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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Wyatt Wade |Matt Fries |Drew Mahowald |Chris Schad
Suppose the Minnesota Vikings move on from Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones. What would they do at quarterback? Do they start second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy coming off a knee injury in Week 1? Or do you try to get yet another reclamation project to bridge McCarthy? That would give McCarthy, 22, another few weeks to learn from a veteran, whether that’s Joe Flacco, Jameis Winston, or *gulp* Aaron Rodgers.
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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Matt Fries |Byron Murphy |Drew Mahowald |Chris Schad
On Monday, the Minnesota Vikings allowed Sam Darnold and Stephon Gilmore‘s contracts to void automatically, meaning they will become unrestricted free agents (UFAs) at the start of the new league year. Byron Murphy and Aaron Jones agreed with the team to push their contract void dates back. Per a league source, the Vikings and CB Byron Murphy have agreed to push back the void date on his contract. Originally, the deal voided 23 days prior to the start of the league year (either today or tomorrow).
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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Drew Mahowald |Chris Schad |Tom Schreier |John Boyd
Jordan Addison entered the NFL as a bit of an afterthought. That isn’t to say Addison wasn’t talented or was an irrelevant draft pick. He was, after all, selected in the first round. But there was this sense of indifference from the casual fan and the national media when the Minnesota Vikings drafted Addison. Justin Jefferson‘s presence on Minnesota’s roster likely had something to do with the subdued reaction.
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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Joshua Badroos |Wyatt Wade |Matt Fries |Drew Mahowald
Dichotomy at the running back position has proven essential in the ebbs and flows of today’s average NFL offense. Gone are the days when Adrian Peterson gets 30 or more carries a game. Anomalies like Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry still benefit from Kenneth Gainwell and Justice Hill spelling them. Hell, even Chester Taylor was ahead of his time. But the split between the A and B sides of the running game operation no longer has to be as black and white.
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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Wyatt Wade |Matt Fries |Drew Mahowald |Chris Schad
The 2024 Coach of the Year is…..Kevin O’Connell!He won the award in his third season as a head coach, beating out Andy Reid, Nick Sirianni, Mike Tomlin, and Dan Campbell. Kevin O’Connell, 39, was the third-youngest NFL head coach in the league, only a year older than the 2017 COTY (and his former mentor) Sean McVay, 38. The newly re-signed COTY has made a living on creating possibilities for his quarterbacks and helping each QB play to their strengths in his system.
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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Matt Fries |Drew Mahowald |Chris Schad |Tom Schreier
With Super Bowl LIX in the books, the NFL world will quickly turn its attention to the NFL Combine in two weeks, free agency in mid-March, and the NFL Draft at the end of April. 31 teams, including the Minnesota Vikings, left the season disappointed. However, now is the time for hope, and every team will think they got better by the time the 2025 season starts. Heading into the offseason, the Vikings have a lot of cap space but many players with contracts expiring and limited draft capital.
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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Drew Mahowald |Wyatt Wade |Matt Fries |Chris Schad
Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is known for his quantitative, mathematical, and analytical approach to decision-making. It’s a different philosophy than Minnesota’s previous regime relied on for big decisions. Heck, it’s different from how most NFL teams have made decisions for decades. But Adofo-Mensah has taken note of what other successful teams have done, specifically with the quarterback position, and applied it to the Vikings.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Matt Fries |Andrew Dukowitz |Bert Bledso |Drew Mahowald
The long offseason wait for Minnesota Vikings football is over. The preseason Week 1 showdown with the Las Vegas Raiders offered a prologue to an exciting new era of Vikings football, complete with our first real look at rookie QB J.J. McCarthy. Unfortunately, McCarthy injured his meniscus in action and will undergo surgery to determine whether his meniscus needs to be trimmed or repaired. The extent of his recovery time remains uncertain.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Bert Bledso |Drew Mahowald |Matt Johnson |Alex Dukowitz
Paula Poundstone did an HBO special back in 1990 aptly called Cats, Cops, and Stuff. In the special, she retells a story about her family having a Flintstones glass that she knocked off the table. The glass plummeted to the floor before shattering. “This is why,” Paula’s mother replied in a huff, “we can’t have nice things.”Those eight words have been circulating online about the Minnesota Vikings.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Bert Bledso |Drew Mahowald |Stephon Gilmore |Matt Johnson
The Minnesota Vikings won their first preseason game, 24-23, over the Las Vegas Raiders. Coming into the season, many oddsmakers set Minnesota’s over/under at 6.5. It seems that only diehard Vikings fans have high hopes for this season. However, there is the spice of a new-looking roster on both sides of the ball.
