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Head Coach Kevin O'Connell

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A couple injury updates here in a second. But just in no way shape or form can we play offensive football like that and try to win at a place like this. I did think our defense played as well as they could considering the amount of lift that they had to do today. Forced the seven negatives and a takeaway. Thought we had some moments in the kicking game field position-wise. We just did not have the type of an offensive performance that is ever going to be acceptable with the Minnesota Vikings organization. That obviously starts with me. It's not about any one particular player or position. It's a collective group thing right now where we are just not good enough to overcome some of the things that we're doing, overcoming some injuries up front and overcoming some of the things that are happening. We've got to find a way to put a game plan together as simple as it needs to be or as tight as it needs to be from a call count standpoint just to get a little bit better execution and get some of the things that winning football looks like and try to play our part offensively with the other two phases on our team. Ryan Kelly had a hip flexor. He did not return to the game when he came out. Aaron Jones aggravated his shoulder a little bit. He's going to be evaluated. Josh Metellus and Jonathan Greenard didn't finish the last drive, but no injury. Those guys have been dealing with some things. Was not injury related. Jordan Mason, you saw him go down there later in the game. He was evaluated and returned. Really Kelly and Jones could be the names that we'll be evaluating here.

As best as you can see today as least, why was the offense so poor?

I think early on in the game we had our struggles running the football to try to stay efficient. We had some screens and some kind of plays that kept us in manageable D and Ds. Some plays where I thought early Max was honestly maybe processing too quickly. There were some moments there where he was getting back to some things where we had some explosive chances for either Jordan on the backside catch and run, even on some of the third downs where he just a little sped up like a normal young player can be in his first start. We just never could really make that one or two or three in a row kind of play. When we did move it, we weren't able to sustain it long enough to get in the end zone. Obviously the red zone play on fourth down went totally flips on getting the turnover we've been so desperately waiting for. Our defense does that. That sequence ends with them getting seven points, is losing football.

Fourth down, what were you trying to get done there?

Thought we might have had a little bit better spot on the third down play where they caught the ball. Ends up being one plus, whatever it ended up being. We struggled to run it at the point of attack and things like that. Wanted to try to see if we could get Max out on the perimeter kind of a run-pass option. They ended up having a looping player in his face right away. Fourth down he's trying to make a play. Just ends up being obviously catastrophically bad. One of the reasons why you go for that in that moment is even if you don't get it, the field position is going to be on your side with a defense playing really well. Got to call a better play there. Got to decide the best option for us to try to limit that ever being the outcome in that scenario, but also give us a chance to score. We knew we'd have to score some points to win the game and to try to capture the momentum off that turnover which I thought was critical, critical sequence to try have a chance to win it.

With the third-and-short, fourth-and-short type of plays, where you turn it over as much as you do...

We have run it. That's been a well-documented thing. I just have to call a better play there. It's all going to be results based. That's about as bad of a result as you can have on that sequence. Early on in the game it was a struggle. I think we were under 10 yards close to our first 10 or so attempts. Just trying to find that yard with a physical front, it felt like a chance to maybe have an opportunity to try to get the quarterback out on the edge, not drop-back pass or anything in that situation, or see if we can have multiple options besides just seeing if we can hammer it up in there. Felt like it was the best option for us at the time, but obviously it was not a good option.

The second half of last week, does it feel like the offense is pressing right now?

It just feels like between some of these throws, throw and catches, that we're just not getting, whether it's location, timing, rhythm. There's no question we're pressing. Guys want to make those plays, guys want to make the throws. We've got to do a better job early on in games where it's really there's no excuse to be made. Third and manageable when we're moving it, third-and-three or four, whatever it was, going to have a chance for Oliver on a play early on in the year we had success with, scored on a very similar D and D, a little tighter against Cincinnati. Have the same coverage, same look, same everything. We give up an immediate sack there. For a young quarterback, it can have an impact and maybe speed you up the next few sequences of drivers. It all is connected. But yeah, I know how hard our guys have prepared, are trying. We just can't quite seem to catch the rhythm of positive plays with all 11 guys executing right now. That's guys maybe trying to do too much. sMaybe we've got to try to limit what we're asking of the group as a whole, especially with some different guys stepping into the lineup, just to try to get some more consistency at the very least to try to give ourselves a better chance.

How do you think the hostile environment has affected things?

