O'Connell praises Darnold's growth ahead of Lions showdown

Kevin O'Connell lauded the growth of his QB Sam Darnold as his Vikings face the Lions in NFC No1 seed decider

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00:00Both the experience of, you know, the success he had leading into that game,

00:05that game itself, and then, you know, as we've moved forward through the season

00:10there were some moments through the year where I thought there was some real

00:13growth from him, you know, post Jacksonville and what he's really done

00:18since then and how he's really truly captured what not only he's being

00:23coached to do from Josh and Grant, but also just ascending in his comfort in

00:29the plans every week, his routine of digesting the plans, then he's gonna get

00:33some reps at some of those plays today and tomorrow and Friday and then the

00:38routine of him and I, you know, going into the game in total alignment with how

00:42we see the game going and I think it, you know, you can tell a guy what it's

00:46gonna be like and you can tell a guy a lot of things but only the player is

00:51responsible for getting to himself where Sam has gotten himself to, which is

00:55the team has a lot of confidence in him and probably a good question for

00:59Sam, but I would imagine he's got a lot of confidence in himself.