Legendary Vikings safety Harrison Smith has declared that this will be the final season of his stellar career. In an interview with former Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman, Smith said that the 2026 season will be the last time he suits up in the NFL.
The Vikings will host a game at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday for just the third time this season as they welcome the 2-4 Colts to the Twin Cities in Week 7.
Jordan Mason is returning from a fractured thumb, and Aaron Jones has spent the last month playing through a sprained MCL. The Vikings’ backfield is getting healthier, but with Super Bowl aspirations and two injury-prone running backs, could Minnesota make a blockbuster move before the NFL trade deadline?
The Minnesota Vikings are getting healthy again as they come out of their bye week. As they prepare for their Week 7 game against the Indianapolis Colts, they are very likely to have at least four key players back who had been battling injuries.
The word “warrior” has been thrown around quite a bit in regards to the way Vikings veteran running back Aaron Jones has handled a workhorse role, played through pain, and put up big numbers during Jordan Mason’s four-week stint on injured reserve.
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The bye week came at the right time for the Minnesota Vikings. Nearly all of their walking wounded have made enough of a recovery to be full participants in the team’s Wednesday practice sessions.
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With the NFL trade deadline approaching in roughly three weeks, speculation has intensified around whether the Minnesota Vikings might explore a surprising move involving wide receiver Jordan Addison.
As the Minnesota Vikings are 5-0 coming off their bye week, they now enter the next stretch of the season with the right to be aggressive if they want to fully make a run for the Super Bowl.
The Minnesota Vikings are playing better defense than any team in the NFL. While their offense has been searching for answers through the first five games, the defense has allowed fewer points than any team in the league.
The Minnesota Vikings are officially coming off of their bye week, with a battered Indianapolis Colts team coming to town. The Minnesota Vikings are set to host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday afternoon, marking the third home game at U.S.
The Vikings are getting healthy after their bye week, and the first test after a week away will be against the spiraling Indianapolis Colts. Still, despite the Vikings being favorites, anything can happen in this league, like, say a 33-0 comeback.
As the Minnesota Vikings attempt to get their offense in gear following the bye week, head coach Kevin O’Connell can feel good about at least one area of the attack.
It was almost cruel. The Vikings finally saw a breakthrough in the running game, featuring a player they were so excited about coming into the season. Then, over the next couple days, they learned that an injury suffered on that play would sideline the player for the next month.
As we’ve expected, dating back to the aftermath of the Vikings’ Week 5 win over the Saints, a well-timed bye week helped bring some positive news on Minnesota’s first injury report of Week 7.
Nobody would be surprised to see Vikings GM Nolan Teasley take a big swing at the NFL trade deadline. Minnesota Vikings general manager Nolan Teasley has been the subject of a lot of speculation over the last few months.
The New York Giants had a decision to make as far as the starting quarterback goes, but it looks like it will be JJ McCarthy. McCarthy replaced Jameis Winston in the Week 6 loss to the New Orleans Saints, and now ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that McCarthy will start for the Giants in Week 7 against the Houston Texans.
The Minnesota Vikings announced they have designated RB Jordan Mason to return from injured reserve. Mason, 27, wound up signing with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of Georgia Tech following the 2022 draft.
Per Alec Lewis of The Athletic, Vikings GM Nolan Teasley “is open to pursuing a bevy of ideas at the trade deadline.” Lewis headlined a few position that would make sense for the Vikings, and was clear asking price and cap implications will determine the extent of potential moves.