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• Mekhi Blackmon trade results: Colts picks used by Vikings in 2026 NFL Draft

The Indianapolis Colts faced their fair share of injuries last season, both before the year began and during the year. One position where they were hit hard? Cornerback. Prior to the year, the Colts saw Justin Walley suffer a torn ACL, while Jaylon Jones had a hamstring injury. Add in the fact that Charvarius Ward […]...2026
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• Mekhi Blackmon trade results: Vikings use the Colts’ pick in the 2026 NFL Draft

The Minnesota Vikings are heading into the draft without a general manager following the firing of Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, with interim general manager Rob Brzezinski set to lead the team through the 2026 NFL Draft. Drafting has been a big question mark for the Vikings in recent years, especially in the middle rounds. This past offseason, […]...2026
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• Colts Bring in 5th Former Viking

Make it five. In addition to Daniel Jones, Camryn Bynum, Mekhi Blackmon, and Laquon Treadwell, the Indianapolis Colts have added […]...2026
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• Vikings Trade Mekhi Blackmon to Colts

Just when you thought that Monday was going to be quiet for the Minnesota Vikings. . .or, rather, just when I thought it was going to be quiet. . .Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and company have made another move. Numerous sources are reporting that the Vikings are trading cornerback Mekhi Blackmon to the Indianapolis Colts. In return, […]...2025
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• Notes From Vikings Training Camp 8/2/25

Observations from today’s practice The Minnesota Vikings held another practice this afternoon at TCO Performance Center with lots of fans in attendance. Brian Flores gave a press conference today talking about Mekhi Blackmon’s and Dwight McGlothern’s development, what he’s seen from Javon Hargrave and Jonathan Allen since the pads came on, Jonathan Greenard’s improvement, Isaiah Rodgers and his...2025
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• Notes from Vikings 7/29 Practice

Observations from Tuesday’s training camp practice I decided to go down to the Minnesota Vikings’ training camp again today and check out today’s action. It was another hot day in the mid-80s but today the players got a bit of a reprieve as they were in shorts and shells rather than full pads like yesterday. Here are my notes from the day. Special Teams This practice began and ended with special...2025
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• Notes from the Vikings’ First Padded Practice

A few observations from Monday’s practice I made my way down to TCO Performance Center for the Minnesota Vikings’ first padded practice of the 2025 edition of training camp. It was a hot one- 90+ degrees when the Vikings took the field for their 2:30pm practice. I’ll take a chronological approach to notes on the practice, starting with position drills and moving on to team drills later. Punt Spe...2025
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• What I’ll Be Looking for at Training Camp

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images (Other Than the Obvious) We’re finally here: training camp. I’m pumped for the 2025 season and expecting great things. Of course, we’ve all been there before, only to have our hearts ripped out and handed to us in a flimsy takeout bag. But, as I’ve noted, this feels different (well, to me anyway). It’s more than just taking the next step and building on ...2025
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• Top Ten Vikings Training Camp Battles

Position battles to keep an eye on Training camp for the Minnesota Vikings begins July 20th for rookies and July 22nd for the rest of the team. And as always, there will be plenty of competition for the 53 coveted roster spots. It’s a sign of the Vikings’ improved roster that there will be some tough competition between quality players to make the back end of the depth chart at every position gr...2025
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• Vikings 2025 Roster Locks & QB History Unveiled!

Daunte Culpepper’s 2000 2nd-year breakout (3,937 yds, 33 TDs) led the Vikings to 11-5. With a strong offense but weak defense, he thrived. J.J. McCarthy’s 2025 could mirror this, backed by a better roster and defense, setting him up for success. | Photo by PAUL BUCK/AFP via Getty Images Join Two Old Bloggers as Darren Campbell & Dave Stefano analyze the Vikings’ 2025 roster, camp battles, ...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: One More Extension To Go

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Time To Reward Brian Flores I think that we should hopefully here about a hefty extension for Brian Flores soon. The Vikings have been adding defensive players via free agency and the draft that Coach Flores feels will be good in his scheme. If Flores leaves for a head coach position, do the Vikings have contingency plans for a coordinator that runs a ...2025
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• Mid-June Vikings 53-Man Roster Prediction

Post-OTA/minicamp edition It’s only mid-June and the Minnesota Vikings have finished mandatory minicamp and OTAs and are off until the start of training camp at the end of July. Coaches are not talking about players who have stood out to them yet, and there really isn’t too much to go on in terms of which players on the bubble will make the roster and which will not. But there are hints of who is...2025
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• Breaking Down the Vikings Cornerback Depth Chart

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images The Vikings’ brass may be happier with it than we think One of the areas many pundits expected the Vikings to address during the draft was cornerback. Indeed, many of them dinged the Vikings in their draft grade for failing to address this perceived position of need. However, the Vikings may be more comfortable with their cornerback room in their own assessment. ...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 OTA Observations

