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• The Vikings’ Roster Puzzle: Who Makes the Cut?

Tyler Forness projects Darrisaw, O’Neill, Skule, and Rouse at tackle; Fries, Kelly, Jackson, Brandel, Jurgens inside. Rouse risks being cut if Logan Brown outshines him, as Rouse struggles laterally. Versatility inside could save Rouse, but Brown’s upside threatens his spot. Lee’s signing hints at center depth concerns. | Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Shocking cuts! Vikings’ 53-man roster projec...2025
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• Vikings’ Mini-camp: a Front-row Seat to the Team’s Progress

J.J. McCarthy showed promise at Vikings mini-camp, with a 61 MPH throw and leadership, despite some interceptions. His backups, Sam Howell and Brett Rypien, compete for QB2, with Howell’s arm strength shining. Rookie Max Brosmer impresses as a long-term prospect, but concerns linger over depth if McCarthy falters. | Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Dive into the Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 mandatory mi...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: It’s Summer Break Time!

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images The team will get a nice rest before training camp! Minicamp is in the books and the next scheduled OTAs have been cancelled. Apparently, it is normal and while it would be nice to give JJ more reps, if the head coach says it is OK then it is OK. Vikings HC Kevin O’Connell gives team much-deserved reward after good work during offseason practices Below is a link tha...2025
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• The Josh Oliver Extension Is the Right Kind Of Gamble
Many headlines have come out of Minnesota Vikings minicamp this year. J.J. McCarthy is entering his first year as a starter. The Vikings extended head coach Kevin O’Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. How are the new defensive additions faring? Those are just some of the stories drumming up discourse in preparation for the season....2025
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• McCarthy’s Arm, Jefferson’s Bond, and More

J.J. McCarthy’s arm strength was debated on The Real Forno Show. Tyler Forness refuted Colin Cowherd’s claim of a “mediocre arm,” citing McCarthy’s 61 mph NFL Combine throw and direct reports from TCO. McCarthy attributed skepticism to Michigan’s run-heavy offense and his 6’2” frame. His bond with Justin Jefferson grows, showing promise. | Matt Krohn-Imagn Images McCarthy’s arm streng...2025
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• Vikings Links: Vikings Practice Updates

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images It’s all we got right now Highlights From Day 2 of 2025 Minicamp Practice https://www.vikings.com/video/highlights-from-day-2-of-2025-minicamp-practice The next organized team activities. OTAs: June 16-18 Minnesota Vikings News and Links 3 Observations: Byron Murphy, Jr., Still Picky; J.J. McCarthy Finds Jordan Addison for Deep TD Left tackle Christian ...2025
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• Why a Josh Metellus Extension is a Tough Deal for the Vikings to Negotiate

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Both sides are talking but terms may be difficult to agree upon Now that the Minnesota Vikings have wrapped up extensions for Byron Murphy Jr., Andrew Van Ginkel, and Josh Oliver, the one most obvious player up for an extension is Josh Metellus. Metellus has been a hybrid third safety in Brian Flores’ scheme, lining up mostly in the slot, although he’s lined up at li...2025
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• Vikings, TE Josh Oliver Agree to Contract Extension

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images More tight end news! We have two tight end stories for you in one day, folks, as the Minnesota Vikings are keeping one of their current tight ends in the fold for a little longer. The #Vikings have agreed to terms on a contract extension with TE Josh Oliver, per me and @RapSheet.— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) June 10, 2025 Tom Pelissero of the NFL Net...2025
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• Vikings Links: It’s Mandatory Minicamp Day One!

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images We get another chance to see our new QB! Mandatory Minicamp is getting underway today. It will be nice to read all the reports about who the players look in practice especially JJ McCarthy. At the same time there is another cornerback available which will not cost a draft pick. Is Jaire Alexander worth it? Will he sign here? The snaps are going to be l...2025
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• Vikings Links: Minicamp Is Underway!

Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The offseason practices are on! Minicamp is going and I do not know if there any televised portions but there are ways to see some of it ... To watch the Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 rookie minicamp, you can follow the team’s social media channels and watch highlights on their website and YouTube channel. The Vikings will also share content f...2025
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• Vikings Links: The Vikings Were Wise To Stay Put At 24 In The Draft

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Sometimes the best trade is the one you do not make! Now that the draft is over and it has been analyzed ad nauseum, we can see the picture of this “time horizon” that Kwesi speaks of often. Many of the Draft Doofi believed the Vikings were going to trade down. Yet they did not. It is fairly obvious the reason why. Two of the top three in...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: Who Will Get The Next Extension

Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images Brian O’Neill, Josh Oliver, and Josh Metellus are good candidates What player do you think gets the next extension? I think is could/should be O’Neill due to his massive cap hits the this year and next year. Minnesota Vikings News and Links Kevin O’Connell explains why J.J. McCarthy hasn’t been named Vikings’ starting QB Why haven’t the Minnesota Vikings...2025
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• Draft Thoughts and Other Musings

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Our newest writer shares his thoughts on the 2025 NFL Draft Draft Thoughts and Other Musings The Draft Well, that didn’t go as expected (at least on my end). As the 1st Round unfolded, I assumed the play was either a trade down or Georgia safety Malaki Starks. The latter seemed a natural fit for Brian Flores’ scheme. His exceptional recognition in run sup...2025
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"A pass to Josh Oliver moved the Vikings into field goal range."

