NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated continues to believe that star wide receiver Justin Jefferson "will be on the Vikings' roster for the foreseeable future."
Just a few days after the Vikings lost quarterback Kirk Cousins in free agency, they acquired the 23rd overall pick in the draft through a trade with the Texans.
Memphis's Blake Watson (4) warms up before the game between the University of Memphis and University of Alabama at Birmingham at Protective Field in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday, October 21, 2023.
Michigan quarterback JJ McCarthy being rumored as the Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback target in the 2024 NFL Draft is nothing new. Since their season ended, even prior to Kirk Cousins’ departure, McCarthy has been the one QB continually linked to the Vikings.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson played with Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase in college, and now, he seems envious that Chase gets to catch passes from Burrow with the Cincinnati Bengals.
First, it was NFL.com and former NFLer Maurice Jones-Drew. The theory felt like an outlier — to each their own. But then CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco followed suit, publishing a mock draft on Wednesday that sent Drake Maye to the Minnesota Vikings … at the fifth overall pick.
How many of the NFL QBs drafted in the top 10 to never make the Pro Bowl in the Super Bowl era can you name in five minutes?
Mar 1, 2022; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports. A few weeks ago, the Minnesota Vikings made the decision to trade for the No.
The NFL Draft is almost here! All the buzz for months now has suggested that Minnesota Vikings are going to be trading up to select their quarterback of the future.
Minnesota Vikings are utterly fixated on the team’s next quarterback — who can blame them? — but the ground game needs repair, too. That’s probably why the purple team hosted Memphis running back Blake Watson via Top 30 visit this week, a rookie expected to go off the board in Rounds 6 or 7 in about two weeks.
The Minnesota Vikings enter a crucial period in the franchise’s history as they are set to select a quarterback in the top round for the first time in a decade.
There’s still time to hash out a compromise or move on to a different trade partner, but a would-be Minnesota Vikings up the draftboard is reportedly snagged by a familiar obstacle.
The countdown to the draft is on and more front of mind for the Vikings brass and their fan base. It’s less than three weeks away, and then — finally, after months of speculation — we’ll know what the Vikings wind up doing in the first round.
And what insight can we draw from that activity? As we move through the month of April, the Vikings are conducting their last meetings with prospects ahead of the NFL Draft, including Top 30 visits, and will complete their player evaluations in preparation for setting up their draft board.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson remains without a new contract as he prepares to enter the final year of his deal, but Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport doesn’t think that will last much longer.
Could the Minnesota Vikings be plotting to hand over the keys to Sam Darnold full-time for the 2024 season? The Vikings appeared to be setting themselves up to take a quarterback in the top ten of this year’s draft when they traded to add a second first-round pick earlier this offseason.
Falcons new QB Kirk Cousins has played with several talented wide receivers in his 12-year NFL career, but he believes one hasn't gotten the respect he deserves.
Per NFL Media's Ian Rapoport, the Minnesota Vikings are hosting Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy II on a top-30 visit on Monday. Does this mean they won't draft a quarterback?
The Minnesota Vikings are widely expected to take a quarterback early in the NFL Draft, and their former general manager thinks the team is prepared to give up a haul for one particular player.
The Vikings have two picks in the first round of the draft.
The Minnesota Vikings might have tipped their hand, in terms of a preferred and realistic quarterback trade target in the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft.
There are very few prospects who have become more divisive in the 2024 NFL Draft than Michigan Wolverines quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
It certainly is no longer a secret the Vikings are interested in moving up for a quarterback.
Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips recently pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge from a December DWI arrest. He has now received team discipline as a result of the matter.
The Vikings suspended offensive coordinator Wes Phillips as punlshment for a traffic incident dating back to early December. The suspension is for three weeks.
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