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DAILY CLIPS FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020 LOCAL NEWS: Friday, January 24, 2020 Pioneer Press Report: Vikings promote veteran coach Gary Kubiak to offensive coordinator By Dane Mizutani https://www.twincities.com/2020/01/23/report-vikings-hire-veteran-coach-gary-kubiak-as-offensive-coordinator/ Star Tribune Gary Kubiak to face big decisions in new role as Vikings offensive coordinator By Ben Goessling http://www.startribune.com/gary-kubiak-to-face-big-questions-in-new-role-as-vikings-offensive- coordinator/567232592/ Grading the Vikings: Kirk Cousins delivered best NFL season; will that mean $100 million? By Andrew Krammer http://www.startribune.com/grading-the-vikings-kirk-cousins-delivered-best-nfl-season-will-that-mean-100- million/567230142/ Vikings coaching moves: George Edwards could go to Dallas, another assistant gone By Ben Goessling http://www.startribune.com/vikings-coaching-moves-drew-petzing-leaving-george-edwards-could-land-in- dallas/567230072/ SKOR North The future of the Vikings, part 4: The offensive line By Matthew Coller https://www.skornorth.com/vikings-2/2020/01/the-future-of-the-vikings-part-4-the-offensive-line/ Sticking with Kubiak means play-actions, deep throws and continuity for Cousins By Matthew Coller https://www.skornorth.com/vikings-2/2020/01/sticking-with-kubiak-means-play-actions-deep-throws-and-continuity- for-cousins/ Report: Vikings to name Gary Kubiak offensive coordinator By Matthew Coller https://www.skornorth.com/vikings-2/2020/01/report-vikings-to-name-gary-kubiak-offensive-coordinator/ The Athletic For Gary Kubiak, Vikings OC job fills a void — and is a choice not made lightly By Chad Graff https://theathletic.com/1557047/2020/01/23/gary-kubiak-vikings-offensive-coordinator-mike-zimmer/ Should he stay or should he go? On the future of Stefon Diggs in Minnesota By Jon Krawczynski https://theathletic.com/1554501/2020/01/23/stefon-diggs-vikings-future-trade-stay-or-go/ NATIONAL NEWS: Friday, January 24, 2020 ESPN Sources: Gary Kubiak to take over OC duties for Vikings By Courtney Cronin https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28546683/sources-gary-kubiak-take-oc-duties-vikings CBS Sports Vikings name Gary Kubiak offensive coordinator following loss of Kevin Stefanski to Browns, per report By Patrik Walker https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/vikings-name-gary-kubiak-offensive-coordinator-following-loss-of-kevin- stefanski-to-browns-per-report/ NFL.com Vikings to name Gary Kubiak as offensive coordinator By Kevin Patra http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001098676/article/vikings-to-name-gary-kubiak-as-offensive-coordinator USA Today AP source: Vikings make Gary Kubiak offensive coordinator By the AP https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/01/23/ap-source-vikings-make-gary-kubiak-offensive- coordinator/41050629/ Maven Media Gary Kubiak Named Vikings Offensive Coordinator By Will Ragatz https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/gary-kubiak-named-vikings-offensive-coordinator MULTIMEDIA NEWS: Friday, January 24, 2020 Highlights From Thursday's Pro Bowl Practice By Vikings Entertainment Network https://www.vikings.com/video/highlights-from-thursday-s-pro-bowl-practice Danielle Hunter 2019 Season Highlights By Vikings Entertainment Network https://www.vikings.com/video/danielle-hunter-highlights-2019-season Cousins Shows Off Accuracy In Pro Bowl Skills Showdown By NFL Network https://www.vikings.com/video/cousins-shows-off-accuracy-in-pro-bowl-skills-showdown Kubiak Named Offensive Coordinator; Adam Zimmer Likely Defensive Coordinator By WCCO http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=87dd0982-07c4-4a9b-8b54-2e1b9d00d9f0 Kubiak Reported as New OC; Cook and Cousins Participate in Pro Bowl Skills Challenge By KARE http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=508a3cdb-6f44-4dec-af88-39793ad0e441 Kubiak To Take Over Offense; Vikings Enjoying Pro Bowl By KSTP http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=74500fe8-11da-4147-bc4d-5c8a7e6ee958 VIKINGS ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK: Friday, January 24, 2020 Cousins, Cook Participate in NFL Pro Bowl Skills Showdown By Lindsey Young https://www.vikings.com/news/cousins-cook-participate-in-nfl-pro-bowl-skills-showdown Cook, Ham & Kendricks Basking in Experiences at 1st Career Pro Bowl By Lindsey Young https://www.vikings.com/news/cook-ham-kendricks-basking-in-experiences-at-1st-career-pro-bowl 10 Tweets from Day 3 of 2020 Senior Bowl By Craig Peters https://www.vikings.com/news/10-tweets-from-day-3-of-2020-senior-bowl 2019 Vikings Position Recap: Tight Ends By Lindsey Young https://www.vikings.com/news/2019-vikings-position-recap-tight-ends Lunchbreak: Zierlein Highlights Day 2 Standouts from Senior Bowl Practices By Eric Smith https://www.vikings.com/news/lunchbreak-zierlein-highlights-day-2-standouts-from-senior-bowl-practices 