The Minnesota Vikings fell to 4-6 on the season with their Week 11 loss to the Chicago Bears. In the cellar of the NFC North, two games behind everyone else and with four losses in their last five games, the playoffs are a fading dream right now.
The rest of the 2025 season is now centered on figuring out if J.J. McCarthy can become the quarterback that head coach Kevin O'Connell thinks he can be. But if the remaining seven games don't answer that question in a notable way, one way or the other, what is the plan moving forward?