Vikings wide receiver Laquon Treadwell believes a change in offensive coordinators could result in more passes coming his way.

“Honestly, yeah I do,” Treadwell said Friday. “But we’ll see Sunday.”

That’s when interim offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski will make his debut calling plays, against the Miami Dolphins at U.S. Bank Stadium. He was promoted from quarterbacks coach on Tuesday when head coach Mike Zimmer fired John DeFilippo. Zimmer said Stefanski will call plays from the field, not the booth.

In 13 games this season under DeFilippo, Treadwell caught 34 passes for 295 yards while being targeted 50 times. Treadwell believes he was open plenty of times when he didn’t get the ball.

“I’m always free,” Treadwell said. “Do you really watch the games? I’m always free.”

If teams continue to double- and triple-team star receivers Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs, Treadwell could get more balls thrown his way with Stefanski calling plays. Treadwell believes that could help him live up to expectations since he was taken with the No. 23 pick in the 2016 draft.

“I was born for this game,” Treadwell said. “So whenever it comes, it’s going to come in abundance. … You are going to see what you all have been waiting for.”

Catches haven’t come often enough for Treadwell. He had just one reception as a rookie and 20 last year.

“You all wrote me off since I got here, so it is what it is,” he said.

But Treadwell believes there’s still plenty of time to turn things around.

“I’ve always been optimistic,” he said. “That’s not going to change.”

STOPPING THE RUN

The Vikings strive to hold foes each game to less than 100 yards rushing each game. With that in mind, giving up 200 yards certainly stands out.

The Vikings were generally pleased with their defensive showing in Monday’s 21-7 loss at Seattle. They held Russell Wilson to career lows of 72 yards through the air and a 37.9 passer rating, and the Seahawks scored just one offensive touchdown.

But Seattle rolled up 214 yards on the ground. That’s the third-highest total by an opponent since Zimmer arrived in 2014, the two highest being 230 yards at San Francisco in 2015 and 216 at Carolina last year.

“We’ve got to put a cap on that and make sure it never happens again,” defensive end Stephen Weatherly said of allowing 200 yards. “That’s our mindset moving forward. It’s all about stopping the run and making teams one dimensional (by having to throw).”

The Seahawks had six runs of 10 or more yards, including a key 40-yard scamper by Wilson in the fourth quarter. Defensive coordinator George Edwards said the Vikings since then have been focusing on limiting “explosive plays.”

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Edwards interviewed in January for the Chicago Bears job, which went to then-Kansas City coordinator Matt Nagy. Wooten said Edwards, 51, is “even more ready now” to be a head coach.

Wooten said also on lists submitted to the NFL are Vikings CEO Kevin Warren for team president, director of college scouting Jamaal Stephenson for general manager, assistant general manager or director of player personnel and defensive backs coach Jerry Gray for defensive coordinator.

NFL ADMITS MISTAKE

An NFL official said Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner should have been called for a penalty Monday when he put his hands on two teammates to launch himself over the line and block a fourth-quarter field-goal attempt by Minnesota’s Dan Bailey.

“In this case, this is a foul,” NFL vice president of officiating Al Riveron said in a weekly officiating video put out by the league. “He’s going to put both hands on a teammate and he’s going to use his teammates to leverage himself to get to the other side.”

The Vikings trailed 6-0 when Bailey lined up for a 47-yard field goal with 5:46 left in the game. A penalty was called after the block but then waved off.