EAGAN, Minn. — Kyler Murray will resume his role as the Minnesota Vikings’ starting quarterback Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after clearing concussion protocol, coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday.

Backup Carson Wentz helped power the Vikings’ 2-0 start, but the team always planned to get Murray back on the field when he was ready. O’Connell said Murray, who signed with the Vikings this spring after seven seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, could benefit from seeing how Wentz operated Minnesota’s offense.

“Carson wasn’t doing crazy things,” O’Connell said. “He was just protecting the football, making good decisions, making some big-time throws when he could and running the show. And I think he saw some plays get made. I think he saw our team play totally connected and complimentary of the other two phases, and what that can do for the Minnesota Vikings on a Sunday.”

Murray played only 11 snaps of the Vikings’ 39-22 victory over the Green Bay Packers in Week 1 before taking a hit that left him briefly motionless on the turf at U.S. Bank Stadium. His symptoms thereafter were mild enough that he participated in all three of the Vikings’ practices last week on a limited basis, and the team had high confidence that he would be ready to play against the Buccaneers.

In his brief stint on the field this season, Murray threw an interception on his first pass when pressured by a free blitzer. Overall, he completed 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards while also scrambling twice for 9 yards.

“There was a third-down conversion where he sat in there [and threw] a tight completion to Justin [Jefferson],” O’Connell said. “He did use his legs and protect himself on another play. And then just going back to that [interception], that’s a great example of, ‘We can’t compound somebody else’s error.’ We opened up the A-gap. That is not how we would ever play that down if we gave our offense 100 snaps. That should never happen, a 100 out of a 100. And it did on that one and then it compounded with the turnover. We haven’t turned it over since, and my expectation is we’re going to protect the football and play our role offensively while continuing to grow and look like the offense we know that we can become.”

In other news, receiver Jauan Jennings is expected to return after missing last week because of a death in family. O’Connell also said he will be talking about options at running back after veteran Aaron Jones Sr. took 24 carries in the Vikings’ 9-3 victory over the Chicago Bears.

Jones was “pretty sore” after the game, O’Connell said. Backup Jordan Mason (thumb) is on injured reserve for another three weeks and rookie sixth-round pick Demond Claiborne is not ready to carry the load. The Vikings also have veteran DeeJay Dallas, whom they signed earlier this month, on their 53-man roster. Another veteran, Jerome Ford, is on their practice squad.

“[Jones] is a guy that clearly we have a lot of confidence in,” O’Connell said, “but we want to be smart about it as well.”