Emily Leiker

2 days ago | startribune.com | Emily Leiker

The Vikings made two signings on defense Monday afternoon following their three-day rookie minicamp over the weekend at TCO Performance Center in Eagan. Outside linebacker Matt Harmon and defensive lineman Elijah Williams bring Minnesota's roster to 91 players, including Australian punter Oscar Chapman, who has a practice squad exemption as part of the International Player Pathway program. That means the Vikings have maxed their roster for the offseason.

4 days ago | startribune.com | Emily Leiker

By Emily Leiker Bartholomew likely will need to fill Mundt's on-field role in quick order, too, as the Vikings favor offensive packages with multiple tight ends. They ranked 13th in the league last season for rushing attempts with two or more tight ends on the field and ran 12-personnel (one running back, two tight ends) on 25.3% of snaps, according to Sports Info Solutions.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Emily Leiker

Vikings edge rusher Jonathan Greenard shared the same phrase out in posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, twice in the span of a week in January. "More is required," Greenard wrote then in all caps. The three-word mantra disseminated throughout the Vikings facility this offseason and wound up on T-shirts players found at their lockers when they arrived for the start of the offseason program last week, offensive tackle Brian O'Neill said Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Emily Leiker

By Emily Leiker The Vikings will retain a key piece of their defense through 2026 as they signed a contract extension with edge rusher Andrew Van Ginkel on Tuesday. The extension is for a single season and $23 million, $22.4 of which is guaranteed, according to a league source with knowledge of the deal.

2 weeks ago | bismarcktribune.com | Emily Leiker

Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell and General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah heavily considered their newest quarterback, Sam Howell, back when he was a draft prospect in 2022. But the timing wasn’t right. It was their first draft together with the Vikings, and as Adofo-Mensah said Saturday afternoon, “drafting a quarterback’s a marriage.”“We say a lot that organizations fail quarterbacks long before quarterbacks fail organizations,” Adofo-Mensah said.