#766: Why Kevin O'Connell SNAPPED at Minnesota Vikings reporter | NFL

A rare outburst from Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell has the football world buzzing. We're breaking down what it means for the team, especially regarding jj mccarthy. What are the vikings rumors saying about the team's direction?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell sounded off in a
way that he rarely does, if ever, and today we're
gonna break it down. Why was he so hot? But
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O'Connell took to the podium and answered questions like he
normally does throughout the week, but answered it with a

(00:44):
little bit more attitude. Yesterday, ready things stand?

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Is it as far as you're starting QB for Sunday?
They stand in the same place they did Monday when
I answered that question. How you handled his practice in
terms of reps between Yeah, they're both, can he get
work both? Can he get reps? And very much looking
forward to our whole team getting back out there.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
He was snappy. Why was O'Connell so pissed off? JJ
McCarthy's development. You drafted guy with the tenth overall pick,
the highest drafted quarterback in Vikings history, and you're this
quarterback whisperer and he gets hurt. Can't do anything about that.
But this past offseason, the Vikings made a choice. They

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made a choice to select McCarthy over Sam Darnold, Daniel
Jones and Aaron Rodgers. And all three of those quarterbacks
are playing elite level football. And what's McCarthy doing trying
to figure out his mechanics so he can play. McCarthy
set himself yesterday that he felt like he could play.

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He wasn't one hundred percent. If it was up to
he would play, and if it was up to the coaches,
he also would play if his mechanics were right. How
often our players one hundred percent? Rarely Week one, there
are injury reports. We are entering the middle of the
season and injury reports are miles long. Maybe he's got

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a little inflammation, maybe it's not one hundred percent, but
it's about his mechanics. And now the Vikings are forced
to start Carson Wentz and he is frustrated by that.
And Kevin O'Connell and Quacy's career are very much tied
to the progression of j J. McCarthy. The reason Kyle

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Shanahan was not fired is because they got lucky and
drafted Rock Purdy, because he would have been fired as
soon as Trey Lance was a bust. It's the same
thing with O'Connell and the Vikings. There is pressure on
O'Connell too figure out JJ McCarthy because if he's a
bust and the Vikings are losing, you start entering a

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territory that you don't want to be as a head
coach of a football team. Reason number two, and this
one has nothing to do with football reasons. Have you
ever taken something out on somebody even though they didn't
deserve it. Kevin O'Connell took out his anger on the
Vikings reports even though they didn't deserve it, because he
just got kicked in the ass by his wife and

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his family. The Vikings go overseas for almost two weeks.
His wife just wants to spend time with him and
his kids during the bye week, but he's trying to
get JAJ McCarthy ready. So he probably just got heckled
by his wife for not being home enough as an
NFL head coach, and he's responding, well, I'm an NFL
head coach. This is the job. This is why you
get paid ten million dollars ago. He's like, well, we

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