Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell was being modest when he said Joshua Dobbs made his bad play calls work out on the field with his athleticism during the thrilling comeback victory against the Falcons last week.
O’Connell’s detailed plays and pointers that Dobbs heard through his helmet in his Vikings debut were as valuable as Google maps while driving in a foreign land. Or as Dobbs put it: he was in need of those long-winded instructions because it was as if he was taking an AP French exam after spending the entire year learning AP Spanish.
Dobbs wasn’t supposed to play vs. the Falcons because he had just arrived in Minnesota five days earlier after being traded by the Cardinals. But Vikings rookie quarterback Jaren Hall, who started in place of the injured Kirk Cousins, sustained a concussion early in the game and Dobbs was needed in the emergency situation.
