Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell says he is proud of Sam Darnold after his performance against the Packers.
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00:00Offensively, what can I say about Sam Darnold other than another big-time
00:05big-time performance when his team needed it. Phenomenal moment in the
00:08locker room after the game when he when he finally made it in there. It was really
00:13cool and I'm just so proud of him.
00:15Kevin and your teammates talked about the reception you got when you came back to the locker room.
00:20Can you describe it from your point of view?
00:22Yeah, a lot of water bottles, a lot of water. It was just mayhem. I think I
00:29blacked out, you know, when Aaron Jones grabbed me and lifted me up. I
00:33didn't know what to do with my hands in that situation. It was, yeah, it was an
00:36interesting moment but a fun moment, man, to be embraced by your teammates like
00:40that and yeah, it's just, it's always fun to be able to have that moment
00:45with my teammates.
00:46There's so many things that lead into moments like this for Sam since he
00:50became a Minnesota Viking just to see how he's ultimately been able to, you
00:56know, maximize everything about his opportunity and our football team loves
01:03him for it and I've had an absolute blast coaching him and just so proud of
01:07him.
01:08It was great to be able to obviously talk to, you know, the best to ever do it.
01:12It's always special whenever you get to have him call your game and talk to guys
01:16like Tom Rinaldi after the game. It's, you know, I don't I don't take stuff like
01:20that for granted ever, you know. It's a special, you know, special moment to be
01:24able to, you know, share with those people.