Kevin O’Connell believes Vikings are really good and have an ‘elite’ QB

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Kevin O’Connell, fresh off a Super Bowl victory as the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator, was introduced as the Minnesota Vikings next head coach on Thursday, and the big takeaway from his first press conference is the team is pretty good.

The roster is pretty good.

The quarterback is better than pretty good because he’s "elite" and definitely his 2022 starter.

I half expected O’Connell to tell us the February weather in the Twin Cities is pretty good.

(The forecast low is -2 for Friday.)

O’Connell said he doesn’t believe the Vikings, 15-18 and unable to make the postseason the past two years, are that far from being a great team.

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Minnesota Vikings NFL football coach Kevin O'Connell arrives at his introductory news conference Thursday, Feb. 17, in Eagan, Minn. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

"I don’t. I really don’t," the rookie coach said. "We’ve talked a lot about that. That’s one of the things you look for when you get these opportunities is where is this current team at, and then obviously what type of plan can we put in place to go accomplish the goals that we want to accomplish.

"I think there’s a lot of reasons, you just said it, on both sides of the ball that make me really excited about implementing the systems and the processes that we’re going to implement that these guys can then take and run with as players."

Before O’Connell was introduced, there was uncertainty what the Vikings planned to do with quarterback Kirk Cousins in 2022. The 34-year-old has put up good statistics over the years, including 33 TDs and seven interceptions last season, but he’s never delivered