EAGAN, Minn. — This generation’s industry for working again Cam Akers drew a herbal query across the Minnesota Vikings: Will he exchange starter Alexander Mattison, who has taken nearly all of snaps this season for the NFL’s worst dashing offense?

Talking to newshounds Thursday morning, offensive coordinator Wes Phillips mentioned that lecturer Kevin O’Connell would make a decision establishing assignments.

“But we haven’t lost confidence in Alex Mattison,” Phillips added. “I will say that. Unfortunately we’ve had a couple turnovers in the run game where we obviously need to clean that up. Everyone’s aware of that. But we still feel very strongly in Alex and [backup Ty Chandler] and those guys being able to go in and produce. We know we have to be better in the run game. A lot of that starts with us, and the players fundamentally. All those things we’ve addressed, and from what I saw [Wednesday] in the first practice I think it will improve dramatically.”

O’Connell is scheduled to talk with newshounds on Friday afternoon.

Mattison fumbled two times within the Vikings’ 34-28 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Day 2. He misplaced each, however the second one was once reversed via a penalty towards the Eagles. Total, he has i’m in a hurry for 62 yards on 19 carries in two video games for the reason that Vikings promoted him this offseason to switch Dalvin Prepare dinner as their number one again.

Akers began 15 video games for the Rams over the year 4 seasons, the primary two of which got here with O’Connell and Phillips at the Rams’ training body of workers. Akers had his personal struggles in Los Angeles, and controlled handiest 29 yards dashing on 22 carries in Day 1. Occasion he isn’t a sunny improve over Mattison, Phillips famous that Akers gained’t have a steep studying curve to grasp the fundamentals of the Vikings offense, which is modeled next the Rams’. That makes it most probably that he’ll be to be had to play games no less than some snaps in Sunday’s recreation towards the Los Angeles Chargers.

“We’re going to have to see where he’s at,” Phillips mentioned. “It certainly will help him that he’s been in the system. A lot of the terminology will be similar, and protection-wise most of it will be very similar, which is always a big thing for running backs [and] being able to trust a guy to put him in the game.”