Kevin O'Connell won the NFL Coach of the Year Award and Jared Allen was selected to the 2025 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Thursday night at NFL Honors.

VIkings coach Kevin O'Connell said it's clear to him that veteran QB Sam Darnold will be a starter somewhere in 2025 -- and that a return to the Vikings has in no way been ruled out.

Joe Burrow, Sam Darnold ... the team to five straight wins to close out the season. Lend credit to Kevin O'Connell as a quarterback whisperer, because Sam Darnold broke out in his first season ...

O’Connell topped runner-up Dan Campbell (Lions), third-place finisher Andy Reid (Chiefs), fourth-place finisher Sean Payton ...

NEW ORLEANS (WJON News) -- Kevin O'Connell of the Minnesota Vikings is being honored as the N-F-L Coach of the Year. O'Connell won the award at the N-F-L Honors ceremony Thursday night in New Orleans.