Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell took most of the blame for Minnesota’s 27-point loss to the Chargers on Thursday and expects to hand the ball back to quarterback J.J. McCarthy as part of the rebound plan.

“We got outplayed. We got outcoached,” O’Connell said Thursday night. “There are no excuses. Injuries, short week, whatever. It is not in any way, shape or form our standard of what we want to put on the field.”

The Vikings have 10 days to get ready for a trip to Detroit to face the Lions on Nov. 2. Minnesota has fallen a significant distance since playing the Lions in the regular-season finale for the NFC North title last season and ending up 14-3. Thursday already was the Vikings’ fourth loss this season.

O’Connell expects McCarthy, out with an ankle injury since Week 2, to get th

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