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1 week ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Dustin Baker
If you had your heart set on the Minnesota Vikings potentially acquiring Miami Dolphins speedster wide receiver Tyreek Hill, it’s time to reconsider or find a different trade proposal. Dolphins general manager Chris Grier spoke to reporters on Tuesday, just nine days before the 2025 NFL Draft, and he totally brushed aside any Hill trade fodder. In short, the Super Bowl champion is not for sale unless some team wants to pay two 1st-Rounders.
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1 month ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Byron Murphy Jr. |Dustin Baker
The Minnesota Vikings did not disappoint during free agency, spending to the utmost and enhancing the already sweet roster that earned a 14-3 record last season. The next step is the NFL draft, which is less than five weeks away, and Minnesota is scheduled to pick four times during the event. But for now, let’s glance back at the Vikings’ 16 free-agent moves to date.
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1 month ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Dustin Baker
The Minnesota Vikings curiously have no backup quarterback behind J.J. McCarthy besides Brett Rypien, who most expect to earn the QB3 job. NFL free agency is two weeks old, so it’s a bit strange that Minnesota has no non-Rypien alternative. Sam Darnold (Seattle Seahawks), Daniel Jones (Indianapolis Colts), and Nick Mullens (Jacksonville Jaguars) left for new teams. So, we asked all VikingsTerritory writers to predict the QB2’s identity by the time Week 1 rolls around. These are their responses.
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1 month ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Dustin Baker
NFL free agency is six days away, and no one is too sure if Minnesota Vikings cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. will return to the Twin Cities for Year No. 3. Murphy Jr. entered the 2025 offseason after a career year, logging 6 interceptions en route to his first Pro Bowl, and is set to cash in on a large contract this month — from somebody. And according to ESPN, Murphy Jr.’s next squad could be the other purple team, the Baltimore Ravens.
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1 month ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Vikings Territory |Dustin Baker
The following questions are about current Minnesota Vikings topics, answered by VikingsTerritory. Today is the February 28th edition, addressed in a from-the-hip fashion. If you have questions, please email them to [email protected]. Also, please note: These are opinion-based responses. Some answers will be incorrect from time to time. But we’ll try to keep that to a minimum. Answer: We’ll roll with Miami Dolphins safety Jevon Holland. It could play out like this:Harrison Smith retires.
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2 months ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Dustin Baker
In 19 days or less, the Minnesota Vikings will solve the great mystery piquing fans’ interest — what happens to Sam Darnold? That’s when free agency’s “legal tampering” phase kicks off, and if Minnesota does not extend his contract, Darnold will be free to sign anywhere in the NFL. Meanwhile, fans have debated Darnold’s future, focused on three primary outcomes:Extending Darnold in Minnesota. Franchise tagging-and-trading Darnold to a new team. Letting Darnold hit the open market.
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2 months ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Dustin Baker
Just when it seemed the Minnesota Vikings’ coaching carousel had stopped turning, the New Orleans Saints asked for one more spin. That organization hired Kellen Moore this week as its next head coach after Moore successfully offensively coordinated the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs. And Moore might pluck a Vikings coach to run his defense in New Orleans: defensive passing game coordinator Daronte Jones.
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2 months ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Dustin Baker
Solely because Brett Favre did the exact same thing 15 years ago, the Minnesota Vikings rumor mill can’t quite shake Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has quarterbacked the New York Jets for the last two seasons, an unsuccessful experiment due to injury and an apparent age-related decline.
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2 months ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Dustin Baker
The Minnesota Vikings hope to improve or maintain their fresh new 14-win standard after nearly winning the NFC North in 2024 with Sam Darnold at the helm. The club now has precious cap space to spend — finally — and can open a Super Bowl window if quarterback J.J. McCarthy turns out to be the real deal. NFL free agency begins in about four weeks, and the 2024 NFL Draft is 74 days away, so there is plenty of time to speculate about the franchise’s plans.
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2 months ago | 
vikingsterritory.com | Dustin Baker |Dustin Baker
VikingsTerritory’s Purple Rumor Mill is a two-day chronicle each week. All the week’s Vikings rumors are lassoed and plopped in two spots — articles on Saturday and Sunday — for review. Today is the February 8th edition. Remember — rumors are rumors. What you read on weekends in these pieces is what the world is talking about pertaining to the purple team, not necessarily items that will come to fruition. Here’s the first batch of the week. All past rumors can be read here.
