It was almost as if head coach Kevin O’Connell entered his news conference on Wednesday afternoon at TCO Performance Center determined not to say too much. He didn’t give an opening statement like he usually does. He simply opened it up for questions.
Asked where things stood in regards to who would be the starting quarterback for the Vikings this weekend, O’Connell replied, “They stand in the same place they did on Monday when I answered that question.”
That was a direct reference to earlier this week when O’Connell declined to say who the Vikings were going to start against the Philadelphia Eagles. The only thing that is clear right now is that young quarterback J.J. McCarthy and veteran quarterback Carson Wentz are back at practice.
“They’re both going to get work,” O’Connell said. “Very much looking forward to our whole team getting back out there.”
There’s a chance O’Connell has already named a starting quarterback privately as the Vikings prepare to take o the defending Super Bowl champions. He acknowledged earlier this week that the timeline for when an announcement is made publicly doesn’t always coincide with the decision is actually made.
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