The Vikings enter the final week of Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell’s third season together in Minnesota with a record of 14-2, their best record since 1998. Once the season is over, their owners plan to have discussions to the general manager head coach about contract extensions.

In a recent interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune about the 20 seasons the Wilf family has owned the Vikings, co-owner Mark Wilf was asked how interested the owners were in signing new contracts this offseason with Adofo-Mensah and O’ Connell to complete.

“We’re looking forward to a great future with these guys,” he said. “We look forward to having these conversations with each of them after the season. We have great confidence and look forward to her continued leadership of the franchise.”

The Vikings have a 34-16 regular-season record under Adofo-Mensah and O’Connell, who this year became the first coach in Vikings history to record two 13-win seasons after going 13-4 in 2022. A win on Sunday would be enough The Vikings won their second NFC North title in three years and their sixth since the Wilfs purchased the team in 2005.

O’Connell and Adofo-Mensah both have contracts that expire after the 2025 season, and they began the season with a quarterback change after Kirk Cousins ​​moved to Atlanta after six seasons in Minnesota. Wilf praised the Vikings’ leaders when he spoke to reporters in August, but then said the owners weren’t considering extensions “at this point.”

The team had given Mike Zimmer his first contract extension in 2016 after two seasons as head coach, but the Vikings’ usual practice was to wait until the final year of a coaching or GM contract before signing contract extensions like they did with Zimmer and Rick did Spielman before giving the former coach and GM a one-year extension in 2019 and a three-year extension in 2020.

During the interview with the Star Tribune, both Zygi and Mark Wilf praised the work that Adofo-Mensah and O’Connell have done. Zygi Wilf said the owners are confident they have put the right people at the helm of the organization for the long term.

“We are aware of how important it is from a footballing perspective to involve the right people,” said Zygi Wilf. “You go through trials and errors and hope that eventually you come out with the right people. We certainly believe we have the best people in our organization and our coaching staff. We’re just very proud of that.”