Well.....better to find out definitively now....

...before Sammy got paid in purple. Thanks for a fun season, but you have to want more out of a QB in big game situations. Holding onto the ball like he does will catch up to you and he cannot change that about himself. If Minnesota truly wants to make the big next step to NFC powerhouse, it can't be with Sam Darnold. Simple as that. KOC has the new QB still with the plastic on to mold into his perfect version of what he feels a NFL QB should be like, so let's go on McCarthy. Full steam ahead. That's how he will be judged. HIS QB running HIS system. He's been smart enough and successful enough to deserve that and he's built an amazing culture. The next step in O'Connell's evolution is now playoff success. Sometimes it takes a really good HC a bit to break through in that area. 

You have cap money, an unadulterated young QB full of potential and very soon a new extension: build the team you want now and let's change the narrative for the Minnesota Vikings. I feel KOC can do that. I still feel very good about this team's near and long-term future. Let the trolls and doom-sayers bray like donkeys, it won't change my perspective as we stand now. As disappointing as this is, I can't help but see the silver lining because its very obvious to me. I'm convinced these two will bring home to Viking Nation what we've desperately wanted.