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"It was another touchdown pass for Darnold, as he found Josh Oliver for a 2-yard score to make it 14-0 with a minute and a half left in the first quarter."

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"com/Azqvs6iSOi— Detroit Lions (@Lions) December 24, 2023 The Vikings looked to quickly strike back with a 33-yard pass to Josh Oliver to open their first drive."

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"Jaguars' Josh Oliver, potential breakout tight end, out indefinitely after breaking foot in practice"

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"Jacksonville then added a potential starting tight end in San Jose State’s Josh Oliver in the third round before grabbing linebacker"

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• Vikings ink TE Oliver to 3-yr., $23.25M extension
The Vikings have signed tight end Josh Oliver to a three-year extension, the team announced Tuesday, a deal worth $23.25 million with $19.9 million in total guarantees, Andrew Kessler of Athletes First told ESPN's Adam Schefter....2025
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• Vikings Links: Rookie Minicamp Starts May 9th

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images Which undrafted rookie has the best chance at making the final 53? It looks like it is might be better to be undrafted than get selected in the 6th through 7th rounds. Walter Rouse who was pick #177 received a $226,592 signing bonus and that is all that was gtd. Joe Milton who was pick #193 received a $183,316 signing bonus and that is all that was gtd....2025
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• Thoughts on the Vikings’ Draft

The 2025 NFL Draft is in the books and the Minnesota Vikings emerged with a total of five draft picks and a veteran backup quarterback as well. Not a bad haul numbers-wise considering they only had four picks to begin with, but the definitive proof of whether this was a good draft for the Vikings or not won’t be available for a few years- after we see the results on the field and the development ...2025
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• Vikings Links: Who Is Your Combine Crush?

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Nick Emmanwori and Maxwell Hairston would look good in purple no? The NFL Combine is underway and there have been some awesome testing numbers. The obvious studs were Nick Emmanwori, Shemar Stewart, James Pierce Shemar Stewart is a DE prospect in the 2025 draft class. He scored an unofficial 9.99 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 3 out of 1802...2025
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• Takeaways from the Vikings’ Moves in the First Week of Free Agency

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images They’re among the most active teams in free agency so far The Minnesota Vikings are making some notable splashes in free agency as they look to improve their roster for the 2025-26 campaign. They entered free agency with some $60 million in cap space available and have spent down a considerable portion of that in the opening days of free agency. The...2025
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• Vikings Links: Let Us Continue To Beat The Horse

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images How many Quarterback scenarios can we dream up? I know that many fans feel like we have beaten the (who is the QB) horse to death already. Nah. We are just getting started IMO. There is a ton more wailing and gnashing of the teeth that we are capable of producing. Sounds like fun to me. I will say that it could be difficult for any veteran QB to get fu...2025
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• Lions Week 18 injury report: Alex Anzalone returns, 3 new players listed with injuries

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK The Detroit Lions released their Week 18 initial injury report and Alex Anzalone returned to practice. The Detroit Lions (14-2) are headed into a Week 18 showdown with the Minnesota Vikings (14-2) with the NFC North and No. 1 seed in the NFC on the line on “Sunday Night Football.” With the Lions on a short week, after playing on Monday night, they’v...2025
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• Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings live score updates, highlights, injury news

Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports Live score updates, highlights, and news from the Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings in Week 16. This is what December football is all about. The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings face off at 1 p.m. ET in a massive game for both teams. For the Lions, it’s an opportunity to clinch a division title for the first time in 30 years. They’ve quite literally ...2023
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• Recap: Lions clinch first-ever 1 seed in statement win over Vikings

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Detroit Lions made a statement for the rest of the NFC with their decisive win over the Minnesota Vikings. The Detroit Lions are NFC North champions again! On Sunday night, the Lions displayed their dominance in the division—and in the conference—with a decisive win over the Minnesota Vikings. With the win, the Lions are division champions in back-...2025
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• Dalvin Cook Shouldn’t Be Scapegoated For Vikings’ Rushing Woes
Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports Cook deserves some blame, but it’s not all his fault. On March 9th, Darren Wolfson reported that at least one team had made a trade offer to the Minnesota Vikings for running back Dalvin Cook. Thenceforth, there’s been a bevy of cryptic tweets and fan-made mock trades that have been circulating the internet centering around the four time Pro-Bowl running back....2023
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• Chargers-Vikings Game Recap: Herbert, Allen cook up history in 28-24 win over Vikings

