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VikingsTerritory’s Purple Rumor Mill is a two-day chronicle every week. All of the week’s rumors are lassoed and plopped in two spots — articles on Saturday and Sunday — for assessment. Right this moment is the March 2nd version.
Vikings Rumors: Sam Darnold within the AFC, Hollywood Brown, Jonathan Allen Commerce
Bear in mind — rumors are rumors. What you learn on weekends in these items is what the world is speaking about pertaining to the Vikings, not essentially objects that may come to fruition.
Right here’s the second batch of the week. Yesterday’s might be learn right here.
Rumor: ESPN believes Sam Darnold will grow to be a Steeler.
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ESPN’s Benjamin Solak sized up touchdown spots for the NFL’s quarterback carousel this week, and for the Darnold, the Steelers gained the sweepstakes.
“Keeping Fields is a possibility, but if the Steelers really liked him, why did they continue to play Russell Wilson over him? And though I have some healthy skepticism of how Darnold will fare without Kevin O’Connell and Justin Jefferson, he’s arguably the best free agent quarterback available,” Solak wrote.
Darnold begot a season worthy of backdoor MVP consideration in 2024, recording 4,319 passing yards, 36 whole touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. The Vikings had been straight cruising with Darnold in cost, boasting a 14-2 file by way of 16 video games. He collapsed, although, dropping within the Wildcard Spherical to the Los Angeles Rams. Most Vikings followers determined J.J. McCarthy could be a wiser resolution for the longer term, hoping to implement a quarterback who may not capitulate when it mattered essentially the most.
Solak added about Pittsburgh as Darnold’s subsequent residence, “The Steelers land him because they have the most to offer — a potentially very good defense, winning history under Mike Tomlin and the lack of a top pick (making them less likely to take a first-round rookie).”
This one might make sense for Pittsburgh, particularly after Matthew Stafford returned to the Rams on Friday.
Rumor: WR Hollywood Brown is a free-agent slot in Minnesota.
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Per CBS Sports activities, free company might be one of the best route for Minnesota to discover a WR3, maybe veteran wideout Hollywood Brown, who performed for the Tremendous Bowl runner-up Kansas Metropolis Chiefs final season.
“Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown was supposed to help the Chiefs stretch the field deep with Patrick Mahomes, but a preseason injury that required surgery involving one of his shoulder joints sidelined him until Week 16,” CBS Sports activities’ Garrett Podell wrote about Brown’s impending free company.
Podell listed the Vikings, Lions, Chiefs, and Rams as touchdown spots for Brown.
“He probably makes the most sense on another one-year, prove-it deal, but at the age of 28, he still might have some big-play juice still in him. That’s why a Chiefs return or a move to another team with a high-powered offense to where Brown could be a nice complementary piece makes the most sense.”
Followers would take pleasure in this free-agent addition, primarily due to Brown’s scrumptious velocity.
Rumor: Jonathan Allen is on the market for commerce, and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah might pounce.
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NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport tweeted Tuesday, “The Commanders have had trade conversations centered around Pro Bowl DL Jonathan Allen, sources say. Washington plans to do right by the player & Allen’s camp is involved in helping him land at the right spot — either via trade or free agency. He has one year left at $15M.”
Allen was truly in Minnesota’s commerce rumor mill final 12 months, beginning in the summertime and main all the best way as much as the November deadline. Washington in the end hung onto Allen and later reached the NFC Championship.
Adofo-Mensah insinuated this week that the Vikings would enhance the DT spot this offseason, and Allen is an affordable candidate, certainly.
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