Vikings’ Kevin O’Connell leaves Jamie Erdahl in tears with surprise offer

“That’s amazing coach, thank you,” Erdahl said with tears in her eyes. “… I love the state of Minnesota so much.”

It always feels like an honorary moment when someone is able to sound the Gjallarhorn, and Erdahl will be a part of that company in a few weeks.

Kevin O’Connell speaks about the Vikings’ 5-0 start

Along with Kevin O’Connell offering Jamie Erdahl the chance to sound the Gjallarhorn, he also came on Good Morning Football to speak about the Vikings’ 5-0 start.

“I have a lot of confidence in our team. From the time we started to see the pieces we added, I started to feel something that can be unique and cool,” O’Connell said. “A really fun group to coach with a lot of potential to have a great season. When we came to training camp, my first meeting with the guys was really about nothing other than, ‘I think we’re going to be a good football team, I think we got to go earn it. We got to get a lot accomplished every day, but if we do that, they’re going to be talking about us.’ That was my belief in the team. When you do it like that, it’s really not any noise that’s either not enough, or now that we’ve had a little bit of success, people seem to think we have something going on here.”

The Vikings have been playing well on both sides of the ball, and with that, there’s no surprise that they’re one of two undefeated teams left in the league. They have one of their biggest challenges coming up with the Detroit Lions, who are 4-1 and also getting hot as the season progresses. It will be a good divisional battle, and a test to see if the Vikings are indeed real.