Minnesota Vikings safety Bobby McCain has played more than 6,000 snaps throughout the course of his 10-year NFL career so there aren’t too many things that an offense can throw at him that he hasn’t seen before.
EAGAN — That’s exactly why head coach Kevin O’Connell is leaning on McCain to give him feedback about his offense during the week in practice.
“When you have seen it a lot, if there’s something that sticks out then I would tell ,” McCain said. “I’d say, ‘Hey, maybe this guy, he won’t catch my eyes or my body placement takes it away.’ He asks me questions like, ‘What do you think about this? Were you there because this guy didn’t do that?’” Is it normal for a head coach to lean on a defensive back to act as an extra pair of eyes from a different viewpoint?
While the ex-Dolphin has become an O’Connell advisor, the third-year head coach has developed a feedback loop within the team where he’s created a dialogue between the offense and defense. O’Connell mentioned talking to star safety Harrison Smith during training camp to get his reaction to the offensive ideas and checking with backup corners Akayleb Evans and veteran Fabian Moreau for their thoughts as well.
“He texts me and he's like, ‘Hey, what do you think about doing this out of that, this front? We ran it, so it's good,” Flores said. “It's a K .O. special.”
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