Vikes are interested in Mel Tucker, but is Mel Tucker interested in the Vikes?

There is silence at Winter Park when it comes to changes to Leslie Frazier's coaching staff.

It's been over a week since the Vikings stunk it up in the season finale with a 17-13 loss to Chicago – a fitting end to a miserable 2011. Wholesale changes were expected to be made on the defensive side of the ball. But Fred Pagac is still the defensive coordinator and only defensive line coach Karl Dunbar has been let go thus far.

Former Tampa Bay head coach Raheem Morris has been interviewed. Now the Vikings want to talk to Jacksonville defensive coordinator Mel Tucker. With Steve Spagnuolo, apparently set to return to the Philadelphia Eagles, it looks like the Vikings won't even get a chance to interview him for the coordinator position. (Heavy sigh – the Vikings rarely make a move I want them to.)

Tucker is an interesting possibility, however. I had never heard of him until he took over as interim head coach after Jack Del Rio was fired. Calling the plays for the first time as a defensive coordinator with the Jaguars this season, the team had the fifth-best defence in the NFL, according to Football Outsiders (in the spirit of fairness, the Jags were ranked 32nd and 29th overall in 2010 and 2009, respectively by FO, in Tucker's other two seasons as Jacksonville's top defensive assistant.)

So Tucker has some chops, and he is also well-versed in running a 3-4 defence thanks to his one year serving as defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns. But is Tucker interested in a Vikings job? Leslie Frazier's hold on the head coaching gig beyond 2012 is tenuous and the unit is lacking talent at cornerback and linebacker? It's not exactly an attractive scenario for a guy who should draw interest from other squad's looking to hire a new defensive coordinator.