3 Special Teams Stats that were Solid in 2019, 2 to Improve in 2020 By Craig Peters https://www.vikings.com/news/vikings-special-teams-stats-that-were-solid-2019-2-improve-2020 PUBLICATION: PIONEER PRESS DATE: 1/24/20 Report: Vikings promote veteran coach Gary Kubiak to offensive coordinator By Dane Mizutani In what might go down as some of the least shocking news of the offseason, the Vikings hired veteran coach Gary Kubiak to be their new offensive coordinator Thursday, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Kubiak, 58, spent last season as an offensive advisor for the Vikings, working closely with offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski, who signed a contract to be head coach of the Cleveland Browns on Jan. 13. Not only did Kubiak help implement the highly effective zone scheme into the Vikings’ offense last season — unlocking more of star running back Dalvin Cook’s potential — he has an abundance of NFL coaching experience with stints as the head coach of the Houston Texans and Denver Broncos. He led the Broncos to victory in Super Bowl 50 after the 2015 season. That, coupled with the way head coach Mike Zimmer talked about wanting to stick with the same offense moving forward, and it’s no surprise that he picked Kubiak for the job. “I like the scheme and I like the continuity that we have offensively with the coaches,” Zimmer said last week. “I feel like if we add a couple more pieces, and continue to work on the execution of staying with the same play calls, the same system, the same motions and formations and things like that, it’ll definitely help the offensive players.” It will be a different point of view for Kubiak compared to last season when he was content to work behind the scenes and allow Stefanski to serve as the mouthpiece. That said, Kubiak’s fingerprints were all over the revamped offense that finished with the second-highest run percentage (47 percent) in the NFL last season and averaged 133.3 rushing yards per game. As much as Cook took his game to the next level in the zone scheme, no doubt the top priority for Kubiak now that he’s the man in charge will be continuing to get the most out of quarterback Kirk Cousins, who will be entering the final year of his fully guaranteed three-year, $84 million contract. “I think Kirk played a lot better this year than he did the year before,” Zimmer said. “I think obviously the scheme helped him quite a bit, and so, yeah, I think this may have been his best year that he’s played in the NFL.” Cousins was added to the Pro Bowl roster as a late replacement earlier this week, along with four other Vikings, giving the team a total of eight players participating in Sunday’s all-star game in Orlando, Fla. That’s the biggest reason Zimmer didn’t want any wholesale changes to the offense this offseason. He likes what he has in place with Cousins, Cook, and the dynamic receiving duo of Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen, among others. “It will be the same system,” Zimmer said. “I think it’s important not just for Kirk, but for the entire offense, to have the same system, the same calls and things like that, so that when they come in here on day one it’s not completely foreign to them.” PUBLICATION: STAR TRIBUNE DATE: 1/24/20 Gary Kubiak to face big decisions in new role as Vikings offensive coordinator By Ben Goessling The Vikings’ search for a new offensive coordinator ended with them giving play-calling duties to the man coach Mike Zimmer has called “the best thing that’s ever happened to me” in Minnesota. In a widely expected move, the team is making assistant head coach Gary Kubiak its new offensive coordinator, according to an NFL source. Kubiak replaces Kevin Stefanski, who became the Browns head coach last week. Kubiak, who won a Super Bowl title as Broncos head coach after the 2015 season, will be an offensive coordinator for the third time in his career after holding the title in Denver from 1995-05 and Baltimore in 2014. The Vikings brought Kubiak to Minnesota before the 2019 season, making his son, Klint, the quarterbacks coach and two of his longtime assistants — Rick Dennison and Brian Pariani — the offensive line and tight ends coaches, respectively. The team revamped its offense around many of the principles Kubiak had used during his career, putting Kirk Cousins under center for 70% of his snaps and employing heavier personnel groups to facilitate Kubiak’s outside zone running scheme. The Vikings finished eighth in the league in points (407) and 16th in yards (5,656, after landing 19th and 20th in those categories the year before), and Cousins posted the best numbers of his career while thriving off downfield throws after play-action. Kubiak stayed behind the scenes during the 2019 season, largely declining interview requests, but with the Vikings at 7-3 before they faced the Broncos in November, Zimmer told about how much of a benefit Kubiak had been to him.