Pre-snap he made a couple. I can think back to there were a couple early downs, they were sending some pressures, which you kind of come in here knowing between their defensive scheme that Mike has, which he does a great job with it. Also a young quarterback that they're going to try to activate some of those things. He got the play, made the adjustment to the play, slid right into the pressure. Just gets sped up a little bit. Jordan is on a backside read, which we knew would probably be the primary on that play. He gets sped up, throws it a hair early. Going to the right place, doing all the right things. Could fall in alignment with a young guy that we wanted to allow him to function in our offense 'cause he showed the ability to. Yeah, it's a tough ask obviously. I thought from a procedural standpoint, running the huddle, making some of the calls that he did, we tried to take as much of that off his plate as possible. I thought he was functioning at a high level. Really, like I said, we'll go back and watch it and spend the time with him going through it on a deep dive. If anything, it was him playing quickly and processing. He was getting back to his checkdowns. Getting to Aaron Jones on the backside of some progressions early on, just putting it in play, kind of checking a lot of boxes where hopefully you can get him settled in, then he starts finding that rhythm and timing to be in alignment with the concept called when eligibles might be open.

Easier to deal with that than the opposite end of that?

That's what I told him after the game, is that is great experience for him. It won't get harder than going to Seattle for your first start against that defense. He's such a competitor and wants to obviously come out here and lead this team to a win. But I told him that's great experience. Unbelievable learning op. Knowing what it felt like, how you were seeing it, maybe even able as you get maybe more experience, which Max is going to play a long time in this league, the game will slow down a little bit, even though he is what we believe to be a fast processer.

Is it just coaching to get guys to slow down when they're younger or is it a matter of reps?

I think it's reps. You look back on a couple of those plays, they seem very much long ago when you see the score kind of get to where it is and we don't end up scoring on the day. You forget about those plays early on in the first or second quarter where all those plays matter for a young quarterback. Very much like seeing the ball go through the net. When you're going to the right guy, maybe it's a click early, you get moved off the spot with an NFL kind of pocket, all those things can have an effect, just like the positive effect of those throws being thrown and caught, maybe a catch and run, we get our play-makers involved. I thought he made some nice plays, too. T.J. up the seam. Making some check down throws on some play-actions where we were trying to be a little bit more explosive today. We were moving the ball at times without a very consistent run game. We got it going a little bit later on in the game. It was a tough ask. Probably needed just a little bit more all 11 guys doing their job and playing with a little more physicality up front early to try to set the tone for how we wanted to play. I thought took it us a little bit too long to get those early down plays to stay efficient. I think we had a few too many third and 10 pluses, whether it's a penalty or a negative run, those are hard, tough for us right now. We're not going to just dive into the world of continuing to just throw the ball over and over again. We're going to try to see if we can manage it with some ball out-plays, screen game, trying to stack some runs to get back to manageable if we can.

T.J. still on concussion protocol?

He is as of right now. We'll see how he does tomorrow. Our goal is to he clears and can have a good week of practice and have an opportunity to play next week.

Adam Thielen, is that a healthy scratch?

Yeah, I just file it under a coach's decision, looking at where we are at at some other positions around our roster. You're just trying to do what you think is best to win and make sure you've got some depth at some other spots where guys were dealing with some things. That receiver position is one that has stayed remarkably healthy this year.

How close was Christian Darrisaw to be able to go today?

I think it was close. Just a combination of the ankle, some discomfort there, then just kind of we're still in a world where his knee is something that he's working through every week. I think he's obviously such an important impactful player to our offense that we're always going to try to get him out there. CD wants to get out there. He just couldn't quite get there to play. Having Donovan out, as well, just starts dipping into some things. Ryan Kelly eventually going out. We had some guys step in there. We'll take a look at it this week and hopefully get him back. Hopefully get the best five we can to go back home and try to win a game this week.

QB Max Brosmer

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Tough day today. It was tough. Give credit to Seattle's defense. Got some great play-makers over there, great scheme. Thought they had a great plan for us. We didn't make the plays where we should have. I thought our defense did a good job of holding us in the game for the majority of the game there. We didn't capitalize where we should have. It's tough to go and try and win games and we can't keep the ball in our hands. Ultimately I take credit for. We got to get better.

Can you take us through the pick-six.

