The Vikings executives, franchise luminaries, agents, camera crews, reporters and family members filed out of the team's indoor practice facility late Thursday afternoon, disassembling from a news conference the team billed as the start of a new era.
The event introducing new coach Kevin O'Connell came just past the midpoint of the 66-day span between the Vikings' final 2021 game and the start of the 2022 league year, when the team will need its priorities set and salary cap spiffed up for the beginning of free agency.
By next week, O'Connell could add more than a half-dozen assistants to his coaching staff; he still needs an offensive coordinator and special teams coordinator.