After becoming the first Minnesota Vikings coach to have two 13-win seasons, Kevin O’Connell received a significant raise from roughly $5 million per year to around $15 million per season. The Vikings head coach has led his team to the playoffs in two out of three seasons but is still ...
Cooper had also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars and Oakland Raiders. He played college football at the University of Washington. On March 1, 2009, Cooper and three other men went missing after their boat capsized in rough seas near ...
Known for both his Hall of Fame honor and being part of a transaction that created a contract war between the Seahawks and Vikings, Hutchinson was instrumental in the success of both Shaun Alexander and Adrian Peterson. Prior to the Vikings poaching the restricted free agent, Alexander had an ...
Vrabel isthename for teams that need a head coach this offseason. And while he won three Super Bowl rings as a player in New England, he is not connected to the Belichick coaching tree. But Vrabel could be that connecting piece to the glory days of the Patriots while bringing a fresh...
The 35-year-old new play-caller of the Cardinals’ offense takes the reigns as an offensive coordinator for the first time. His experience as an NFL coach dates back to 2014, when he began as an offensive assistant on a Minnesota Vikings staff that included Gannon. ...
My take:In looking at the Chicago Bears’ roster, it’s not hard to envision a team whose switch flips right away. This is not a gig for a first-time head coach or a play-caller with just a season or two of experience, though. The success of this job is going to dire...
One of the chief attributes of a good head coach is whether he can effectively lead, and the reverence expressed by 49ers defenders leaves no doubts about his ability to do that. Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson. He inherited a team that had won only four games the previous two seasons ...
Leslie Frazier addresses the Vikings' assistant coaches.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer Minnesota:What does Leslie Frazier do all day long? Frazierhas 22 assistant coaches,which is more senior personnel than the United States delegation to theUnited Nations. ...
The Chiefs escaped another close call, the Rams knocked off Josh Allen and the Bills, Vikings QB Sam Darnold tossed five TD passes in the Vikings' win, and the Eagles squeaked past the Panthers.
Why Dan picked the Eagles: There is an unquantifiable grit to this Rams team, which was on display yet again in a blowout of the Vikings to close out Wild Card Weekend. That's part of what makes it hard to pick against them. They are well-coached, have a Super Bowl-winning quarterbac...