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3 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Chris Schad |Preet Mukesh Shah |John Boyd |Nelson Thielen
The saga between the Minnesota Vikings and Aaron Rodgers will not die. One week after the Vikings seemingly closed the door on an unholy alliance, Rodgers slinked his way through the Pittsburgh Steelers facility and right back into Kevin O’Connell‘s ear. The past week didn’t do anything to calm anyone’s fears. J.J. McCarthy told Kay Adams that the Vikings haven’t told him he’s their starting quarterback.
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3 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Preet Mukesh Shah |John Boyd |Nelson Thielen
The Minnesota Vikings have patched up most of the holes on the front end of their defense over the past two offseasons, bringing in players like Jonathan Greenard, Andrew Van Ginkel, Jonathan Allen, Javon Hargrave, and Dallas Turner to bolster the pass-rushing unit while adding impressive middle linebackers like Blake Cashman and Eric Wilson to captain the defense. While Minnesota’s front seven has become a significant strength, the secondary still comparatively lags.
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3 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | John Boyd |Nelson Thielen |Preet Mukesh Shah |Cole Smith
With the brunt of free agency in the rearview, the NFL world’s collective gaze has shifted to April’s draft. The Minnesota Vikings currently hold a league-low four picks. While they may acquire more, their half-empty war chest is less of an issue than it would be for most teams. Minnesota’s front office navigated free agency in such a way that they can now approach the draft with an open mind.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Joshua Badroos |Tom Schreier |John Boyd |Tony Abbott
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Vikings agreed to terms with Jeff Okudah. The former first-round cornerback, who the Detroit Lions took third-overall in 2020, visited with the Vikings on Monday. While other teams were interested, he decided to return to the NFC North, now in purple and gold. Okudah’s signing is low-risk, high-reward, given how they’ve constructed their defensive back unit.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Tom Schreier |John Boyd |Tony Abbott |Matt Fries
Kevin O’Connell called Aaron Rodgers “a supercomputer” before the Minnesota Vikings’ matchup against the New York Jets last year. “Big field vision,” he raved. “Sees everything, has the ability to check and get into whatever he needs to.”However, the Vikings were a shock to Rodgers’ system in London. Brian Flores’ defense held Rodgers to 29 of 54 passing for 244 yards. Andrew Van Ginkel ran one of Rodgers’ three picks back for a touchdown, and Minnesota’s defense also forced a fumble.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | John Boyd |Tony Abbott |Matt Fries |Chris Schad
The Minnesota Vikings have set themselves up beautifully to take the best player available with their selections in the 2025 draft. They have aggressively addressed every pressing need with which they entered the offseason. Given their roster holes and dearth of draft capital, they had to spend deliberately in free agency.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Chris Schad |Tom Schreier |John Boyd
The only thing that’s certain about the 2025 Minnesota Vikings is that nothing is certain. On Thursday, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell will walk to a podium at the NFL Scouting Combine and toss a bunch of scenarios into the air without tipping their hand with what they will do in free agency. It’s a routine that every NFL general manager has to master, or else they will get eaten alive during the offseason. However, they won’t touch on every scenario.
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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Chris Schad |John Boyd |Nelson Thielen |Tom Schreier
When the NFL arrives in Indianapolis for next week’s scouting combine, lives will be changed. Hundreds of players with professional aspirations will be running through events, stressful interviews, and the most extensive physical you’ve ever seen in an effort to be selected by a team in the 2025 NFL Draft. But if you think running the 40-yard dash is a pressure cooker, imagine what it feels like for the executives.
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2 months ago | 
zonecoverage.com | John Boyd |Tom Schreier |Chris Schad |Nelson Thielen
Fans are justifiably excited by the amount of projected cap space the Minnesota Vikings have at their disposal this offseason. Minnesota’s front office has not had this much flexibility in recent memory, and this might be the year in which the Vikings pursue some marquee free agents and make a big splash. But how much of that cap space will they spend on outside free agents? How much can they?
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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.
