Vikings to interview Mike Pettine for DC opening

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Minnesota Vikings are interviewing two candidates for their defensive coordinator job: former Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine and Brian Flores. Pettine, whose defenses lost steam with the Packers, spent last year as the Vikings’ assistant head coach for first-year head coach Kevin O’Connell. Between his gigs in Green Bay and Minnesota, Pettine was a senior defensive assistant with the Chicago Bears in 2021.

Over three years with the Packers, Pettine’s defenses ranked 29th (2018), 15th (2019) and 17th (2020) in DVOA. His tenure in Green Bay ended after back-to-back NFC Championship Game losses in which the Packers gave up 285…