The three Huge Strikes from Vikings Free Company | Day 3

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The Minnesota Vikings navigated Free Company Day No. 3 on Tuesday, and it was a tad bit quieter than Tuesday’s historic occasions.

The three Huge Strikes from Vikings Free Company | Day 3

Free company’s second wave is about to hit the Vikings and the league, and Minnesota nonetheless has loads of money to spend.

Total, these had been the three massive strikes from Vikings Free Company Day No. 3, ranked in ascending order (No. 1 = most essential).

3. Tavierre Thomas (CB, ST) to Vikings

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The Vikings’ predominant social media account tweeted, “Adding more pieces. The Vikings have agreed to terms with DB Tavierre Thomas.”

The transfer stunned onlookers as a result of no supply had reported on the transaction earlier than the tweet. Often throughout free company, a participant, agent, or reporter learns of a brand new signing, and the Vikings verify it quickly after. Not this time — the Vikings personally introduced the deal.

Implication for Minnesota:

Of us ought to understand Thomas as a particular groups addition after huge receiver Trent Sherfield joined the Denver Broncos on Tuesday. After all, Thomas may earn some defensive snaps, however outwardly, the transfer resembles a Sherfield alternative.

Particular groups matter, too.

2. Javon Hargrave Is Formally Official

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Minnesota needed to wait till Wednesday to formally add Hargrave as a result of the San Francisco 49ers couldn’t formally drop him till then.

Right here’s Hargave’s Professional Soccer Focus resume thus far:

2024: 60.6

2023: 74.9

2022: 80.1

2021: 67.3

2020: 61.2

2019: 83.4

2018: 80.6

2017: 74.3

2016: 63.7

Implication for Minnesota:

Minnesota now has two new and notable three-technique defensive tackles — Hargrave and Jonathan Allen. Vikings followers would’ve been thrilled with only one this offseason. However normal supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah selected trench warfare.

1. Harrison Smith Returns for Yr No. 14

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NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero tweeted Wednesday night, “Six-time Pro Bowl safety Harrison Smith will return for a 14th NFL season, agreeing to terms today on a new contract with the Vikings, per sources. At age 36, Smith is still playing at a high level and can now add to his hall of fame resume.”

The contract is a $10.25 million base with incentives as much as $14 million.

Defensive coordinator Brian Flores can also be again within the saddle for 2025, maybe a significant factor in Smith’s determination. Vikings followers will likely be wanting to see Smith cross paths with quarterback J.J. McCarthy, no less than for one season.

Implication for Minnesota:

One of many purple staff’s all-time greats is again within the saddle. Minnesota needn’t signal a free-agent security. It’ll be Smith, Josh Metellus, and Theo Jackson in 2025.

Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his day by day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options friends, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple staff, 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 intently because the NFL. 

All statistics supplied by Professional Soccer Reference / Stathead; all contractual data supplied by OverTheCap.com.