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Kyler Murray was not a fit for what the Vikings have wanted to do offensively in the Kevin O'Connell era...roughly the exact opposite of everything Kyler Murray has done throughout his NFL career prior to now.
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Murray's skill set clashes with O'Connell's under-center, play-action system.

Murray's offensive role is fundamentally misaligned with Kevin O'Connell's system; the source notes that successful Vikings QBs under O'Connell (Kirk Cousins, Sam Darnold) lined up under center, excelled in play-action, and manipulated the pocket—the opposite of Murray's career tendencies. Murray was in shotgun on ~85% of snaps in Arizona, while the Vikings have used shotgun on only ~53% of snaps since O'Connell arrived in 2022, creating a structural incompatibility that adjustments have failed to resolve.

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