Vikings To Draft And Fade In 2024
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.
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Garrett Bradbury News/ Vikings Territory / June 17
Purple Rumor Mill: Rookie Turning Heads, Vikings’ Trade Competition, Garrett Bradbury ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (8) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (8)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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VikingsTerritory’s Purple Rumor Mill is a two-day chronicle each week. All the week’s rumors are lassoed and plopped in two spots — articles on Saturday and Sunday — for review.
Minnesota Vikings News/ purplePTSD.com / June 16
3 position groups on the Vikings that need added depth ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (10) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (10)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Peter van den Berg-USA TODAY Sports The Vikings are just over two months away from playing actual football games. We are officially in the slowest part of the offseason, as OTAs and mandatory minicamp are now behind us.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Sporting News / June 16
84 days until kickoff: Every Minnesota Vikings player to wear 84 ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (12) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (12)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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With 84 days until the Minnesota Vikings kick off the 2024 season, here is every player to wear the number 84, including Randy Moss.
Minnesota Vikings News/ purplePTSD.com / June 16
Vikings listed among ‘least improved’ teams for 2024 ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (14) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (14)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports One NFL insider is not keen on the Minnesota Vikings’ offseason, calling the team one of the league’s “least improved” during the offseason.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Sporting News / June 16
Vikings radio announcer offers services to Netflix amid production search ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (16) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (16)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Netflix is currently looking for a production partner for their Christmas Day games and the Minnesota Vikings might have a solution.
Dalton Risner News/ Vikings Territory / June 16
Dalton Risner to Compete. Really? ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (18) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (18)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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All offseason, it seemed like Dalton Risner and the Minnesota Vikings were on a collision course. Having gone through a frustrating free-agent period the year prior, he was again locked in a similar situation.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Vikings Territory / June 16
6 Free Agents the Vikings Should Explore This Summer ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (20) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (20)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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The Minnesota Vikings embark on training camp in six weeks and are less than three months away from the start of the regular season. The team finished 7-10 in 2023 and will hope to improve on that mark with some combination of Sam Darnold and J.J.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Vikings Territory / June 16
7 Under the Radar Summer Storylines for Vikings ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (22) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (22)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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The Minnesota Vikings concluded minicamp this week and have six weeks off until training camp. The club is expected to win around seven games in 2024 — ironically the same forecast from oddsmakers at this time last year.
Khyree Jackson News/ The Daily Norseman / June 16
Vikings Report breaks down Khyree Jackson ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (24) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (24)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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We continue our tour through the draft class Vikings Report with Drew and Ted is continuing their look at the Minnesota Vikings’ 2024 NFL Draft class, and we’ve moved along to the third player they selected on Draft weekend, Oregon cornerback Khyree Jackson.
Jerry Tillery News/ purplePTSD.com / June 16
Vikings’ New DL Coach Hypes Lean, Locked-In, 295-Pound Defender ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (26) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (26)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Think Jerry Tillery is going to make Minnesota look smart for the prove-it deal? The Vikings’ new DL coach may agree.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Vikings Territory / June 16
6 Vikings Who Could Reach Pro Bowl for First Time ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (28) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (28)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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The Minnesota Vikings sent three players to the Pro Bowl in 2023, a slowdown from seven in 2022. The club hopes to send more in 2024, and several have a puncher’s chance at the nod this season.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Vikings Territory / June 16
The 4 Best Vikings Players Nobody Talks About ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (30) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (30)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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The Minnesota Vikings kick off training camp in about six weeks after concluding organized team activities and minicamp in the last couple of weeks. An aura of change surrounds the team after Kirk Cousins and Danielle Hunter left via free agency three months ago, with the notable additions of quarterbacks J.J.
Minnesota Vikings News/ purplePTSD.com / June 16
Vikings’ Vigorous Competition at TE to Result in a Crowded Roster Spot ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (32) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (32)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer-USA TODAY Sports Prior to training camp, I’ll be working through a position-by-position roster projection. The third installment in the series is going to consider the tight end spot.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Vikings Territory / June 16
Vikings Nopedy Nopes: The Truth about a Justin Jefferson Trade, Tampering Verdict, Sean Payton ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (34) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (34)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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A weekend publication from VikingsTerritory, we present to you: the Vikings Nopedy Nopes of the week. The nopedy nopes are weekly Minnesota Vikings-themed items that we’re not buying.
Seth Vernon News/ Vikings Territory / June 16
Purple Rumor Mill: Stefon Diggs’ Bizarre Vikings Take, Out of Nowhere Roster Battle, Seth Vernon ![Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (36) Minnesota Vikings: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights | Yardbarker (36)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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VikingsTerritory’s Purple Rumor Mill is a two-day chronicle each week. All the week’s Vikings rumors are lassoed and plopped in two spots — articles on Saturday and Sunday — for review.
Albert Breer News/ Minnesota Sports Fan / June 15
Albert Breer is Buying Minnesota Vikings Stock Over Other NFC North Teams
Minnesota Vikings offseason team activities are now over. That means we officially have five weeks until the start of training camp, the preseason games, and before you know it, the MN Vikings will be playing games that matter again.
NFL News/ Pro Football Rumors / June 14
Rams contacted Jets, Vikings about Round 1 tradeup
Known for trading first-round picks for veteran talent since returning to Los Angeles, theRamsfinally used their allotted selection on a college performer this year by drafting Florida State’s Jared Verseat No.
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Minnesota Vikings News/ Minnesota Sports Fan / June 14
Longtime NFL Writer Dumps LARGE Tub of Cold Water on Optimistic Minnesota Vikings Fans
We’re at the part of the Minnesota Vikings offseason where, like every NFL team, optimism is there to be found for those seeking it. It’s the National Football League, afterall, where more than half of the playoff field gets turned over every season.
Justin Jefferson News/ NFL Analysis Network / June 13
Former Vikings’ GM Gets Honest About Justin Jefferson’s Skill
This offseason, the Minnesota Vikings bid adieu to four-time Pro Bowl quarterback Kirk Cousins in free agency, as he elected to join the Atlanta Falcons on a lucrative new contract.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Yardbarker / June 13
Vikings HC pumps the brakes on J.J. McCarthy hype
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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Minnesota Vikings News/ Yardbarker / June 12
Vikings HC makes telling comments about Sam Darnold, J.J. McCarthy competition
Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell shared some thoughts on the current state of his team's quarterback competition.
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N'Keal Harry News/ NFL Analysis Network / June 12
Vikings are making major move with former first-round pick
The Minnesota Vikings are changing things up across the board on offense.
Minnesota Vikings News/ Last Word On Sports / June 11
How the Vikings Use Undrafted Free Agency to Their Advantage
With his third offseason in Minnesota finalized and ready to compete on the field, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has had a knack for making splashes in undrafted free agency.
Kwesi Adofo-Mensah News/ Pro Football Rumors / June 9
Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah addresses financial approach
A few major roster-building decisions have been made this offseason, including the recent monster investment made in receiver Justin Jefferson.
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