Kevin O’Connell: Excited Daniel Jones is coming, he has so much ahead of him

The Vikings have a new quarterback on the team, and head coach Kevin O’Connell is excited about it.

Daniel Jones is set to sign with the Vikings practice squad as he moves on from losing his starting job with the Giants last week. Jones was waived over the weekend and agreed to sign with the Vikings after going unclaimed.

“He had a great interest, and rightly so,” O’Connell said in a Wednesday press conference. “Daniel chose to come here. Had a good dialogue with him over the last couple of days and was really, really excited when he called me and told me he wanted come.”

O’Connell said he is happy with the current quarterback room and said starter Sam Darnold has had a “great year,” but called developing quarterbacks his passion and said he thinks Jones has “so much in front of him” despite how things turned out. with the giants. O’Connell added that he doesn’t set any expectations for what will happen when Jones officially joins the team.

“I don’t think we need to think about that at this point,” O’Connell said. “I’m just excited to get him here. I think there are short-term and long-term conversations going on at every position on our roster.”

Jones is expected to join the Vikings on Friday.