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"It's not something we're talking about at this
point," Wilf said before Tuesday's training camp practice.
"We're focused on the season ahead."
He said it was "fair" to say the Vikings were pushing those
conversations to the offseason.
"We're going to evaluate all the factors that go into how we did
and how we're doing," he said. "Everybody's evaluated the same
way, on how they're performing. It's a competitive business. We
have big expectations of our squad and feel very good about our
direction under Kevin and Kwesi."
O'Connell, 39, is in the third year of his four-year deal as a
first-time head coach. The Vikings are 20-14 in the regular
season and 0-1 in the playoffs under O'Connell.
The Vikings are attempting to answer big questions in training
camp after quarterback Kirk Cousins left in free agency and
defensive coordinator Brian Flores made significant changes to
the front seven.
But the Vikings can still be competitive even considering the
possibility of a rookie -- first-rounder J.J. McCarthy --
starting at quarterback, in Wilf's view. He said at the owner's
meetings in March, and repeated Tuesday, that the expectations
are still to win the NFC North and compete for championships.
Asked about the desire to hold those discussions now, O'Connell
said Tuesday he didn't have time to be concerned with anything
"outside of my control."
"I've got a full-time gig here where I've got to focus on these
players, these coaches, making sure we're having ourselves the
best training camp we've ever had here, which will hopefully
lead into a successful season," O'Connell said. "But I'm very
much focused on the task at hand and doing my job every single
day, looking for any way I can be better for this organization
and this team."
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