Once upon a time, Norv Turner was a backup quarterback at the University of Oregon and he has become one of the more widely respected offensive minds in the NFL. He first broke through as an Offensive Coordinator in 1991 with the Dallas Cowboys and has been employed in the NFL every year since then as either an Offensive Coordinator or Head Coach. Turner’s newest role as the Minnesota Vikings’ Offensive Coordinator has been met with much excitement from the fantasy football community. In order to gauge his impact on the Vikings for 2014, let’s first look at how his offenses have fared in the past:

Across the board, the team totals for Turner’s offenses over the past ten seasons are a display of mediocrity. The average total yards sits directly in the middle of the pack with an average ranking of 16.1 among NFL teams over those years, while the total plays per season ranks among the NFL’s lowest third. The total points for his offenses do have a respectable average rank of 13.0, but a strong case can be made that all of his totals were inflated by the six seasons with the San Diego Chargers when Turner was blessed with Philip Rivers under center.

The 5423 total yards that his Cleveland Browns’ offense posted in 2013 did settle right in line with his ten-year average, but that team also needed a ten-year high of 1078 plays, including and NFL leading 681 pass attempts. Considering Turner’s history and the makeup of the Vikings roster, a high-octane offense should not be expected. With that being said, even though Turner’s impact may not resemble that of Marc Trestman or Chip Kelly from last season, this doesn’t mean there will not be any positive developments… continue reading at Footballguys, where all offseason content is FREE, to find out what those positive developments are.