The Minnesota Vikings released their final injury report of week 15, and it brought some (possibly) good news on Christian Darrisaw.

After spending more than 40 years with the Vikings, serving in a variety of different roles, Wiggin died on Friday at age 91.

This past offseason, Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores interviewed for head coaching vacancies with the Bears, Jets, and Jaguars. He didn't end up landing any of those jobs, but his success in Minnesota made him a prominent candidate around the league.

Learn which TV channel or how to live stream the NFL Week 15 Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings game, Sunday, Dec. 14.

Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell explained the back story to this chicanery in a series of interviews this week, with local reporters Monday and then in his weekly KFAN-100.3 appearance Tuesday. In essence, O'Connell said, "We were trying to basically take something that's an advantage for them and turn it into an advantage for us."

If you're just looking at certain team defensive metrics, the Vikings' game against the Cowboys this week doesn't look much different than their most recent contest against the Commanders in terms of the challenge it will present J.J. McCarthy.

The Minnesota Vikings continue to have a unique situation at the quarterback position in 2025. While J.J. McCarthy is coming off his best game of the season, he is still very much on unstable ground as the season progresses. Because of that, some folks are wondering whether the team might make a move this offseason to bring in some competition.

The Minnesota Vikings' future with quarterback JJ McCarthy could take a new turn after recent insider speculation.