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Justin Herbert and Keenan Allen combined for 18 catches and 215 receiving yards in what became one of the most-entertaining games of the young 2023 season. Chargers-Vikings was everything you would have expected: Plenty of points Back-breaking penalties Injuries Mind-numbing turnovers Plays that left your mouth open Before the final buzzer sounded, y...2023
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• Lions Week 18 injury report: Alex Anzalone upgraded to full practice

Photo by Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Detroit Lions released their Week 18 Thursday injury report and Alex Anzalone was upgraded to a full practice. The Detroit Lions (14-2) and Minnesota Vikings (14-2) will face off in Week 18 in a battle for all the NFC postseason bells and whistles. Let’s take a look at Thursday’s injury report and get you up to date with what we know. Not...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings 31, Green Bay Packers 29: Blowout Becomes Nail-Biter For 4-0

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A big win for the Vikings to get to 4-0 On Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field, the Minnesota Vikings got out to a huge lead over the Green Bay Packers, and it looked like they might coast to their fourth consecutive win to start the 2024 NFL season. But this is the Minnesota Vikings, after all. After getting out to a 28-0 lead, the Vikings had to hang...2024
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• 7 bold predictions for the 2023 NFL Draft
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports These are the big shockers we see happening on draft night. The NFL Draft begins on Thursday night and this is one of the wildest, least-predictable draft seasons in recent memory. A draft class featuring incredible depth, but lacking top-end talent, paired with risks at every position has left us with a board that nobody has any consensuses about. Every year we...2023
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• Vikings Add Super Bowl Champion WR
So far in free agency, the Minnesota Vikings have welcomed newcomers Josh Oliver (TE, Ravens), Marcus Davenport (EDGE, Saints), Byron The post Vikings Add Super Bowl Champion WR appeared first on Vikings Territory....2023
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• Vikings Links: Let’s Play Tag!

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Will the Vikings tag anyone? It is franchise tag starting day! Will the Vikings tag anyone? Rumor has it that they may tag Byron Murphy instead of Sam Darnold. A little note is that Sam Darnold, Stephon Gilmore, and Byron Murphy all had their contracts voided yesterday, February 17th. https://overthecap.com/contract-triggers-calenda...2025
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• Why the Vikings Were So Bad in DVOA Last Season- And Why They’ll Be Better This Season
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Changes on both sides of the ball should lead to improvement in the advanced metric The Vikings had a wild and unconventional season last year. They won ten straight one-score games and they went 13-4- but with a negative 3-point differential. They engineered the biggest comeback in NFL history. They had a top ten offense, which was roughly top ten i...2023
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• Vikings Links: It’s Almost Over!

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The QB Carousel is going to stop spinning soon The QB carousel is turning and now the media jackals are all predicting/assuming Sam Darnold is going to sign with the Seahawks after they trade Geno Smith to the Raiders for a 3rd round pick. The connection makes a ton of sense because Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak worked with Darnold in 2023 as San Francisco’...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: We Think It is JJ Time

Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Sam Darnold chapter may not be closed yet I still am a little upset that the Bears for Joe Thuney for a 2026 4th. I would have given up the 3rd with the hope of getting back a 6th. You are talking All Pro caliber left guard. The Vikings needed that bad. I know some will say he is going to be 33 but do these same people want to g...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: The QB Plan Is Still Being Processed

Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images We all expect JJ McCarthy do be the QBOTF though The NFL Combine is underway. Today they have the medicals, team interviews, and pre-exam for the defensive linemen, linebackers, and dudes that put their foot on the ball. Here is a list of the invites ... NFL combine: Full list of draft prospects invited to 2025 scouting event Here are a few players that I...2025
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• Vikings Links: Let’s Play Tag!

Photo by Bruce Yeung/Getty Images Should the Vikings Tag Sam Darnold? The East West Shrine Bowl practices are underway. 2025 NFL Draft: 10 players who stood out in East-West Shrine Bowl practices Tahj Brooks, RB, Texas Tech (5-foot-9 1/4, 229 pounds) You wouldn’t think the 5-9 Brooks weighs almost 230 pounds based on the quickness he showed on the practice field (and during his career at T...2025
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• Vikings @ Rams: First Injury Report

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Estimated injury report as Vikings did not practice today It’s a short week for the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams as they battle on Thursday night this week. So, rather than the usual Wednesday, the first injury report comes out today. The report is estimated as neither team actually practiced today after playing yesterday. Minnesota Vik...2024
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