Despite having a wide receivers coach already on staff, Minnesota hired another one: Keenan McCardell, as Eugene Frenette of The Florida Times-Union reported.
Now, that move makes sense. Former wide receivers coach Andrew Janocko is moving to quarterbacks coach for Minnesota, according to reports from multiple outlets. That move comes after Klint Kubiak, formerly the Vikings’ QBs coach, was reportedly hired to be the team’s offensive coordinator.
Gary Kubiak, the Vikings’ offensive coordinator in 2020 and Klint’s father, retired this offseason, so the team had to find its sixth offensive coordinator in the Mike Zimmer era.
After Minnesota hired McCardell, the team elected to keep it in-house for the quarterback coach and offensive coordinator positions. These hires are a sign of continuity for an offense that’s coming off a pretty good year. It remains to be seen what the Vikings add and what they keep from 2020 as the team tries to bounce back in 2021.
