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Minnesota Vikings News / Athlon Sports / September 30

Vikings Stock Watch: Dallas Turner's Climb Up the Ladder

The Minnesota Vikings may not be playing the kind of offensive football that head coach Kevin O’Connell wants to see, but they are in first place in the NFC North with a 3-0 record.

NFL News / Bring Me The Sports / September 25

Vikings vs. Buccaneers Week 3 preview: Mayfield's struggles, Turner's role, an X-factor, and more

If the Vikings are going to improve to 3-0 this weekend, they’ll have to get through a desperate Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that really doesn’t want to fall into an 0-3 hole.

Minnesota Vikings News / Minnesota Vikings on SI / September 25

Vikings' Dallas Turner Has a Legitimate Shot to Make an All-Pro Team (and Here's Why)

Dallas Turner's explosive start to the 2026 NFL season is a huge reason the Vikings are entering Week 3 with a 2-0 record. His strong play is opening the eyes of fans who may not have realized how good he was last season, leaving many to wonder just how high he can go.

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Minnesota Vikings News / Minnesota Vikings on SI / September 23

Vikings Verdict: Judging Eric Wilson, Dallas Turner & Other Exaggerations to Start Week 3

It's time once again to judge some potential overreactions from Week 2 after an ugly, gorgeous win over the Bears. The Vikings are 2-0 heading into their matchup against the Buccaneers, but their path to get there hasn't been without drama.

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Ranking the NFL's backup quarterbacks for the 2026 season

A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.

Minnesota Vikings News / Minnesota Vikings on SI / September 22

Why It's Time for Vikings to Add Kyle Van Noy to 53-Man Roster in Week 3

The Vikings are enjoying great performances from their starting edge rushers through the first two games. Starting outside linebackers Dallas Turner and Andrew Van Ginkel have combined for 5.5 sacks already, and the entire unit looks intimidating, clocking in an impressive pass-rush grade of 70.4 (9th) on Pro Football Focus.

Minnesota Vikings News / Minnesota Vikings on SI / September 22

What Dallas Turner's Breakout Means for the Vikings' Defensive Outlook Moving Forward

Heading into the 2026 NFL season, there was a lot of concern about the Vikings' pass rush. The team traded veteran outside linebacker Jonathan Greenard and prepared to move forward with 2024 first-round draft pick Dallas Turner.

NFL News / Larry Brown Sports / September 22

JJ McCarthy turned heads with his behavior during Vikings celebration

The Minnesota Vikings did not have the sexiest win on Sunday against the Chicago Bears, but they had a beautiful moment on the field after securing the 9-3 victory over their NFC North rivals, and it involved backup quarterback JJ McCarthy.

Minnesota Vikings News / Bring Me The Sports / September 21

Dallas Turner's historic Vikings start met with mind-bogglingly bad PFF grade

It might be time to take a page from Mike Zimmer’s playbook and throw Pro Football Focus’s grades in the trash, because the grades PFF gave Dallas Turner in his obviously dominant performance against the Bears on Sunday are shockingly bad.

Minnesota Vikings News / Minnesota Vikings on SI / September 21

3 Overreactions After Vikings Week 2 Win (Dallas Turner Deserves More DPOY Buzz)

The Minnesota Vikings woke up on top of the world Monday morning—or at least the NFC North. Sunday afternoon's 9-3 win over the rival Chicago Bears left

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25 NFL players who could retire after the 2026 season

NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.

Minnesota Vikings News / TWSN / September 21

The Minnesota Vikings May Have the NFL’s Next Superstar Pass Rusher

While the Minnesota Vikings did not score against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, they didn’t need to because a star defender has started to emerge for the Vikings and that is Dallas Turner.

NFL News / A to Z Sports / September 21

3 themes behind Vikings win vs. Bears will help them thrive going into heart of their schedule

Dallas Turner’s 2 sacks and 10 pressures in back-to-back weeks have Minnesota’s defense looking like one of the best units in the league. The Minnesota Vikings defense stole the show in Chicago, and the biggest star of the game was edge rusher Dallas Turner.

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NFL News / NFL on ClutchPoints / September 21

Vikings’ Dallas Turner shares classy reaction to Caleb Williams’ injury

Coach Kevin O’Connell’s Minnesota Vikings took on Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears in Week 2 action without injured Kyler Murray, who got an encouraging update.

Minnesota Vikings News / Bring Me The Sports / September 20

Dallas Turner looks like Vikings' next superstar sack artist: 'He's a problem'

Dallas Turner has arrived. If that wasn’t clear after his stellar season opener against the Packers, there’s no denying it now. This is the player the Vikings were so excited to trade up and draft in the first round two years ago.

NFL News / NFL on ClutchPoints / September 20

Watch Dallas Turner eat Colston Loveland’s lunch to end Vikings’ ugly win over Bears

The Minnesota Vikings improved to 2-0 on Sunday afternoon with a road win over the divisional rival Chicago Bears. The Vikings controlled this game most of the way, but still had to hold on for dear life in the end as backup Bears quarterback Tyler Bagent had a chance to win the game on the last play.

Video Games News / Athlon Sports / September 18

Madden 27 Game Time MUT Program: Players, Rewards, Challenges and End Date

The Madden 27 Ultimate Team Game Time program has received its biggest content update yet. EA Sports says more than 20 additional Player Items are being added across the Sept.

Minnesota Vikings News / Minnesota Vikings on SI / September 16

5 Vikings Offseason Moves That Are Already Paying Dividends

The Minnesota Vikings are a different team from the one fans saw last season. The 2026 version made multiple adjustments to its roster and front office that helped to shape the direction the team is heading.

Minnesota Vikings News / A to Z Sports / September 16

Vikings’ win over Packers taught us multiple things on film from Justin Jefferson’s involvement to Dallas Turner’s breakout

There are a lot of interesting things from the all-22 film for the Minnesota Vikings, both positive and negative. The Minnesota Vikings‘ 29-point barrage to beat the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon will go down in the history books.

Minnesota Vikings News / TWSN / September 15

The Dallas Turner Week 1 Stat That Signals a 2026 Breakout

Heading into the NFL, Dallas Turner had extremely high expectations placed upon him due to his draft slot. The Minnesota Vikings selected Turner 17th overall

Minnesota Vikings News / A to Z Sports / September 15

Vikings EDGE Dallas Turner’s breakout game is what we expected all along under Brian Flores

The Minnesota Vikings’ selection of Dallas Turner wasn’t always viewed highly by the fanbase, but it certainly feels better after Sunday. The emergence of Minnesota Vikings edge rusher Dallas Turner was something that they needed going into the season.

NFL News / NFL on ClutchPoints / September 15

Soak in 40 seconds of Vikings star Dallas Turner making Jordan Love’s life a living hell in Week 1

The Minnesota Vikings came out of the NFL’s Week 1 with an impressive victory over the Green Bay Packers. Vikings linebacker Dallas Turner was a menace to Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love.

Minnesota Vikings News / A to Z Sports / September 15

Vikings EDGE Dallas Turner’s dominance to Chicago’s high-powered offense: the NFC North learned a lot in Week 1

From the Minnesota Vikings’ improbable win to the Detroit Lions surviving, the NFC North is in an interesting place after Week 1. Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books, and the four teams of the NFC North arguably had the most intriguing start throughout the league.

NFL News / PackersTalk.com / September 8

5 pivotal matchups in Packers vs. Vikings

Green Bay Packers football is finally here! I am so so happy that we made it through this past offseason. It feels so incredibly long ago that we watched this team pi-- away a lead in the wild card round.

Minnesota Vikings News / Yardbarker / March 3