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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 assessment. At this time is the February fifteenth version.
Vikings Rumors: The Shocking Byron Murphy Concept, Aaron Rodgers Obsession, Kirk Cousins
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 staff, not essentially objects that can come to fruition.
Right here’s the primary batch of the week. All previous rumors might be learn right here.
Rumor: Minnesota is likelier to maintain security Camryn Bynum than cornerback Byron Murphy Jr.
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ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler appeared to trace this week that Murphy Jr. may depart the franchise whereas security Camryn Bynum stayed.
“Several free agents — Byron Murphy II, Camryn Bynum, Cam Robinson, Aaron Jones — could get cushy deals elsewhere, but GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has shown adaptability in adding new talent. (A prime example is last season’s pass-rush duo of Jonathan Greenard and Andrew Van Ginkel,)” Fowler wrote.
“In the secondary, the sense here is Murphy Jr. walks but Bynum could stay under a new deal.”
Murphy Jr. looks like a no brainer to re-sign, primarily as a result of he’s busted into stardom this season. The veteran defender has nabbed 6 interceptions throughout his second season in Minnesota, together with a unbelievable 76.7 passer-rating-against. His subsequent contract’s price ticket has skyrocketed accordingly.
However ESPN claims in any other case.
Rumor: Aaron Rodgers may be a part of the Vikings’ roster this offseason.
Rodgers-to-Minnesota theories have been boosted by ESPN’s Adam Schefter earlier this week. “My guess would be that he ends up playing,” Schefter stated on The Pat McAfee Present Monday. “He’s gonna want to continue playing. I would guess he’ll want to do it at a place that wants him. Here’s a guy that, I think he’s made more money than any NFL player in history right now. So that gives him the ability to sit back and be selective about what he does and doesn’t want to do.”
Then, he delivered the Vikings morsel. “It’s a fluid, moving thing. Is Minnesota gonna lose Sam Darnold, or are they gonna bring him back?” Schefter rhetorically requested.
Of us ran with these feedback from Schefter, and now Rodgers because the Vikings 2025 quarterback appears quasi-realistic, even when he’s 20 years older than J.J. McCarthy.
Rumor: Kirk Cousins may find yourself with the Jets.
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Per ESPN, as a result of Cousins will probably want a brand new NFL staff this offseason, the Jets may make sense as a touchdown spot.
Wealthy Cimini spitballed Cousins to the Jets this week. “Kirk Cousins could shake free from the Atlanta Falcons, who have committed to Michael Penix Jr. after the making the switch last season,” Cimini defined. “Cousins is an interesting possibility because his former Vikings GM, Rick Spielman, is now the Jets’ senior football adviser. He’d be cost-effective. The Falcons are on the hook for his $27.5 million base salary (guaranteed), so the Jets would have to pay only the veterans minimum, roughly $1.2 million.”
Why will Cousins change into a commodity this offseason? It’s fairly easy: He’ll already obtain a mighty paycheck from the Falcons, the staff that can quickly launch or commerce him. His scenario resembles Russell Wilson’s one 12 months in the past when a quarterback-needy staff may signal him for affordable. That was the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Cleveland Browns seem to be essentially the most possible touchdown spot for Cousins due to the Kevin Stefanski connection, however New York evidently can’t be dominated out.
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 visitors, 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 carefully because the NFL.
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