Oliver exited the Vikings’ loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Oct. 23 with a foot sprain after four offensive snaps.
The NFL trade deadline is 3 p.m. Central time Tuesday. O’Connell said that there will be dialogue and collaboration with General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, but that as more players return from injury, the team is “finally getting the chance to get out there with their teammates and play with the original intent of kind of what we hoped.”
O’Connell said he feels “pretty comfortable” with the current quarterback room of three — McCarthy and Max Brosmer on the active roster and recently signed John Wolford on the practice squad.
“You would love to find a way at some point maybe to get John up on the roster to take advantage of the emergency quarterback on gameday,” O’Connell said. “That’s obviously something we’re always trying to work through, but as we’ve been able to get a little bit more healthy around the rest of our football team — it might be easier said than done in the short term but something we’ll be taking a look at for sure.”