Last Sunday night, Michael Jurgens was thrust into action with the first offensive snaps of his NFL career.

"It was cool," he said this week after practice. "It was kinda nice not to have any time to think about it. Kinda just going out there. It was a really cool moment."

Before that moment, the Vikings' seventh-round pick had only played briefly on special teams, last year as a rookie. His debut last week was overshadowed by an overall awful O-line performance. Now, Jurgens is about to get his first start.

"I think we just have to work on all 11 being ready every snap," he said. "Being perfect every snap and really dialing in on those details."

Jurgens is familiar with perfection. His high school team back in Maryland went 42-0 in his three years on varsity.

"It was pretty awesome,"

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