The Latest Breaking News from Kevin OConnell

It's a new year and a mostly new Vikings coaching staff, but the same system of fines for receivers coach Keenan McCardell, the former Pro Bowl receiver for the Jaguars and Buccaneers who was only one of three assistants retained under rookie head coach Kevin O'Connell.

Almost a year after Jaylen Twyman was shot four times while visiting his aunt in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the Vikings defensive tackle is back to pursuing his goal of getting his family out of the area where gun violence had already taken so much.

Nwangwu will be doing more than just returning kicks in Kevin O'Connell's offense

The Vikings offense is going to be a problem

"Jets" could soar to even greater heights in Kevin O'Connell's offense

People are beginning to take the Vikings seriously

Mond is making a good early impression

On Jan. 10, when the Wilf family made its largest set of changes in its 17 years owning the Vikings, it was linebacker Eric Kendricks who signaled how big of a shift was coming next.

Veteran concerns like those harbored by Eric Kendricks played a role in ownership's GM and head coaching hires.