If the Vikings need a blueprint, those Rams provided one with their Super Bowl run. It also helps that O’Connell, offensive coordinator Wes Phillips, running back Cam Akers, receiver Brandon Powell, and tight end Johnny Mundt were all a part of that that experience with the Rams.

Lions fans are irked with me. I mean irked, as in mildly annoyed, as in might not want to buy me an ice cream sundae, or let me merge into a busy line of traffic. I don’t think they hate me. Detroit football fans don’t seethe like that.