An AFC Group Swoops In with Requests to Meet with 3 of the Vikings’ High Leaders – Vikings Territory

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The New York Jets, an AFC group coming off of a 5-12 season, desires to fulfill with among the Vikings’ high leaders.

The reporting comes courtesy of Adam Schefter of ESPN and Dianna Russini of The Athletic. Per the 2 league insiders, the Jets wish to meet with defensive coordinator Brian Flores, quarterback coach Josh McCown, and govt Ryan Grigson.

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Proper off the highest, the phrase from the insiders.

Russini of The Athletic handed alongside the phrase about one of many Vikings’ high executives: “The New York Jets have requested to speak to Vikings senior VP of player personnel Ryan Grigson, per source.”

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The enchantment of Flores is apparent.

A robust chief who’s popular with his gamers in Minnesota, Flores has pushed the Vikings’ protection as much as fifth within the NFL by permitting 19.5 factors towards per recreation. Needless to say the 2022 Vikings have been terrible on protection with Ed Donatell main the cost. A pair seasons is all Flores wanted to show them right into a top-5 group.

In fact, there was plenty of free agent expertise introduced aboard, however the DC deserves credit score for making all of the items match. Letting him work with Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams (amongst others) might result in an incredible Jets protection.

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Flores will know the Jets fairly nicely since he was the top coach of the Dolphins from 2019-2021, a division rival. Furthermore, Flores spent a ton of time teaching (and scouting) with the Patriots, one other group within the AFC East.

The enchantment of hiring McCown is that he’s a quarterback knowledgeable with a ton of taking part in expertise. The NFL likes hiring offensive head coaches, so that offers the Vikings’ QB coach a little bit of an edge even when Flores has confirmed that he’s deserving of one of many NFL’s high 32 spots.

In the meantime, Ryan Grigson is an intriguing choice to turn out to be a basic supervisor once more. Previous to working in Minnesota, Grigson was the GM for the Colts. His 5 seasons went from 2012-2016 and he put collectively a 49-31 document inside that timeframe. He’s nicely regarded inside TCO Efficiency Middle.

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The final time the Jets gained the AFC East was again in 2002. The final time the Jets went to the playoffs was again in 2010. Seeing Flores depart for the AFC group can be a shock. Perhaps McCown can have extra curiosity, particularly since he used to play for them.

New York owns the seventh choose within the draft.

Editor’s Word: Info from Professional Soccer Reference helped with this piece.

Okay. Joudry is the Senior Editor for Vikings Territory and PurplePTSD. He has been protecting the Vikings full time for the reason that summer season of 2021. He will be discovered on Twitter, as a co-host for Notes from the North, and because the proprietor at The Vikings Gazette, a humble Vikings Substack.