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4 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Carter Rees Cox |Wyatt Wade |Matt Fries |Preet Mukesh Shah
The Minnesota Vikings need another running back. They never established a consistent running game in 2024, finishing 19th in total rushing yards. It doesn’t help that Aaron Jones is 30, while Ty Chandler has been inconsistent throughout his time with in Minnesota. The Vikings addressed their running back depth by trading for Jordan Mason, but it doesn’t seem to be a long-term fix. That leaves the draft as the most logical place for the Vikings to address this issue.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Mitch Widmeier |Carter Rees Cox |Luke Sims
The Green Bay Packers moved up four spots in the 2020 draft in the back end of the first round to select quarterback Jordan Love. To do so, the Packers parted with the No. 136-overall pick. The Packers won’t be in the market for a quarterback in the first round of this draft, but they can still get involved and benefit from the Jaxson Dart sweepstakes. There’s a universal belief that the Tennessee Titans will select Miami’s Cam Ward with the first-overall pick.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Wyatt Wade |Chris Schad |Tom Schreier |Carter Rees Cox
Football fans nationwide are looking for any glimpse of football they can get in the offseason. Besides the draft and waiting for Aaron Rodgers, among other stars, to decide where to go or whether it’s time to call it a career, football fans need their fix. Those are the people the United Football League is trying to reach. Minnesota doesn’t have one of the eight teams in the UFL, so it could be easy to ignore this spring football league.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Carter Rees Cox |Mitch Widmeier |Luke Sims |Felipe Reis
The Green Bay Packers are still looking to add to their wide receiver room. If history has taught us anything, the Packers won’t draft a receiver in the first round. It will likely be another year when they address this situation in the third round or later. However, the Packers can bolster this room with an underrated player late in the draft. Theo Wease Jr. out of Missouri should be available in the sixth or seventh round or as an undrafted free agent.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Chris Schad |Tom Schreier |Carter Rees Cox
In just over a couple of months, J.J. McCarthy will have plenty to prove. The starting quarterback position is up for grabs. If he thrives, he can take his throne as the prince that was promised with the 10th-overall pick in last year’s draft. If he fails, Kevin O’Connell will have Aaron Rodgers on speed dial. It’s a lot of pressure to put on a player who will turn 22 in May – especially one who hasn’t played in a meaningful game since winning the national championship at Michigan in January 2024.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Tom Schreier |Carter Rees Cox |Chris Schad |Preet Mukesh Shah
Imagine if someone told you in 2010 that the quarterback you saw the New York Jets unceremoniously cut during the infamous Antonio Cromartie Hard Knocks season would go 34-17 in his first three seasons as the Minnesota Vikings head coach. It wouldn’t be the first time a mediocre player became a great coach. Still, Kevin O’Connell did so with Kirk Cousins under center his first year. A year ago, he had a rotating cast that included Nick Mullens, Jaren Hall, and Joshua Dobbs.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Nelson Thielen |Kaleb Medhanie |Tom Schreier |Carter Rees Cox
Over the past four months, I’ve written about every aspect of the Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback situation. I’ve written about team-building philosophy and how to nurture a young quarterback, bridge quarterbacks, and how desperate half the league is for a quarterback. I even compared Minnesota’s strategy for navigating the draft night bidding war to a fifth-century Chinese military treatise. My day-to-day life is simply a distraction from my constant stress over the Vikings’ quarterback situation.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Kaleb Medhanie |Tom Schreier |Carter Rees Cox |Matt Fries
Think of the best throws you’ve seen by the top quarterbacks over the past few years, the ones that made your jaw drop because only a few players possess the arm talent they need to make it. Okay, now hold on to that thought. Some of the best quarterback duels in the NFL are when Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen throw haymaker after haymaker against each other. It’s a constant supply of How did he do that? How was he able to get that throw off? Wow, did you see that? What a play by him.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Tom Schreier |Carter Rees Cox |Matt Fries |Silas Bobendrier
T.J. Hockenson doesn’t think Kerby Joseph is a dirty player. He’s just upset that the knee injury he sustained on Joseph’s low hit has forced him to rehabilitate all summer and may keep him out for the first half of the season. “I got nothing against him,” said Hockenson. “I played with him in Detroit, and I understand that’s kind of what they expect you to do in the league.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Carter Rees Cox |Byron Murphy |Matt Fries |Silas Bobendrier
A lack of high-quality cornerback play has been a consistent issue during Kevin O’Connell’s tenure with the Minnesota Vikings. Byron Murphy signed a two-year, $17.5 million contract last year. However, the Vikings still have holes to fill in the secondary, and Auburn’s Nehemiah Pritchett is a quality Day 2 or 3 pick who could bolster Minnesota’s cornerback room. Pritchett, who excelled in the SEC, is primarily an outside corner.
