When his team finished 13-4 during his first year on the job, the group was called “fraudulent” by many.
Accordingly, Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell received no serious Coach of the Year buzz as a rookie skipper in 2022, and the COTY hardware was shipped to New Jersey into the waiting hands of New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll.
Kevin O’Connell Could Be Eyeing Some Hardware
Fast forward one year, and Daboll’s Giants look utterly rudderless, ravaged by injuries, and incompetent when healthy. On the other hand, O’Connell’s team is heading in the opposite direction, barnstorming the sport in the last five weeks to the tune of five wins, even when the Vikings best player, Justin Jefferson, was set on the shelf with a hamstring injury.