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REPORT: O'Connell sees Murray as possible long-term QB (Part 2)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Sports, Nfl Team, Nfl, Nfl Draft, Football, Minnesota, Vikings

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller talks about a Sports Illustrated article by Albert Breer in which he writes that Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell told Kyler Murray that he could see Murray becoming the long term quarterback of the Vikings. What do we think of this? Also, NFL free agency has slowed to a halt, what's next for the Vikings? Is it time for us to turn our eyes to the draft? The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

This episode of Purple Insider is presented by Fandul.

0:10.0

Clifford said, not if they're talking about Kyler being the long-term answer.

0:13.5

He's toast in Minnesota.

0:16.2

You're talking about Kevin O'Connell?

0:18.7

I mean, that's, you know, that's kind of odd because Sam Darnold wasn't even supposed to be

0:25.4

able to do anything as to start.

0:26.7

He wasn't, according to when he signed, according to a lot of people, he wasn't even

0:29.8

supposed to be able to win the job.

0:31.5

So writing it in right now what you think is going to happen, I think is a little bit silly,

0:37.4

truly. We're talking about range of outcomes, but what you think is going to happen, I think is a little bit silly, truly.

0:38.0

We're talking about range of outcomes, but what you think is going to happen.

0:41.9

I think that O'Connell's track record, and maybe this is what scares some of you as big

0:46.4

JJ people, is that Kevin O'Connell's track record points to this working, and so does Justin

0:51.4

Jefferson's.

0:52.1

So if you really disdain Kyler Murray and you really

0:56.2

love J.J. McCarthy, this probably doesn't feel like a good day for you because the, I think the odds

1:01.3

are in their favor. When J.J. or when Kyler Murray's had good situations, he's played really well

1:07.5

in the NFL. He hasn't been perfect, but he's played very well. And he's going to have a

1:12.1

good situation here. He also, I also think that people need to see him play. You need to, because

1:17.8

most of the commenters, you just need to see him actually play in some of these games. You need to

1:23.1

see the wow plays. You need to see the accuracy. You need to see how he worked the ball to his number

1:28.2

one target, Trey McBride. And as I was, I mean, I joked with a friend about like watching

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