The Vikes won't have Kirk Cousins due to COVID, but he was probably not going to play anyway. Josh McDaniels probably won't play Derek Carr so it's back to Jarrett Stidham and Nick Mullens, who played decently against a terrible Jacksonvilleteam last week. O'Connell wants to make a statement and
while Sean Mannion and Kellen Mond are backups for a reason, they can move the ball against the Raiders' backups.