Kevin O’Connell wasn’t supposed to be catching heat, especially not after the solid 2024 season he had with Sam Darnold under center. But fast forward a bit, and here we are. The Minnesota Vikings sit at 3-4 after dropping the last couple of games. And to make matters worse, the locker room’s been hit hard by injuries, with JJ McCarthy and Carson Wentz both sidelined.

Things have already started to look shaky in Minnesota. And to put that in perspective, the Vikings’ beat reporter, Matthew Coller, fears that the head coach is losing the locker room, based on the word he got from multiple league sources.

“I spent the last couple of hours just talking to a few people that I know, and I’ll just say… your reactions are a lot like their reactions,” Coller said on his Purple Insid

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