Mekhi Blackmon was drafted No. 102 overall in the third-round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Despite some inconsistencies his rookie year, Blackmon played relatively well for most of the season.
The Vikings seemingly have a reliable replacement to serve as the starting tight end while T.J. Hockenson recovers from a knee injury he suffered on Christmas Eve last season.
The following questions are about current Minnesota Vikings topics, answered by VikingsTerritory. Today is the June 18th edition, addressed in a from-the-hip fashion.
The Minnesota Vikings have the NFL’s best receiver in Justin Jefferson, which is why he’s now the highest-paid non-QB in the league. But we can’t forget about Jordan Addison, either.
Despite making a lot of really good moves this offseason, one NFL analytics analyst didn't see it quite that way.
The Minnesota Vikings are coming off a season in which they had a losing record, and have since replaced their top-15 starting quarterback with a young (possible) draft bust and a rookie.
How does 0-6 start through October 20th sound? That was the word from The Athletic regarding the 2024 Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota does not have an easy schedule — at all — to start the season in September, but it does soften in November and December.
When looking at the top wide receivers in the NFL, Minnesota Vikings superstar Justin Jefferson is consistently among that group of receivers. While some analysts consider Ja’Marr Chase a better option, or even CeeDee Lamb following his 2023 season, Jefferson is almost always considered a top-three receiver in the league, and for good reason.
The Minnesota Vikings are projected to be among the worst teams across the NFL this upcoming season. They weren’t a .500 team last year, and Kevin O’Connell is still getting his feet wet as a head coach, but it seems like they deserve a bit more steam.
Minnesota Vikings’ organized team activities (OTAs) and minicamp are complete, and training camp begins in about five weeks. Minnesota has added over 40 new players this offseason between incoming veterans and newcomer rookies.
The Minnesota Vikings have plenty of contenders for the defensive tackle spot next to Harrison Phillips on the 2024 defensive line, but in a surprise move, the franchise became even deeper on Monday.
It may be more of a formality or technicality, but Minnesota Vikings defender NaJee Thompson evidently has a new position. Welcomed to the Vikings’ roster as a cornerback in 2023 from undrafted free agency, Thompson has switched to safety, according to The Athletic‘s Alec Lewis.
It is not a fan, so much so that it ranked the Minnesota Vikings’ offseason as the fourth-worst in the NFL. That’s ESPN, and it revealed its offseason grades this week, assigning Minnesota a measly C-.
In this episode of ‘The Real Forno Show’, we analyze the significant contract extension of Justin Jefferson and its potential impact on the Minnesota Vikings’ future.
The Minnesota Vikings tweaked their roster on Monday, with the regular season less than 12 weeks away. The club had 13 wide receivers on the depth chart entering the week but trimmed the total to 12 with the waiver of undrafted free agent Devron Harper.
If you only pulled up Sam Darnold’s Pro-Football Reference page and didn’t know anything about the circumstances in which he posted those numbers, you would never believe that there were real people arguing that he could have a career surge in 2024.
Credit to Aaron Wilson for the news on both fronts. The reporter with KPRC2 passed along the word that the Vikings have moved on from UDFA receiver Devron Harper.
The Justin Jefferson extension has certainly created some reactions. The NFL’s best wide receiver is going to be a Viking for the next five years. Being able to attach him to the roster for so long involved Kwesi Adofo-Mensah sending over a four-year agreement that promises to pay a staggering $140 million.
In a surprising move during the offseason, the Minnesota Vikings signed San Francisco 49ers veteran Sam Darnold to be their starting quarterback. Now, the team has revealed their true stance on the move after selecting JJ McCarthy in this year’s NFL Draft.
We have over five weeks until the Minnesota Vikings convene in Eagan for 2024 Training Camp, which means we have a lot of time to pretend we care about other sports while we wait for football to start again.
Right now, Sam Darnold is slated to be the Minnesota Vikings‘ starting quarterback when training camp for the 2024 season opens up. However, that isn’t exactly how they want things to be long-term.
The Minnesota Vikings are in a very intriguing spot with their quarterback situation. After the team decided that it what not going to pay Kirk Cousins during the offseason and allowing him to sign with the Atlanta Falcons as a free agent, the team opted to sign Sam Darnold to a deal.
With the Minnesota Vikings in a transitional period heading into the 2024 season, there’s a lot of uncertainty not just from real football but in the land of fantasy football as well.
Known for trading first-round picks for veteran talent since returning to Los Angeles, the Rams finally used their allotted selection on a college performer this year by drafting Florida State’s Jared Verse at No.
Though the Minnesota Vikings drafted J.J. McCarthy to be their quarterback of the future, it appears that Sam Darnold is their QB of the present — at least for now.
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