PALM BEACH, Fla. — Kevin O'Connell sat at a table just inside the entryway of a ballroom at the Breakers resort on Tuesday morning, talking to a handful of reporters as larger crowds gathered around several of his NFC coaching counterparts at the league's annual meeting.
The conversation shifted from the Vikings coach's own background as an NFL quarterback, and how he'll try to help Kirk Cousins, to the experiment he's about to attempt: Taking a player who reached 50 sacks at a younger age than anyone in NFL history, and shifting him to a new position in the Vikings' base defense.