Vikings Rumors: Purple Rumor Mill: Horny Free Agent Signing for Vikings, Jimmy Garoppolo, Najee Harris

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VikingsTerritory’s Purple Rumor Mill is a two-day chronicle every week. All of the week’s Vikings rumors are lassoed and plopped in two spots — articles on Saturday and Sunday — for evaluate. In the present day is the February 1st version.

Vikings Rumors: Purple Rumor Mill: Horny Free Agent Signing for Vikings, Jimmy Garoppolo, Najee Harris

Keep in mind — rumors are rumors. What you learn on weekends in these items is what the world is speaking about pertaining to the purple crew, not essentially objects that can come to fruition.

Right here’s the primary batch of the week. All previous rumors will be learn right here.

Rumor: Jevon Holland is a fan of Brian Flores, rising his probabilities of signing with the Vikings in March.

Inexperienced Bay Packers operating again Josh Jacobs (8) pushes his method into the endzone for a landing in opposition to Miami Dolphins security J. Holland (8) throughout their soccer recreation Thursday, November 28, 2024, at Lambeau Discipline in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. © Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Photos.

If Harrison Smith retires and Camryn Bynum leaves in free company, Minnesota can be left with the prospect of beginning Josh Metellus and Jay Ward. Nonetheless, as a result of Smith and Bynum may vanish, the Vikings are a common sense choice so as to add Jevon Holland by way of free company.

The Vikings might need a dire security want.

Flores drafted Holland in Miami 4 years in the past.

Furthermore, Holland has talked about his optimistic relationship with Flores, bordering on adoration. He tweeted two years in the past when Flores landed Minnesota’s defensive coordinator job: “Flo was apart of the reason I got drafted making my lifelong dream come true. I got nothing but love for him!”

That’s a incredible start line for Vikings free company if basic supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is considering Holland.

Holland is a flexible security who can do all of it, not outwardly displaying many weaknesses. And if Flores returns to Minnesota for Yr No. 3 — he most likely will — Holland’s versatility is simply what the physician ordered in Flores’ system.

Let it’s identified that this rumor makes quite a lot of sense.

Rumor: Jimmy Garoppolo is a QB2 choice for Minnesota in 2025.

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In line with CBS Sports activities, J.J. McCarthy because the Vikings’ starter subsequent fall isn’t a foregone conclusion, posting an article this week claiming that Minnesota may signal veteran Jimmy Garoppolo as a placeholder quarterback this offseason.

Cody Benjamin defined, “At 33, Garoppolo is older and less explosive than Sam Darnold, the Vikings’ 2024 starter. He’s also likely to come much cheaper, and he played on some big stages under general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah with the San Francisco 49ers. He could be another placeholder until young J.J. McCarthy is ready.”

Whereas including Garopplo is definitely an choice — he simply labored for the Los Angeles Rams, Kevin O’Connell’s former employer — letting Garoppolo take the reins of QB1 feels severely unlikely.

Why? Effectively, Minnesota already has Daniel Jones in its roster orbit, signing the cast-off quarterback in November when the New York Giants minimize ties. If the Vikings want to discover a “placeholder” or “bridge” quarterback, as they did final 12 months with Darnold, Jones makes extra sense than Garopplo, primarily as a result of he’s already within the constructing.

Rumor: Minnesota is an effective free-agent match for RB Najee Harris.

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Bleacher Report furnished the Harris-to-Minnesota idea this week in an article outlining the perfect touchdown spots for the league’s free-agent operating backs. BR’s Kristopher Knox defined, “A return to Pittsburgh could make sense, given the system familiarity. However, that doesn’t appear to be high on his priority list.”

Knox added: “Harris would be a sensible target for the Vikings if they don’t retain Aaron Jones. Minnesota is expected to turn the offense over to J.J. McCarthy in 2025, and the young signal-caller would benefit from having a high-volume back in the fold.”

This one may maintain some weight, particularly if the purple crew opts to not re-sign Jones.

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

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