Kevin O'Connell will be next Vikings coach

[CharVike]

I don't think anybody expects a rookie to play like a seasoned pro. It's the hardest position in team sports. Aikman sucked his 1st year starting 1989. He became the first Dallas rookie quarterback to start a season opener since Roger Staubach in 1969. He was also 0-11 starting. A complete loser but the team sucked also. RG III was offensive rookie of the year. Sucked ever since. Mainly because he thought he knew everything and still does. It works different ways. Always has always will. Everyone has an opinion of Mond and there's nothing wrong with that. I didn't like the pick. I felt we could have drafted a better player and Mond would have been there later on anyway. He may be a HOFer. Many think this Willis would be a great pick this year. I wouldn't touch the guy before RD 5. IMO he is TJack part 2. He bailed out of Auburn for a reason. Competition?

He wasn't named starter. Talked with Malzhan. Realized he needed to mature, and an opportunity to start, and transferred. He's openly talked about this.

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“His attitude toward watching film at Auburn was at the root of his two-year stretch on the bench,” Goodbread wrote. “He knew the playbook and the responsibilities of his position, but he took no real interest in studying defenses or the intricacies of other positions in the AU offense. It culminated with Malzahn informing him, following spring practice in 2019, that he would not even be considered in the quarterback competition.”

“I was so immature,” Willis said in the interview. “… just played really well in the spring game, but I learned the hard way that the spring game doesn’t matter. I decided after that meeting that I had to be better, but I needed to find somewhere else to play and find someone to help me get where I needed to go.”
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That sounds like someone who has a lot of self-awareness and acknowledging needling self growth is a big step in individual progress.

I think there are legit concerns about him needing to develop. He's a project for sure. I'm a firm believer you keep drafting QBs until you find one. Can't hit a homerun if you never swing.

You can't swing at every pitch either. I wouldn't touch the guy. This year I like the guy from Pitt. So that will never happen.