Yeah, it's tough. I love the play call. I thought he put us in the best situation to let our play-makers make plays. Ultimately the defense did a good job of getting in quick. Ultimately the 10 or 12 yards, it's fourth and one, either make a play or eat it. They get the 12 yards that I give up on the run back. They get back on offense if I threw the ball out, start 12 yards back from where the ball was. Ultimately I made a bad decision with the football. It cost us heavy. Early in the game like that, giving energy to a team like that, it's tough. We have to do a better job, me specifically, of keeping the ball in our hands.

What are your options in theory in terms of who to throw it to?

Typical boot play. You have your flat, your over, your high part, your high component of your boot play. That's typical for most of your boots and nakeds. Did a good job of covering it. Again, that's my responsibility to take care of the football, not my responsibility to try to make something happen when it's not there. I got to do a better job of keeping the ball in our hands, get ready for the next drive.

From a speed-of-the-game perspective, did you feel like you were going through you're reads too fast?

I'll go back and watch the film a little bit. I feel like I was maybe half a click fast to the reads. I feel like feeling the flow of the game, the flow of the pocket, feeling the flow of conceptually what's happening down the field. I got to a couple routes too quickly today. We could have had bigger hits on those completions. Throwing the ball half a second too early sometimes. Sometimes you can make those throws if you anticipate well. There is a very small gap where if you throw too early, there's no chance to complete it. That's a learning moment for me. Use it as experience for the next time.

On the pick-six, it looked like C.J. was coming in front of you there. Did you have an option out there?

No handoff. It's a typical like power pass in the NFL. Full slide, cut the end and go. Again, it's a tough play. It happens. You have to eat it, move on from it, but learn it from most importantly. Next time the situation comes up, don't put the ball in harm's way, take what they give you. In that moment it was take a sack and don't risk the ball.

Your defensive teammates were saying that despite the fact when you turned it over the first time, you still came back. That resilience in this environment against one of the really good teams this year, what have they said to you after this about how you conducted yourself in your first start?

I just would credit the entire locker room here. I think our locker room here is very, very special. The ability to stay together after a tough loss and tough plays, tough drives, is really hard to do in the NFL. It's hard to do in college, but in the NFL it's really hard to do. That's one of our team's superpowers. I felt their love. I felt their support. They don't have to do that. Like, they could just let me be and move on with their next drive or after the game for the next game. They don't do that. Our team doesn't do that. You feel the support here. Whether you played well or had a tough day, you're going to get the same support and same love from the rest of the team.

When you're going through it and feel like you are sped up in the reads, what's the key to getting back in the timing?

It's difficult to make that adjustment. Maybe it's a really focused second half or focused second quarter adjustment you make through it. I think honestly it comes from experience. I think that I could have done a better job maybe of through the rest of the game noticing that quicker maybe and trying to slow myself down a little more. I pride myself on trying to get the ball out in a timely fashion. Sometimes when it's too fast, the rest of the concept doesn't develop the way it's supposed to. Schematically speaking we had some great concepts today that ended up opening up pretty well. Whether it's a tick too fast getting there, moving to a spot to try to get it there quicker, it's something you have to learn and go through. I'll definitely use today as an experience and learning moment to get better from there. I'll be able to look back on some of the plays today and be like I know I was too fast here and I'll slow myself down maybe half a click slower next time to get that completion.

Easier to learn how to slow down than to speed up?

I would argue that I think. I think it just depends on how you're processing through the reads. When you have some really talented play-makers here with Justin and Jay and Jalen, who seem like the fastest guys in the entire world, you feel sped up maybe, have to get this ball out fast to these guys because they are going to make the play. In reality you can take a breath for a second because they're going to get to the right spot at the right time, trusting they know the times just as well as you do. Again, that's something that I'll learn from this moment and some of these plays today and I'll go watch the film. We'll get better from today.

What was your feeling with Kevin throughout the game?

That's one thing that I think he does a really good job of. Whether it's a tough day or a really solid day for the offense and the team in general, he's the same guy the entire game. Maybe he comes after a tough play that I had, coaches me up right away. I'm all ears, too, because I just want to get better. Him giving those coaching lessons and those points of emphasis throughout the game are really important. He's the same guy with the same intonation, the same vocal tone the whole game, which is really great for a quarterback to keep everybody even keel.

Anything he said today or a moment you had with him that's going to stick with you?

I think we had a good conversation after the game. That's something that I'll keep between us. Again, we talk about how this team stays together. That doesn't happen unless it's top down. From Kwesi, from KO, the rest of the team, that's an emphasis from the top down. I felt that talking with him after the game. I'm always open to getting coached. I want hard coaching. He does that well. He also loves up on you and supports you when you need it. There's a good balance of both. He's a really good example of what that looks like, of tough coaching and support. Really appreciate that from him, what he's done for the team from that regard.

