Vikings Rumors & News

Total Pro Sports "Derek Carr is set to be a free agent this offseason and he wants his freedom from the Raiders now. Carr has informed the Las Vegas Raiders that he won’t accept a trade that sends him anywhere in the league, and that includes the Saints, who he has visited with a few..." February 12

Bleacher Report "The Green Bay Packers aren't going to fight Aaron Rodgers if he wants a trade this offseason. Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported the Packers are "open" to negotiating a deal for their longtime quarterback if he decides he'd rather continue..." February 12

Bleacher Report "The moment NFL free agency opens, franchises will be spending many, many millions of dollars. During the 2023 cycle, star quarterback Lamar Jackson will be the headliner. But there are three more quarterbacks set to land hefty contracts, along with a couple of linemen on..." February 11

Sportsnaut "NFL players fight through injuries all the time. Just ask Patrick Mahomes, who’s set to play in the Super Bowl just three weeks after suffering a high-ankle sprain. Then there’s also Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons, who has missed just one game in his young NFL career,..." February 11

The Athletic "There is only one question that needs to be asked as we get ready for the Super Bowl on Sunday. How is Travis Kelce, with all defenses preparing for him, always open? Yeah, yeah … the Chiefs tight end is too fast for linebackers and too big..." February 10

The Athletic "The 2013 Denver Broncos and 2016 Atlanta Falcons will not be on the field at State Farm Stadium for Super Bowl LVII on Sunday. Neither will the 2012 San Francisco 49ers or 2012 Seattle Seahawks. These teams do compare to the actual Super..." February 10

The Athletic "Earlier this week, I shared a thought on every offensive player on the Giants. Now it’s the defense’s turn: • DL Dexter Lawrence: The expected explosion of the defensive tackle market couldn’t have come at a better time for Lawrence, who..." February 10

SI "Will Adam Thielen be back with the Vikings in 2023? The two-time Pro Bowler and Minnesota native is an all-time underdog story who will go into the franchise's Ring of Honor someday, but his age, declining production, and contract status create some uncertainty around his..." February 10

Pro Football Talk "The 2023 class of inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame was unveiled at the NFL Honors show on Thursday night and it won’t be too long before deliberations will begin on who will be joining the group in 2024. A number of players will be under consideration for the first..." February 10

Daily Norseman "The NFL Honors program tonight started off with just about no drama, as the first award given out went to exactly the person it should have gone to. Minnesota Vikings’ wide receiver Justin Jefferson was named the 2022 AP Offensive Player of the Year at tonight’s ceremony...." February 10

NFL.com "The Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023 was revealed Thursday night at NFL Honors, three days before Super Bowl LVII. Below are the members of the Class of 2023: Ronde Barber Darrelle Revis Joe..." February 10

Bleacher Report "The Philadelphia Eagles will play the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, in no small part, because of the trade that brought A.J. Brown into their offense last season. The deal that added C.J. Gardner-Johnson to their secondary didn't hurt..." February 09

Total Pro Sports "Paige Spiranac already has millions of followers, but if she wants to expand them even more, she probably release more football-related material like she did this week. To prepare for the big game, the former professional golfer showed fans what she could do on the football field..." February 09

Bleacher Report "The upcoming NFL offseason will see its fair share of players being released from their contracts to clear roster space and, most importantly, to free up finances. While many of these cuts will see past-their-prime veterans get tossed into the free-agent pile, there are some talents coming off..." February 09

Pro Football Talk "Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson made one of the best plays of the 2022 season when he went up over coverage to secure a fourth-down pass from Kirk Cousins with one hand in a win over the Bills and he would have liked a chance to make another highlight reel play..." February 09

NFL Analysis "The 2022 season was a rocky one for Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey. That is hard for some to believe because when taking a look at his counting statistics, it was arguably the best one of his career. Jalen Ramsey had the first two sacks of his career and..." February 09

Total Pro Sports "Up to ten retired NFL players, including former star running back Willis McGahee, have filed a lawsuit against the NFL, the league’s benefits plan, its board of trustees and Commissioner Roger Goodell in federal court. Per a report from The Washington Post, these former players..." February 09

