The Vikings announced the deal eight days after the end of their season, locking up the 39-year-old O’Connell whose contract was set to expire after the 2025 season.
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Podcast: Patrick Reusse on the Wolves’ rut, Wild’s grit and Vikings offense
Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse joins host Michael Rand for a look back at the weekend in sports, which included another close but ultimately unsatisfying Timberwolves loss to Memphis. More questions about late-game personnel and offense turned a five-point lead into a two-point defeat. Will Minnesota even make the play-in? Reusse isn’t convinced they will.
We saw over the weekend promising precedents for young, mobile quarterbacks. The Minnesota roster includes one of those, J.J. McCarthy.
A couple of other quarterbacks fit that pattern, and the Twins, Lynx, Gophers and North Stars all have made boom-and-bust hires.
Since the playoff loss, the team’s needs have been recited item by item. Losing the defense’s mastermind would create the greatest need of all.
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