Vikings head coach and GM addressed Khyree Jackson's tragic death and Jordan Addison's off-field trouble in opening presser.
Monday was my eighth training camp-opening press conference covering the Minnesota Vikings. The only other time that there were long stretches of silence between questions was in 2018 when offensive line coach Tony Sparano passed away right before camp began. That year there was also a change in quarterback and an uncomfortable transition from questions about the team dealing with grief and a new quarterback.
“To get that phone call that not only Khyree but two other tragic lives were lost, all young adults gone way, way too early, it just leaves your heart broken – and just your thoughts and your prayers and your support for the family,” O’Connell said. “Khyree was not a part of our team long but the way our culture is….it does not take long for guys to build strong bonds and relationships,” O’Connell said.
“We have great ownership here,” Adofo-Mensah said. “It's never a question of details or anything like that. It's always, what's the decent thing? What's the human thing? What is the right thing to do?” “With most of these situations around the league it's normally an NFL player conduct thing that a process plays out over a period of time,” the head coach said. “The legal process is still playing out as well. We'll let those things happen and work off that accordingly.”
To further the overall discomfort, there were still football things to discuss. TJ Hockenson is starting camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list, as expected. Andrew Van Ginkel is ready to roll but will work in slowly.At the end of minicamp, O’Connell acknowledged that Sam Darnold would start training camp as the starting quarterback in training camp and that fact didn’t change during the summer.
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