Kevin O'Connell

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917 appearances 23 recordings 10 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 19 Sep

Kevin O'Connell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Minnesota Vikings · Kevin O'Connell with Barreiro 8-3-26 · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

What I would say is he is excited to be a part, and he really sought out being a part of our system and playing with the players he gets to play with.

And I think he's excited about the idea of being able to maybe take the cape off, take the Superman cape off.

And just pitch and catch and throw completions and move the team.

He had some good examples of that at the Saturday practice the other day.

I think he was pretty darn close to, if you're grading it out, he was pretty darn close to what you're looking for.

And he kind of said it didn't feel real hard.

I just had to do what I've been coached to do and just play what I saw and have decisive decisions stack one another.

And he moved the team and he moved the ball.

And I think that was a good thing for him to feel.

But at the same time, you know, he's a gifted player when the pocket breaks down.

And not all of those situations are the same, Dan.

Like, what is the D&D?

Where are we at in the game?

Where are we at on the field where, you know, my play call might dictate, you know, if we get the coverage, this coverage or that coverage, we might have a chance to rip a touchdown off or we might have a chance to move the chains on a third and long.

But if we don't get those things, I'm basically giving you the green light to put the ball in play, throw a completion and

Let me make a decision on fourth and three at the plus 36-yard line, whether I'm going to send Will out there or we're going to go for it.

But don't think you've got to take over all those situations to where if the outcome isn't exactly what we desire, that you've got to go win the game on that play.

And that comes down to also when you do break contain.

And JJ's a guy, you think about when he has gotten injured, it hasn't necessarily been in the pocket.

He's gotten out, he's...

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