RB Aaron Jones Jr.

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On the play of QB Max Brosmer

I was very proud of him. He's going to play a lot more, and better, as he continues to get more reps. I'm super proud of him. I'll go to battle with him any time. He definitely seemed ready for the moment, especially after he settled down a little bit after that first drive. Those are his first snaps of regular-season ball, so when he settled down, he was good.

On how the offense performed overall

Not very well. That's a good defense. They flew around, so you've got to give them credit. But we've got to be able to respond, execute and stick together. Seattle definitely has a tough defense. They play hard, and you have to be ready to match their physicality and relentlessness.

LB Eric Wilson

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On what he saw that contributed to his performance

I don't think I saw anything in particular. This week, and honestly every week, defensively we're looking to make plays. We have a certain standard that we play with. This game . . . apparently it matched up well. We were able to make some TFLs and get them where we wanted, second-and-long, third-and-long.

On holding Seattle to one offensive touchdown

If they get in a short field, our mentality is to keep them there, keep them to a field goal or take the ball away. We've just got to stay strong, stay firm.

On responding strongly when the offense is struggling

If that's the case, it's our only option. It's what we've got to do if we want to play complementary football. We've got to hold up and hold them to field goals.

On maintaining high standards

You're always striving for perfection. Everybody's doing their part on different plays. We'll watch some film, see where we can do better. The emphasis is playing together. That's the name of the game. A big emphasis is playing together, sticking together.

On if the defense gets excited when the game plan calls for a 64 percent blitz rate

It may not necessarily be that's what's going to happen as things align and you see how they're playing the game versus us. You've got to make adjustments. I think that's an interesting stat. If that's the case, and we're blitzing, we've got to stick together, play together and get after them.

LB Dallas Turner

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On what it meant to have Jonathan Greenard back

It was a blessing to see him out there. Every pre-game, we do a little warmup together with the d-line. He had a little extra pop in his start today so I knew it was going to be one of those ones.

On if it was an emphasis to keep watch on the quarterback today

It was just playing fast. The more familiar that we get with the defense, the faster we jell together, and the faster we play. I feel like that was what happened.

On how the older vets have helped to keep the morale up

We have some great older leaders on the defensive side of the ball. But we love each other. We go to work every single day with a smile. We laugh, cry, feel joy and pain, all that stuff. But we love it here. We love working together, we love bonding together, no matter what. There's times when I feel like we just have a great group of guys in the locker room to help jell us together in tough times like this.

TE T.J. Hockenson

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On how Max Brosmer led the team today

I can't say enough good things about him. He took control of the huddle from the very beginning. He really had a lot of poise and was able to get the ball out and run the offense for what we could. It's just tough, we've got to band together. We have a lot of great players, a lot of great people in this locker room and in this organization. It's tough when it doesn't go your way but we're building, and we've got a lot of good ball ahead of us. I don't lose belief in anybody in here or anybody in this organization. I love this place, love this team, and you just have to keep moving forward.

On what his thoughts about Minnesota's defense

Fantastic. They keep playing their butts off every single week and doing things for us to win. As an offense, we've got to help them as much as we can. It's complimentary football at the end of the day. We're going to continue to move forward, get things on tape, and we've got to help those guys as much as we can. Those guys are ballers, they're playing so well, and we've got to be able to help them out.

S Joshua Metellus

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On how it was the first offensive shutout against the Minnesota Vikings in 18 years

I think when you got the collection of the group of guys that we have in this building, whether that's coaches, staff, players, for us not to be in a winning spot, for us to put that out there week after week and not get the results, and the stuff that we strive for, it definitely stings. I think that if we didn't have the right collection of guys in here, it would sting a lot more. Every time we lose, we come in here and we band together, we bring it up, and you get that sense of 'there's still a chance'. I know the guys in this room, and I know we're going to keep working towards something that we're proud of to put on tape.

On holding Jaxon Smith-Njigba to zero receiving yards until the second half

That's a big emphasis. Premium players don't get the ball, that's what we pride ourselves on. Especially in the defensive back room. Knowing where the premiums are, and he's the guy. Whatever we can do to limit his impact in the game, that was the goal, and I think we did a pretty good job doing it.