Ivan Pace Jr.’s Return, Parker Romo’s Status, Kevin O’Connell

Vikings Land Purple Rumor Mill It is a two-day chronic every week. All the rumors of the week have been lassoed and placed in two spots for review, Saturday and Sunday’s articles. Today is the 22 December edition.

Purple Rumor Mill: The Return of Ivan Pace Jr., The Situation of Parker Romo, Kevin O’Connell

Remember – rumors rumors. The things you read in these articles on the weekends are not the things that will come to fruition, but the things the world is talking about about the Vikings.

Here is the second party of the week. can be read yesterday Here.

Rumor: Ivan Pace Jr. He will be fully recovered and ready for the Vikings game against the Packers next weekend.

Head coach Kevin O’Connell spoke optimistically this week about Pace Jr.’s return in Week 17. “It’s going well. It arrived just in time. This week he will do some simulated drills with the coaches and simulate what we will do in practice this week. “I think the timeline for that appointment will be next week, so I hope he will be on schedule,” O’Connell told reporters. on tuesday.

That’s exactly the style of update that will mark Pace Jr.’s return after an IR trip.

O’Connell it has been said before He said of Pace Jr.’s health last weekend: “He’s doing really well. It’s probably ahead of the timeline we originally thought. I believe when he’s ready to go out, he’ll be ready to roll.”

Pace Jr. will be ready for Vikings-Packers in a week.

Rumor: Parker Romo will soon win the starting kicking job in New England because Joey Slye is terrible.

Current Patriots kicker Joey Slye has missed 4 of his last 8 field goals. This kind of performance often leaves a kick in the hot water. And it just so happens that New England has Romo on the practice squad in case Slye falters.

Slye is faltering.

Ryan Bunton Champions and SoupThe Guardian, a Patriots-themed analysis site, detailed the possibility of Romo becoming the new kicker this week following New England’s Week 15 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. “Given his struggles, it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say Slye’s job could be in jeopardy. On Tuesday, the Patriots signed kicker John Parker Romo to the practice squad. “Romo played in four games this season in place of Minnesota Vikings kicker Will Reichard and scored 11 of 12 goals in a long game of 55.” Bunton commented.

“Interestingly enough, Romo is also the all-time XFL field goal leader. It appears that with Romo’s signing, the door could open for Slye to leave if his struggles continue. After being missed yet again on Sunday, that door may be open enough.”

Romo could take Slye’s job soon and if he finishes the season strong, he could emerge as the Patriots’ kicker for the foreseeable future.

Rumor: Kevin O’Connell will win the Coach of the Year award.

Accordingly NFL Network’S. Tom Pelissero is the league’s leading player to win the COTY, besting O’Connell, Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dan Campbell of the Detroit Lions.

Pelissero polled 27 senior executives this week about the trophy chase in business, and O’Connell received nearly 17 votes for COTY. “This was a landslide win for O’Connell, who received 16.5 votes; 13.5 more than other candidates. “The Vikings are positioned to win the NFC North and potentially secure the No. 1 seed with quarterback Sam Darnold playing the best football of his life on a one-year contract.” Pelissero wrote.

“This season, only the Packers had more total playing time than the Vikings, who had seven comeback wins and seven one-possession wins. Few teams are so well trained in situational football. O’Connell has built a culture that players want to be a part of.”

O’Connell is truly a frontrunner for this award and fans should expect him to win it.

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dustin baker He is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The program, which is prepared with 4-7 episodes per week, includes guests, analyzes and opinions on everything related to the purple team. The MIN obsession dates back to 1996. Guilty pleasures listed: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos’, Basset Hounds and The Doors (band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL.

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