And Murray, who missed time early in the season due to a concussion, should be up to speed now. On Sunday, he wasn\u2019t good enough.<\/p>\n
And here\u2019s the basic reality. At some point, either en route to the playoffs or after the Vikings get there, Murray will have to make a big play in a big spot. The jury is out on whether he will.<\/p>\n
The Vikings don\u2019t have many options. They could try to make a trade, but who\u2019s out there? They wanted to keep Daniel Jones after the 2024 season; maybe, at this point, the Colts would welcome the chance to move on.<\/p>\n
If the Raiders had lost to the Jets, Kirk Cousins may have been available for a reunion. With Las Vegas now at 4-4, why would they move him?<\/p>\n
The other option would be to ride with Carson Wentz, who has shown that he can and will get the ball to Jefferson.<\/p>\n
However it goes, Sunday\u2019s game exposed the biggest problem with the Vikings. Against teams that can\u2019t be held to 15 points or less, the Vikings may not be able to muster enough points to beat them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When a team is winning, it\u2019s hard for any offensive players who aren\u2019t getting the ball as often…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-903163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}