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Vikings' ability to bounce back is the first test of coach Kevin O'Connell's culture shift

The Vikings' plane landed around 5 a.m. Tuesday, touching down in the Twin Cities after a series of travel snags at Philadelphia International Airport gave them extra time to stew about their 24-7 loss to the Eagles. Sitting there on the runway, Kevin O'Connell began the process of analyzing his first loss as a NFL head coach.

O'Connell started, he said, by asking himself how well he had done at constructing the Vikings' game plan and how consistently he stuck to it as a play-caller.

"You start that process, and you just know you can be better," O'Connell said.