GLENDALE, Ariz. - Kevin O’Connell uses affirming language, so if you want to find the right phrase for what happened to the Vikings the past two weeks, you’d have to revisit the Brad Childress era. Ol’ Chili would have called this “total systemic failure.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold was on the wrong end of history in the Wild Card loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

Calls are already raining down for the Minnesota Vikings to cut ties with quarterback Sam Darnold and move on with injured rookie J.J. McCarthy following a blowout loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the NFC playoffs Monday night.