ESPN "Less than an hour had passed since the end of the Minnesota Vikings' 2022 season when Kirk Cousins was asked his first question about 2023. With one year remaining on his contract, did he want to return to Minnesota next season? Even amid the anguish of what he..." February 09

NFL Analysis "Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow had a tough 2022 season. After recording his first 1,000-yard campaign during the 2021 season, he signed a two-year contract extension worth $32 million. It was a modest number, but the Raiders could already look to be getting out from under..." February 09

Pro Football Rumors "Deploying an offensive line flooded with first- or second-round rookie contracts, the Vikings will soon have to make decisions regarding those young blockers’ futures. Garrett Bradbury is nearing free agency, and Ezra Cleveland is now..." February 09

Andscape "With only three Black head coaches in its 32-team league, the NFL continues to drop the ball on the matter of inclusive hiring in coaching. It’s scoring in other areas of hiring at the club level, however. During his pre-Super Bowl news conference Wednesday,..." February 09

The Athletic "At his Wednesday press conference at the Super Bowl, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith declined to provide any information about the status of the NFLPA’s claim alleging that teams and the league have colluded to prevent clubs from offering players fully guaranteed..." February 09

Pro Football Talk "Some in the league office would like to pivot from home-field conference championships to neutral-site contests. To date, no owners have gone on the record to support the potential shift in the approach to the NFL’s final four. On Wednesday, the owner who would have hosted a..." February 09

Sportsnaut "The Baltimore Ravens are expected to place the exclusive franchise tag on former NFL MVP Lamar Jackson to prevent him from hitting free agency. The exclusive tag means that other teams can’t sign Jackson by yielding two first-round picks to the Ravens in the process. It would..." February 08

Total Pro Sports "With Tom Brady retired, at least for the time being, Aaron Rodgers is the biggest name on the market as it pertains to star quarterbacks.  There will be a few moves made at QB in the offseason, with Derek Carr and Jimmy Garoppolo likely to be wearing..." February 08

Bleacher Report "Right now, the NFL world is focused on Super Bowl LVII and the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Behind the spotlight, though, the league's other 30 teams are busy planning for the 2023 season. Several teams will be working just to get under the..." February 08

CBS Sports "The Philadelphia Eagles find themselves on the doorstep of another Super Bowl title, largely due to making one of the biggest trades last offseason. During the NFL Draft, they shipped the 18th overall pick to the Titans in exchange for star wideout A.J...." February 08

Sportsnaut "Up until Tuesday, we didn’t hear much about a potential trade for Derek Carr, which led to doubt that a team would make a serious attempt to acquire him from the Las Vegas Raiders. Then the New Orleans Saints spiced up the discussion. With one team doing its due diligence on Carr,..." February 08

The Athletic "Robert Saleh admitted that during his search for a new Jets offensive coordinator, the quarterback position was “the No. 1 concern” with the candidates he interviewed. The head coach ultimately hired Nathaniel Hackett, who has obvious ties to a..." February 08

Pro Football Talk "Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said recently that he thinks the league’s best referees have left the game in order to make more money by working as officiating analysts for the league’s broadcasting partners and that topic came up during NFL Commissioner Roger..." February 08

Bleacher Report "Thursday night games might be getting a little more complicated for players and teams. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters on Wednesday "it wouldn't surprise me at all" if Thursday Night Football had flex scheduling in the future, similar to..." February 08

ESPN "NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith wants to get rid of the NFL scouting combine, he said Wednesday during the players association's annual Super Bowl news conference. Smith shared his desire to abolish the combine and instead establish regional pro days, potentially put on..." February 08

NFL Analysis "All but two teams in the NFL have already begun their preparations for the 2023 off-season. The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles are the last two standing and will play for the Lombardi Trophy this weekend in the Super Bowl. Everyone else will already have their focus..." February 08

The Big Lead "On Wednesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said during a press conference the league may eventually extend "flexible scheduling" to Amazon Prime's Thursday Night Football. Let me be the first to tell you the league's players would never agree to..." February 08

