What's taking so long?

It may only be year 1 of the KOC offense (not to be confused with the KAO) but it's most definitely year 5 of the Vikings being Kirk-tastic!

This is the week I might start getting worried about players still not understanding the new scheme on both sides of the ball. First 6 weeks - Ok it is what it is. Rookie HC, new coordinators on both sides, etc. After a bye week against one of the worst defenses in the league is when the offense better be humming IMO. Just my thoughts

and one more thing. Not sure I like Kirk having so much influence on the play calling.

Probably need some of our content creators to crunch some numbers. However his RAW is a underwhelming 16th. Giving someone historically risk adverse more flexibility to change plays doesn't necessarily mean taking advantage of a defense. He could be checking out for self preservation. 

Defensively they are not that bad based on some stats and are top 12 in the most important statistic: points given up. I think many fans are subconsciously factoring in competition and luck and realizing that despite the stats, this defense isn't that good. Here I think the defense is actually playing better than they should and will actually regress as the 8.4 YPA against(dead last in the NFL) eventually bites them in the butt. ISM is no longer in the NFL to fumble away game winning drives, Waddle won't be dropping easy completions for ints and fumbling away scoring drives, and we can't always count on Detroit giving away leads after they moved the ball at will.

I will never comprehend going away from a scheme that your best player in Hunter is best at and moving to one that will minimize his role and I fully expect Hunter to cause a stink in the coming off season as he tries to get moved to another team. All to play this stupid Donatell scheme that sucks against the pass and only has success against the run because it is so easy to pass on us, no one bothers to run.

It is only a slightly improved offense from last year statistically, and it should be much better since the Vikings have only faced one above average defense (and did nothing against it). Outside of Philly, the average DVOA rank for the defenses they have faced has been 22.6. A good offense facing that type of schedule should be top 3.

As others have mentioned, giving Kirk input into what play is run was a bad choice. Almost without fail when I see Kirk making a change at the line it is to check into a run that goes for 2 yards and when Kirk is given the option to throw an easy short pass versus take a shot downfield he chooses short almost every time unless the deep pass is WIDE open. He is a robot, program him to be more aggressive or he won't be.

KOC has had some head scratchers with the play calling as well and needs to do a better job in that respect. I think he can get better with time and is not the main issue.

The Oline has been predictably dominated when facing good pass rushes or run defenses, although the sample size for good pass rushes or run defenses is really small so far. Replacing Ingram with even a below average pass blocker would help there.

Defensively the issue is scheme and I am already ready to move on from the DC. Offensively the scheme is fine, the way it is being called/implemented/executed is the issue.

I could see opposing defenses being able to bait Kirk into him checking to a hot read or run in anticipation of a blitz. But I'm not sure that's actually happening.