{"id":246982,"date":"2025-07-30T03:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/246982\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:27:10","slug":"kevin-oconnell-provides-update-on-pivotal-vikings-defender-expected-to-take-major-leap-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/246982\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin O&#8217;Connell provides update on pivotal Vikings defender expected to take major leap in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings-news\/kevin-oconnell-provides-update-isaiah-rodgers-training-camp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kevin O&#039;Connell provides update on pivotal Vikings defender expected to take major leap in 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kevin O&#8217;Connell provides update on pivotal Vikings defender expected to take major leap in 2025<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A to Z Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">A to Z Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/easily-vikings-josh-metellus-makes-193707502.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Vikings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> just finished the <a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings-news\/training-camp-notes-jj-mccarthy-jonathan-greenard-zemaiah-vaughn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:first padded practice during training camp;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">first padded practice during training camp<\/a> on Monday afternoon, and they did so without <a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings-news\/isaiah-rodgers-stand-out-vikings-training-camp-15-interceptions-confidence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cornerback Isaiah Rodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cornerback Isaiah Rodgers<\/a>. He missed practice with an injury, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/kevin-oconnell-highlights-path-first-191016756.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:head coach Kevin O&#039;Connell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">head coach Kevin O&#8217;Connell<\/a> provided an update on him during his Tuesday media availability.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Isaiah Rogers, he just had a little soreness,&#8221; said O&#8217;Connell about him missing practice. &#8220;He&#8217;ll, you&#8217;ll see him work his way back in here as we go throughout this, these next couple days. You&#8217;ll see him out there a little bit today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pads On! Tyler Reports From Vikings Training Camp\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sMBr3o5qveY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Isaiah Rodgers dealing with minor injury<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t ideal for the Vikings to have to deal with, but his return to practice coming so soon makes it less of a concern. Rodgers has been playing really well across the board, and he&#8217;s got the confidence to back it up.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I put 15 in my notes just in case,&#8221; said Rodgers about how many interceptions he plans to get in 2025. &#8220;If I fail and go short of it, I still probably get 10.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Without Rodgers participating in practice on Monday, Jeff Okudah was in Rodgers&#8217; spot, but it&#8217;s not a whole lot different from what was going on prior, as Okudah came in during nickel situations. Having Rodgers in after missing such a short time is going to be good for the defense long-term. Brian Flores has some complexities in the coverages that he calls, which will require practice time to get ironed out.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings entered practice on Tuesday in just shells, which will allow Rodgers a day of practice to acclimate before the pads go back on, just in case there are any repercussions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings-news\/brian-flores-sheds-light-why-minnesota-viking-jeff-okudah-making-waves-during-training-camp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Brian Flores sheds light why newest Minnesota Viking has been making waves during training camp;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Related: Brian Flores sheds light why newest Minnesota Viking has been making waves during training camp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings-news\/kevin-oconnell-provides-update-isaiah-rodgers-training-camp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A to Z Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">A to Z Sports<\/a> on Jul 29, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin O&#8217;Connell provides update on pivotal Vikings defender expected to take major leap in 2025 originally appeared on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,9714,49448,8782,9249,233,259,2529,6,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-246982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-isaiah-rodgers","10":"tag-isaiah-rogers","11":"tag-jeff-okudah","12":"tag-kevin-oconnell-2","13":"tag-minnesota","14":"tag-minnesota-vikings","15":"tag-minnesotavikings","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114940060932645636","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}