Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell isn't closing the door on bringing back quarterback Sam Darnold.
"Look, you guys know how I feel about Sam," O'Connell told reporters Thursday at the NFL Honors. "He is a guy that we identified last year as somebody who could come in and be successful. And really no matter where he was at before he arrived in his quarterback journey, it was about maximizing our time together. And I think we did that, and I think it was a very special year for Sam. And what that earned him is, everybody in our league now thinks he's a bona fide legitimate starting quarterback and can win a lot of football games.