Separating the usual from the unusual this time of year As the Minnesota Vikings complete their OTA practices over the past couple weeks, they still have mandatory mini-camp next week and one more round of OTAs the following week- we are beginning to get a little flavor for this year’s team and how it may differ from last year’s team. Of course this is the time of year for a lot of throw-away li...2025
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• Vikings Links: Free Agency Day 23 Open Thread

Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s JJ or Bust! Minnesota Vikings News and Links 5 QB Takeaways: Kevin O’Connell on Confidence in J.J. McCarthy; Conversation with Aaron Rodgers O’Connell said McCarthy has heard some of the Vikings play calls “100 times now” and knows the entire protection system. “He knows why we change certain runs to run it the other way, and ...2025
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"In addition to Daniel Jones, Camryn Bynum, Mekhi Blackmon, and Laquon Treadwell, the Indianapolis Colts have added […]"

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"McCarthy (IR/knee), CB Mekhi Blackmon (IR/ACL), LT Christian Darrisaw (IR/ACL/MCL) Key players to monitor: RB Aaron Jones (quad), DE Pat Jones II (knee) Compared to the last game, the Vikings have a similar injury list."

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"Hopefully he can show guys like Mekhi Blackmon, Andrew Booth Jr."

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"After the Vikings punted it away, the Minnesota defense got the turnover from Winston that they needed, as rookie Mekhi Blackmon collected his first NFL interception to thwart a New Orleans drive with just over three minutes remaining."

• Mekhi Blackmon trade results: Vikings use the Colts’ pick in the 2026 NFL Draft
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• Vikings’ Future in Focus with a Twist

Harrison Smith, 36, faces an uncertain future as a free agent post-2025, likely his last season. Vikings’ secondary lacks long-term stability, with only Theo Jackson and Byron Murphy Jr. locked in through 2027. Past draft misses hurt depth, pushing a 2026 draft focus. This, as Two Old Bloggers focuses on the defensive backs’ room. | Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Vikings face a future secondary c...2025
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• Vikings 2025 Roster Locks & QB History Unveiled!
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• Theo Jackson Named to PFF All-Breakout Team for 2025

Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports The Vikings’ next star at safety? The Minnesota Vikings are going to have to fill the hole in their defense created by Camryn Bynum signing with the Indianapolis Colts, but they might already have a very good option waiting in the wings, according to one source. Pro Football Focus has put together their “All-Breakout Team” for the 2025 season, and one of thei...2025
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• Mekhi Blackmon trade results: Colts picks used by Vikings in 2026 NFL Draft
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• The Flores Scheme and What’s Next

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Vikings’ DC has crafted a unique scheme and will continue to add wrinkles to it The Minnesota Vikings finished the 2024 season with the fifth-best defense in points allowed, despite not having any superstar players, thanks to the ingenuity of defensive coordinator Brian Flores. He took the Vikings’ defense from 28th to 13th in point allowed his fir...2025
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• Breaking Down the Vikings Cornerback Depth Chart
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• Jaire Alexander’s Fit and Vikings Minicamp Preview

Jaire Alexander, recently cut by the Packers, could transform the Vikings’ secondary. His elite skills fit Brian Flores’ aggressive defense, despite injury risks (34/68 games played). A 1-year, $10M deal is proposed, leveraging Vikings’ success with injured players like Aaron Jones. His “petty” edge could shine vs. Green Bay. | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Tyler Forness & Dave Stefan...2025
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• Vikings OTA Observations
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• Vikings Links: Are the Vikings Set At Cornerback?

Photo by Bruce Yeung/Getty Images It might be penny wise to add more veteran depth Should the Vikings feel comfortable with the cornerback group? The top four are Byron Murphy, Isaiah Rodgers, Jeff Okudah, and Mekhi Blackmon (no particular order). After these four there are a lot of dudes with potential. I could see the argument for adding another cornerback in free agency but that would m...2025
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• Vikings Links: The Vikings Have A Top 10 Roster

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Do they have a top 10 roster? Another day of Organized Team Activities is going on today. Next week they begin the Mandatory Minicamp. There is a lot to be excited about this season. The team really addressed some weaknesses in free agency with maybe a quibble about cornerback. But we have to trust Flores was behind the acquisitions and his resume here spea...2025
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• Vikings Links: Another Day OF OTAs!

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images How long before they start televising these practices? Another day of OTAs today. What nuggets of excitement will be gleaned? All eyes will be on JJ McCarthy and his every move will be analyzed by the Super Nerds to try and come up with some kind of projection. These are the dog days of the offseason. We are scratching the bottom of the barrel in an ef...2025
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• Vikings Links: 2 Days Until The Draft

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Almost time for your final mocks! Let’s see those mocks today with the position you want taken first! A good article about Aeneas Peebles but also includes a caution about Emmanwori. 2025 NFL Draft Value Plays: Comparable talent, better investment after Round 1 Why draft Walter Nolen in the first round when you can take Aeneas Peebles in the third? Wal...2025
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• Let’s Get This Party Started!

