Vikings Offense Reaches Will Reichard’s Range Enough Against Jets

Darnold highlighted resiliency and consistency as keys to success for the offense.

“I feel like that’s kind of our M.O. If we can continue to stay consistent and … continue to sustain drives, [you’ll be better off]. You get in these third-and-long situations, which are tough,” he said. “I think for me, being able to put the ball in play and live to see another down and then go – like I said, you go through ebbs and flows of every single game and just being able to have that resiliency to just take it one play at a time after that, that’s kind of our mindset as an offense, but as a whole team, as well.

Jefferson led the team in receiving with six catches for 92 yards, followed by Jordan Addison with three catches for 36 yards. Mundt had 31 yards on his two grabs. The Jets quieted Jalen Nailor, who wasn’t targeted once.

O’Connell said he doesn’t regret aggressive play calls downfield but added he and the offense can make improvements moving forward.

“We want to stay aggressive. I think that’s one of the things that has helped us this year as a team,” he said. “I didn’t think offensively our execution was up to our standard. Way too many pre-snap penalties, way too many things that we really talked about. And it starts with me as the play caller, and I’ve got to make sure that I find a way to continue chasing improvement, because there were some things offensively that just can’t happen in the big scheme of 17 games over a season.”