Norv Turner’s digital playbooks were not ceremonially bashed with a sledgehammer Wednesday morning or buried deep in one of the Winter Park practice fields.
The bad news is that after Turner’s stunning resignation the Vikings, in the short term at least, still will be running the same offense that yielded 11 sacks and produced only 20 points in back-to-back losses in Philadelphia and Chicago.
The good news is that it is also the same offense that topped 350 yards and put up 24 points in each of the team’s blowout wins over New York and Houston.
With only four days to prepare for the Detroit Lions, hitting Control+ALT+ Delete was not an option for interim offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur.