{"id":951973,"date":"2026-07-22T00:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/951973\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T00:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:45:20","slug":"rising-minnesota-vikings-assistant-receives-major-recognition-but-it-raises-other-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/951973\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Minnesota Vikings assistant receives major recognition, but it raises other questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Vikings have been a breeding ground for talented assistant coaches for years, and this group is no exception.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJan 13, 2025; Glendale, AZ, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks coach Josh McCown against the Los Angeles Rams during an NFC wild card game at State Farm Stadium.
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Minnesota Vikings<\/a> head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell<\/a> has done a good job of hiring a talented staff. He has seen multiple coaches get hired away for promotions, and the next one could be his quarterbacks coach, Josh McCown,<\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s Jourdan Rodrigue<\/a> highlighted an assistant coach on every team who could break out, and it\u2019s no surprise that it was McCown for the Vikings.<\/p>\n

\u201cMcCown is another assistant coach who drew some buzz at the league meetings, and there will be a lot of scrutiny on him this season with veteran free-agent addition Kyler Murray now on the roster alongside third-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy. That could easily shift to interest, and then excitement, should Murray play as well as many are expecting him to under McCown, coach Kevin O\u2019Connell and offensive coordinator Wes Phillips.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Josh McCown could get more head coaching interviews<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a secret that McCown has been viewed highly across the league for a long time. There were rumors about him potentially getting the Houston Texans job without having to spend a single season as an assistant coach, but they got \u201cbullied\u201d out of that.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s received other interviews, but has declined opportunities to take offensive coordinator jobs. It wouldn\u2019t be a surprise to see him get more head coaching interviews, but there is an interesting element to the discussion: the failures of J.J. McCarthy.<\/p>\n

With McCarthy\u2019s mechanics having been all over the place last year, along with the Vikings trying hard to fix things during the year, a lot of the onus goes to McCown, despite head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell being dubbed the \u201cquarterback whisperer<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodrigue is right that McCown is going to be under the microscope with how things will go down this year with either Kyler Murray<\/a> or McCarthy as the starting quarterback. If they go well, don\u2019t be surprised if he\u2019s a head coach. If not, we could be having a much different conversation.<\/p>\n

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Despite being 18 games over 0.500 in the regular season, head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell is still looking for a playoff win. Will that happen in 2026?<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExploring Minnesota Vikings Narratives: What\u2019s fact, what\u2019s myth, and why they matter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

There are a lot of narratives surrounding the Minnesota Vikings heading into training camp, so we decided to explore them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Vikings have been a breeding ground for talented assistant coaches for years, and this group is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,1519,28350,4827,233,259,2529,6,234],"class_list":["post-951973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-vikings","tag-football","tag-j-j-mccarthy","tag-josh-mccown","tag-kyler-murray","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-minnesotavikings","tag-nfl","tag-vikings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116960869057847696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}