Kevin O'Connell - Head Coach, vikings Event: Press Conference | Date: 2026-10-12 | Full transcript (primary source).
Kevin O'Connell, Head Coach of the Vikings, addressed the media during a press conference on October 12, 2026, following the team's successful start to the season. The Vikings are currently undefeated at 5-0, and O'Connell highlighted the contributions of their fans and the team's performance in recent games.
Transcript
O'Connell: Awesome. Thanks, Sam. Good afternoon, everybody. Just wanted to start out today and just big shout out to once again our fans. I talk to our team a lot about when we go on the road. The goal is always to, you know, to feel the energy of Vikings fans that make the trip that show up in great, great numbers like they do. And we felt it again yesterday, the Skoll chant and, you know, in the fourth quarter and just kind of the energy that our fans brought to what is a really tough road environment that I thought our football team handled pretty well for the most part. It's great to be 5-0. We've had five opportunities and we found a way to win five of them. I thought there was really good examples of all three phases having a huge impact on the game yesterday. We won the turnover battle. I believe we lead the NFL right now at plus six in the turnover margin. A lot of things that we really talked a lot about since this team started to be, you know,
