Vikings Reveal Nature, Details of Talks Between Kevin O’Connell, Aaron Rodgers

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Head coach Kevin O'Connell of the Minnesota Vikings.

The Minnesota Vikings took a long and hard look at adding quarterback Aaron Rodgers this offseason before backing away in favor of second-year signal-caller J.J. McCarthy.

On Wednesday, April 2, Kevin Seifert of ESPN broke down the conversations between Rodgers and Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell in an article about what’s next for the four-time MVP.

“He happened to be at a point in time in his career where he was free to have some real dialogue about what his future may look like,” O’Connell said, per Seifert. “And we happened to be one of those teams that he reached out to. And I have had a personal relationship with him going back since my playing days.”

Seifert added more detail from interviews he had with O’Connell this week at the NFL owners’ meetings in Palm Beach, Florida.

Aaron and I have had a relationship for a long time. He initially reached out and we were able to have some conversations. We were on the hunt to always improve our football team and put our football team in the best possible chance to win.

You’re constantly acknowledging and evaluating all opportunities that may be out there. And certainly that was one that I found to be interesting, just because it speaks to what our place has kind of turned into for quarterbacks, which I know [general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah] and I are very proud of, and our coaching staff is very proud of.