MINNEAPOLIS -- For the better part of three months, Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell has followed a familiar postgame routine. Players gather around him. He paces. Then he gives a version of the speech he delivered Sunday after the Vikings' 27-22 victory over the New York Jets.
"By no means was that our best day," O'Connell said, according to video the team published to social media. "But I'll tell you what I felt each and every time adversity hit. I felt you guys coming together even closer."
The Vikings have pulled themselves together for 10 victories in 12 games this season, the last nine of which have been secured by one score.