Christopher Gates has been the lead writer at The Daily Norseman since the site launched in July of 2006, covering the Minnesota Vikings day in and day out.
UPDATE: O’Connell has clarified his remarks, courtesy of Alec Lewis of The Athletic. Apparently the quote from Dave Birkett (the Lions’ beat writer from the Detroit Free Press) was completely out of context.
Here was Vikings HC Kevin O'Connell in conversation with local media, asked to clarify the comments after winning COTY award: pic.twitter.com/6oQ2QUc9QV
— Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) February 7, 2025
Here’s what O’Connell said when asked to clarify his comments:
I don’t necessarily think that was 100 percent accurate.