After Monday night’s 23-6 loss to the Bills, during which Carson Wentz completed eight of 25 passes for 81 yards, two interceptions, and an 8.9 passer rating, Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell was asked whether the team will consider trying to acquire a quarterback by the trade deadline at 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

“I’ll defer to [G.M.] Nolan [Teasley] on that,” O’Connell said. “We’ve had dialogue about a lot of different positions. And tight turnaround obviously playing the Monday night game before that, and we’ll get right to work on any potential moves that can be there. But really just focused on the game tonight, which was not good enough in any way, shape, or form.”

No, it wasn’t. It was worse than horrible.

O’Connell was asked at one point whether he has ever felt as challenging as it does right now, as a play-caller.

“No,” he said.

They have options. Several teams could be looking to make a deal. And even if it won’t be cheap, it’s necessary to salvage what was, only nine days ago, a very promising season.

It still can be. A return of Kirk Cousins would be a B-12 shot to the franchise. Even Daniel Jones would make things better than they are.

And if they want to go all in, try to make a deal for Justin Herbert — who may be thrilled at this point to don an eye patch and escape from L.A.

Whatever the Vikings do, they need to do something. Otherwise, there may not be a quarterback change when the season ends.

There could be a coaching change.