The Athletic "Call the NFL a copycat league if you must, but the blueprint for success is as straightforward as it gets. It’s why the Chiefs and Eagles have reached this Super Bowl, and it’s why they’re in position to remain on the short list of teams..." February 08

The Athletic "On the night of Dec. 11, Kevin O’Connell, late in his first season as the head coach of the Vikings, stepped up to a lectern in the bowels of Ford Field in Detroit. He was disgusted. All losses sting. But this one, a shellacking at the hands of an NFC North foe in..." February 07

CBS Sports "Derek Carr's days as the Raiders' quarterback are quickly dwindling. That's what both he and the team have indicated ever since the veteran's abrupt demotion at the end of the 2022 NFL season. A trade may be unlikely since the Raiders are reportedly requiring..." February 07

Bleacher Report "Two NFL teams still have unfinished business this season (a Super something or another), but most of the league has already turned its attention to 2023. To righting the ship. Getting back to the playoffs. Making a run at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. One of the first orders of..." February 07

Bleacher Report "Sometimes in the NFL, a change of scenery is the only thing needed for a player to go from "good" to "superstar level." Pass-rusher Haason Reddick, one of the highlight players of Sunday's Super Bowl LVII contest, is a prime example. While Reddick was quite..." February 07

The Athletic "NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday will give his annual Super Bowl state of the league address and take questions on all things pro football —  the good, the bad and the ugly. The NFL in 2022-23 enjoyed another record-setting year in viewership, and..." February 07

Sportsnaut "Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook has served as a workhorse in their offense and looked like one of the best offensive weapons in the NFL for years. As the franchise now heads into a pivotal offseason, Cook’s future with Minnesota might not be guaranteed. The Vikings..." February 07

NFL Analysis "In what feels like a never-ending cycle, the New Orleans Saints are heading into this year’s offseason with a lot of salary cap issues. They are currently projected to be more than $60 million over the salary cap, which means the front office has a lot of work to do in the coming..." February 07

NFL Analysis "The Chicago Bears are going to be big spenders during free agency in 2023. They are lapping the field when it comes to available cap space as the second closest team, the Atlanta Falcons, is more than $34 million behind them in projected space. With that kind of money to..." February 07

Total Pro Sports "Super Bowl LVII is upon us as the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will do battle at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. That leaves us to which state is putting their confidence behind for the big game. BetOnline.ag tracked Twitter Geotagged data of..." February 07

The Score "Every NFL decade has produced its own dynasty. In most, a second powerhouse team also wins multiple championships. The trend has held true since Vince Lombardi's Packers christened his namesake trophy. These dynasties won games and rings in different ways. Pittsburgh's..." February 07

Pro Football Talk "Pro Bowl games is here to stay. It will never die. The NFL’s shift from two-hand touch football in full pads to flag football has generated a sufficiently large TV audience to justify a continuation. Via SportsMediaWatch.com, ESPN generated a total..." February 07

Bleacher Report "The NFL offseason will bring about a fresh round of salary-cap casualties. As teams look to cut costs and get cap compliant for the 2023 campaign, it is all but inevitable that a slew of highly paid veterans will be released. While some of these players have seen their production fall..." February 06

Sportsnaut "More than 12 years after the Green Bay Packers traded Brett Favre to the New York Jets and handed the franchise over to Aaron Rodgers, many around the NFL reportedly expect history to repeat itself in 2023. Rodgers, the four-time NFL MVP, hasn’t committed to playing..." February 06

ESPN "The Minnesota Vikings have hired Brian Flores as their new defensive coordinator, the team announced Monday, ending a monthlong search to replace the fired Ed Donatell. Flores spent last season as the Pittsburgh Steelers' senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach..." February 06

Sportsnaut "The New York Giants exceeded everyone’s expectations this season by going 9-7-1 and upsetting the Minnesota Vikings in the Wildcard Round 31-24. If New York wants to become a perennial contender, though, it must upgrade the receiver position. It was clear to anyone that..." February 06