Kevin O’Connell: Darnold himself earned the right to be a free agent, we will continue to talk

Kevin O’Connell’s Viking coach offered a hint that his team would let Darnold in a quarter examine a free agency, not to franchise him.

Shortly after the winning NFL reward, O’Connell told reporters that Darnold, who played for Vikings in a one-year contract last season, earned the right to a free agent.

“Look, you know how I feel about alone,” O’Connell said, through the ESPN. “He is the guy we identified last year as someone who could enter and be successful. And indeed no matter where he was in a quarterft, it was with maximizing our time together. And I think we I thought it was a very special year for himself. And what she earned was, everyone in our league now thinks that Bona Fide is a legitimate starting quart and can win a lot of football matches. He won 14 of them (2024). . So he is earned the right to be a free agentBut we will still have a liquid dialogue and discussion with it and its representation. “

If the Vikings wanted to prevent Darnold to go to a free agency, they could put a franchise mark on him. But the franchise mark comes with a guaranteed salary expected to be three million dollars for three million dollars in 2025. years, and Vikings may just think that Darnold isn’t worth much.

Given that Vikings spent the first round of JJ McCarthy last year, maybe I can also think that it is time to move to their cost of the future. Darnold played better than most people expected for Vikings, but back rough games in the losses in the regular season of the finals of the Final Cards may have brought that Vikings concluded that Darnold that could do as they could take them as much as it could McCarthy Therfff The That who can take them even more, and that Darnold will play elsewhere in 2025. Years.