According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Minnesota Vikings are interviewing two candidates for their defensive coordinator job: former Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine and Brian Flores. Pettine, whose defenses lost steam with the Packers, spent last year as the Vikings’ assistant head coach for first-year head coach Kevin O’Connell. Between his gigs in Green Bay and Minnesota, Pettine was a senior defensive assistant with the Chicago Bears in 2021.
Over three years with the Packers, Pettine’s defenses ranked 29th (2018), 15th (2019) and 17th (2020) in DVOA.