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A weekend publication from VikingsTerritory, we current to you: the Vikings Nopedy Nopes of the week.
Vikings Nopedy Nopes: Matthew Stafford Teasing, the Determined Vikings, Kiper’s Draft Prediction
The nopedy nopes are weekly Minnesota Vikings-themed objects that we’re not shopping for. It’s a spin-off of our rumor mill, and we hope you get pleasure from. Right here is the fiftieth batch of Vikings nopedy nopes within the sequence’ historical past.
The Nopedy Nope: Matthew Stafford was truly a commerce risk for the Vikings.
In keeping with Stafford’s former teammate, Chase Daniel, the Vikings made sense as a touchdown spot for Matthew Stafford. “And the other thing — what’s crazy, and I didn’t really realize it because I played with Stafford in 2020 when he was with Detroit — is that in his entire career, he’s never, ever played on an outdoor team. Lions and Rams — both indoor teams,” Daniel stated final week on FS1’s The Facility.
“I think he needs to go to another indoor team. And who is the other indoor team out there? Minnesota. The Minnesota Vikings. K.O.C. — Kevin O’Connell — coached him as his offensive coordinator during the year the Rams won the Super Bowl.”
Stafford re-upped with the Lions about six days after the feedback. He is not going to be a Viking.
Verdict: Nopedy nope.
The Nopedy Nope: Minnesota is a determined franchise getting into 2025 free company and the draft.
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PFF labeled the Vikings one of many NFL’s most “desperate” groups heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, an odd circumstance as a result of most followers are slightly optimistic in regards to the offseason and the long run on the entire.
“Minnesota holds the fewest picks of any team in the 2025 NFL Draft: The Vikings currently have just three picks, the fewest of any franchise. The 24th overall selection in the first round is their only pick until Round 5, where they hold two picks,” PFF’s Mason Cameron defined this week.
The Vikings used most of their 2025 draft picks on the commerce with the Jacksonville Jaguars that landed exterior linebacker Dallas Turner 10 months in the past.
Cameron continued, “The Vikings will watch many key contributors from their 2024 secondary enter the market, with Josh Metellus standing as the lone cornerback or safety left under contract who recorded 80 or more defensive snaps this past season.”
“That puts significant pressure on Minnesota’s front office to land quality free agents and also emphasizes the team’s lack of draft capital should they fall short in free agency.”
Normal supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has over $60 million to spend in free company, which will get underway in eight days, so maybe the purple workforce can cut back the alleged desperation by filling roster wants from the open veteran market.
It’s fairly bizarre to name a workforce that simply received 14 video games in a season … determined.
Verdict: Nopedy nope.
The Nopedy Nope: The Vikings will draft iOL Gray Zabel in Spherical 1.
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ESPN’s Mel Kiper posted a predictive Spherical 1 mock draft this week as NFL Mix festivities kicked off in Indianapolis. And for the Vikings, Kiper predicted an offensive lineman, North Dakota State’s Gray Zabel.
Minnesota drafting an inside offensive lineman in Spherical 1 definitely isn’t inconceivable.
However it’s considerably extra possible that the Vikings will use the twenty fourth decide on a cornerback or defensive sort out. An iOL looks like a place that might be in play if Kwesi Adofo-Mensah trades again on draft night time.
We are saying nopedy nope on an offensive lineman until there’s a commerce down.
Verdict: Nopedy nope.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his each day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options friends, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple workforce, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as carefully because the NFL.
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