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The first article from one of our newest writers! Hey, all! This is the first article from Shawn, who is one of the two people we selected from the contest we ran earlier this year about joining the DN team. Welcome him aboard! -Chris First and foremost, I want to thank the Daily Norseman leadership for the opportunity to join the contributor...2025
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• What is the Vikings’ Biggest Current Need?

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Where should they be looking? We are officially two weeks away from the 2025 NFL Draft in that state just to our east, and as things stand right now our Minnesota Vikings still only have four picks. While a lot of folks want the Vikings to trade back, they’re going to have to make a pick eventually. . .well, you would think, anyway. As we get ready for t...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings 27, New Orleans Saints 19: Vikings hold on after big first half

Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images It was more interesting than it needed to be It appeared at halftime that, for the first time in a long time, the Minnesota Vikings were poised to actually blow an opponent out. However, when it was all said and done, it wound up turning into yet another normal Sunday for the purple and their fans. After leading the New Orleans Saints at halftime by thre...2023
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• Lions mock draft roundup 11.0: Bijan Robinson time?
Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Taking a closer look at the prospects from the 2023 NFL Draft that have been projected to the Detroit Lions over the past week. If you’re not familiar with how the Detroit Lions roundup works, each week we collect data from the latest expert mock drafts published over the last seven days and compile them (with links to the original pieces) in one easy-to-ac...2023
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• Vikings trade back in the third round, draft USC cornerback Mekhi Blackmon
The Vikings used the No. 102 pick to select cornerback Mekhi Blackmon, a teammate of their first-round pick, receiver Jordan Addison....2023
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• Chiefs’ Justyn Ross: ‘I’m here whenever they call my name... ready to make a play’

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The receiver said on Tuesday that he feels confident things will get easier in time. During the offseason, it seemed like every social media timeline was littered with highlights of Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receiver Justyn Ross. Now that the bullets are live, however, Ross has had only limited opportunities to make an impact, getting...2023
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• Vikings, CB Shaq Griffin agree to one-year deal

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images So much for slowing down Yesterday, yours truly suggested in this space that perhaps the Minnesota Vikings would slow down a bit in free agency knowing what they could, potentially, reap in 2025 as a result. Oops. Per Jordan Schultz, the Vikings have agreed to the terms of a one-year, $6 million deal with cornerback Shaq Griffin. Griffin was a third-round...2024
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• The Vikings’ Coaching Advantage

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Vikings are cutting edge on both sides of the ball Minnesota Vikings’ Hall of Fame head coach Bud Grant always said he would rather have good players than good coaches, as it was the players that ultimately made the plays that determined the outcome of games. The latter part of Grant’s statement is certainly true, but with the advent of the NFL sal...2024
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• Vikings 2023-24 Season Prediction

Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports My annual forecast of the Vikings’ regular season record It’s that time of year again- time for my annual prediction of how the Vikings’ season will unfold. And unlike most prognosticators, I post my track record of previous predictions for all to see. Last year, with the help of a more rigorous process, I once again got back on track- missing by only one ga...2023
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• The Vikings Claim CB John Reid Off Waivers
Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Vikings add a former 4th round pick off waivers. The Minnesota Vikings are now up to 90 players. Field Yates of ESPN is reporting that the Vikings have claimed CB John Reid off of waivers from the Atlanta Falcons. The Vikings have claimed DB John Reid off of waivers from the Falcons.— Field Yates (@FieldYates) May 4, 2023 John Reid has become quite...2023
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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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• Notes From Vikings Training Camp 8/2/25
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• Vikings Links: Free Agency Day 19 Open Thread

Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images The backup veteran QB position is yet to be filled Until the Vikings sign a backup veteran QB, the speculation about Aaron Rodgers will continue. Perhaps sadly. I am loving it to be honest. It does not really matter to me but it is entertaining. . Minnesota Vikings News and Links Vikings decline to close the door on Aaron Rodgers, but they won’t promise hi...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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• Thoughts on the Vikings’ Cut-Down Day Moves

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images And the updated Vikings’ depth chart The Minnesota Vikings cut their roster down to 53 players on Tuesday, along with all the other NFL teams. But while the initial cuts have been made, the resulting roster suggests further moves will be made in the not-too-distant future, including practice squad signings and likely some other roster moves. But for now, he...2024
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• It’s Crunch Time for Kwesi

His future as GM could hinge on the events of the next two months With just a couple weeks before the start of the new NFL year, it’s crunch time for Vikings’ GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. And unlike the past two years, how Adofo-Mensah navigates the next couple months could determine his future with the Vikings organization. It’s a Make-or-Break Offseason for Kwesi Adofo-Mensah For a variety of reason...2024
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