Kevin O'Connell

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

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

a competitor, and he wants to finish a play, get that extra yard.

And what happens from there?

These are big, strong, fast people that you're playing football against, and you just have to know, I'd rather have, you know, it's well documented when we have our starting quarterback in place for an entire season.

We've won 14 and 13 games, and I would like to take that route than to play four guys or play three guys, even though I do think we're going to be as prepared as ever to do that if need be.

First and foremost, it's got to be about the evaluation of what you see on the tape.

I've known Kyler.

You know, that's the benefit of me.

When I got done playing, I got a chance to be around kind of the quarterback space in a few months before I took my first job.

And I got a chance to meet a Sam Darnold and Kyler Murray actually at the same time.

You know, in Oregon at the opening that Nike used to put on.

I don't know if they still do that or not.

And I got to be, you know, submerged in that group of guys for a week.

And it's like summer camp.

You're there.

You're around them.

You're building relationships.

I learned he was competitive just like I learned Sam was competitive.

I learned he was naturally talented just like I learned about Sam in those moments.

And not to compare the two because I think that's an easy comparison.

kind of route to take, but to answer your question, I think what you do is you've got to look at the tape, and then you've got to think about the world you're going to be bringing him into,

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