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The Minnesota Vikings never seriously considered trading wide receiver Justin Jefferson, according to head coach Kevin O'Connell.
"There's a certain way that we kind of do business," O'Connell told reporters Tuesday. "When you hear certain things — a lot of things come and go — and you kind of chalk it up to what they are. But when there's things that are so far outside the realm of what's actually happening and taking place, you find yourself wanting to come out and say, which I will unequivocally: We never, ever, one time, discussed it internally among the leadership.