MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings officially announced the addition of former Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur to their staff Monday, along with his job title: Shurmur will be the Vikings’ tight ends coach.
He replaces Kevin Stefanski, who will move to running backs coach after Kirby Wilson became the Cleveland Browns' running-game coordinator last week. We’d heard Sunday that Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner would remain in that position, even after Shurmur’s addition. But as we discussed Sunday, there still had to be a strong pull for Shurmur to end his job search -- in light of interest from the St.