Tag: Minnesota Vikings

Does Josh Metellus show up for training camp? The team captain is still awaiting an extension, a contract dilemma that led to a hold-in for summer practice sessions. The Vikings’ top mystery involves how Mr. Metellus will approach things both today and moving forward. In the past, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has worked through other contract issues […]

The Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears will get training camps underway this week, but some have chosen to glance back into the past in a rather fascinating manner. A wild J.J. McCarthy rumor just emerged, and it involves the Chicago Bears. Did they almost change the Vikings’ draft plans? That’s the latest and greatest theory. […]

It’s time. Minnesota Vikings training camp will get cooking this week — this weekend especially — and the team’s roster will take final shape in the next 6-7 weeks. Vikings training camp is basically here, and out of the gate, a couple of injuries will get in the way. Here’s who and what it means […]

Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. The team followed a 14-win season in 2024 with a massive foray into free agency this spring, focusing on overhauling the interior of their offensive and […]

A former Pitt Panthers player will wait for a while until he starts off with his new team in the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings announced that they placed former Pitt tight end Gavin Bartholomew on the Active/PUP (physically unable to perform) list. Bartholomew won’t play, but he will participate in meetings and rehab and counts […]

Kirk Cousins spent six years of his NFL career as a member of the Minnesota Vikings, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the current Atlanta Falcons quarterback still hangs out with some of his old teammates. Before heading off to training camp this week, Cousins spent some quality time with current Vikings long […]

While left tackle Christian Darrisaw is working his way back from a torn ACL and might not be full-go when training camp practices begin this week, the Minnesota Vikings haven’t placed him on the physically unable to perform list (PUP list). Two Vikings rookies, however, are starting the season on the PUP list. The Vikings […]

The Minnesota Vikings hold their first training camp practice for the 2025 season on Wednesday at TCO Performance Center in Eagan. The first workout open to fans is on Saturday, as part of the NFL’s Back Together Weekend. The Vikings’ rookie class reported to TCO on Sunday, along with select veterans as 40 total players […]

The Minnesota Vikings want to improve upon their 2024 season, but more than anything they want to see one young player thrive.

The Minnesota Vikings drafted Trae Waynes in 2015, but PFF believes they’d draft a different cornerback if they could do it all over again.

Off the top of the (metro)dome, how many Minnesota Vikings since 2000 rank among the best at their positions in the NFL? Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson, Harrison Smith, Jared Allen, and Steve Hutchinson come to mind immediately, but they aren’t the only Vikings to get mentions in MMQB’s All-Quarter Century Team that was unveiled Monday. […]

One Vikings player earned an honorable mention on a top-10 list despite concerns surrounding Minnesota’s position group.

Going on four years into his head coaching journey, Kevin O’Connell has already established himself as one of the league’s best young leaders. In the midst of some difficult circumstances, O’Connell has been a success so far in Minnesota, but what does he have to do next? What Kevin O’Connell Needs to Do to Enhance […]

The Minnesota Vikings are about set at the top of their tight end room. Obviously, T.J. Hockenson is leading the group after catching 41 passes for 455 yards in 10 games after he returned to the field from a torn ACL and MCL. Minnesota also signed Josh Oliver to a contract extension worth $23.5 million […]

Fans might’ve forgotten him by now, but former Minnesota Vikings guard Dalton Risner still needs a job. Free agent guard Dalton Risner has been linked to a potential landing spot with an AFC playoff squad. This is the latest buzz and what it could mean for Risner. The standout pass-protection asset has encountered no luck […]

Justin Jefferson has already shattered multiple franchise and league records in his first five seasons in the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings’ wide receiver has been the cornerstone of the team’s offense. Jefferson has been selected for the Pro Bowl in four of his first five NFL seasons.

No, it’s not J.J. McCarthy — though he is supremely important. Rather, the name that jumps off the page is veteran left tackle Christian Darrisaw. The 40 Vikings who showed up to TCO Performance Center on Sunday, July 20th for training camp were mostly rookies. Some quarterbacks got tossed into the mix — McCarthy, Sam […]

The Vikings’ almighty gamble heading into 2025 doesn’t involve J.J. McCarthy, someone who appears to have a bright future. Rather, the major uncertainty rests in the support around the young passer. More specifically, one wonders about spending major money on players who are coming off injury-shortened seasons. Part of the calculus for Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was […]

Aidan Hutchinson put his left hand down in a three-point stance and on the snap, made an inside move on an offensive tackle to help collapse a pocket around the passer. Hutchinson looked like he did on most plays in practice and games during his first two-plus seasons with the Detroit Lions. Hutchinson appeared to […]

Free agency is a stressful time for most NFL players. Former Vikings offensive lineman Dalton Risner turned 30 years old this month, but that’s not an old age for an NFL player. For a player who has had six seasons in the NFL and accumulated 81 starts between his time with the Denver Broncos and […]