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3 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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4 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Preet Mukesh Shah |Felipe Reis |Mitch Widmeier |Luke Sims
It’s not just the beer and cheese causing blood pressures to spike across the state of Wisconsin. Some of that hypertension is no doubt attributable to the Green Bay Packers’ wide receiver room. While they have a lot of good pieces in Jayden Reed, Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, and Dontayvion Wicks, none of them have been able to step up as a WR1. The Packers could spend their shiny first-round pick on a receiver, but history suggests that won’t happen.
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4 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Wyatt Wade |Matt Fries |Preet Mukesh Shah |Chris Schad
Although they were active during the early part of free agency, the Minnesota Vikings haven’t secured a backup for J.J. McCarthy. Minnesota reportedly someone who has been in the league for a while. However, by passing on Aaron Rodgers, they have indicated they’re creating a pathway for McCarthy to start after last year’s knee injury. One week before the 2025 draft starts, the fanbase is anxious to find out where Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and the Vikings will go for their backup.
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4 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Matt Fries |Preet Mukesh Shah |Chris Schad
The Minnesota Vikings made several big splashes this offseason, spending a whopping $123 million in first-year cash on the team’s new additions. They added a ton of outside talent, signing six outside players — Will Fries, Jonathan Allen, Javon Hargrave, Ryan Kelly, Isaiah Rodgers, and Jordan Mason — to deals exceeding $5 million per year. All of those players appear to feature prominently in Minnesota’s plans for 2025.
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4 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Preet Mukesh Shah |Chris Schad |Tom Schreier
The Minnesota Vikings have gotten themselves into an enviable position headed into the 2025 draft. Instead of looking for starters who can contribute from Day 1, they are looking for players who can fill depth roles and contribute. While they have some obvious needs – competition at the left guard, corner, and safety – WR3 has become overlooked. Jalen Nailor filled in well when the Vikings asked him to step up in Jordan Addison‘s absence last season.
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4 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Chris Schad |Preet Mukesh Shah |Tom Schreier
Few days on the NFL calendar are more anticipated than the draft. What started as a meeting in a random hotel conference room in New York City has turned into a three-day event where thousands of fans fly across the country to see if their team will select a player who can change the course of their franchise’s history. To this degree, Minnesota Vikings fans have been obsessed with the draft ever since they took Randy Moss in 1998.
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1 month ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Preet Mukesh Shah |Tom Schreier |Chris Schad
The Minnesota Vikings have retooled their secondary again this offseason, letting Shaq Griffin and Stephon Gilmore test the market while retaining Byron Murphy and bringing in Isaiah Rodgers. Murphy is coming off one of the best seasons of his career, finishing with six interceptions and a Pro Bowl nod. Still, there are massive questions behind him. Rodgers offers a lot of promise, but he has produced on a limited snap size, and he must prove he can play like he did last year for an entire season.
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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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1 month 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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1 month 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.
