Thor Nystrom

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25,570 appearances 77 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 17 Aug

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Purple Daily | a Minnesota Vikings podcast · Is Minnesota Vikings QB decision actually the best path for JJ McCarthy? · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

And so they need to win a playoff game. voice-verified

I've mentioned this before, but in the last 25 years in the NFL, only two coaches have been brought back. voice-verified

four or six season after not winning a playoff game in their first five, only two occurrences of it. voice-verified

And I think even a little bit longer than 25 years. voice-verified

So that would be relatively rare. voice-verified

So there is a mandate on O'Connell. voice-verified

You got to win right now. voice-verified

And I, the part of it, I wanted to hear the nuance of the way that that was worded. voice-verified

Cause I, if I'm understanding the idea here, voice-verified

I think I actually disagree just a little bit on that nuance. voice-verified

I think it's safer for Kevin O'Connell to trot out Kyler Murray at the start of the season, build this offense around him, etc. voice-verified

It's a guy that we have seen in the NFL for a long time as a starter. voice-verified

There is a floor there with Kyler Murray, and you see how that goes. voice-verified

whether it's an injury or whether, you know, the Vikings, the beginning of their schedule is pretty tough. voice-verified

And if that, you know, you go in, the first three games in particular are tough. voice-verified

And I think, I forgot if they have five or six games before the bye, but then the schedule gets a little bit easier. voice-verified

But let's say that you have a bad start and then you're, you know, you don't like where you're at heading into that bye. voice-verified

I think that's the thing where, just to Kevin O'Connell's job security, right? voice-verified

right, where this plan for him, I think, also makes sense in regards to then you could McCarthy, if he's progressed in practice, the way that you like. voice-verified

It's a way that even if the season overall, what the Vikings achieve in 2026, if they don't reach what the preseason thing for that is, there's still a shot that O'Connell could argue for the – voice-verified

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