Vikings Offseason 2026

[TheLeviathan]

41 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

He's only 30 years old... Not bad for a safety. Or maybe he's a hybrid Mettellus type of player in a Brian Flores defense?

How the eff is he only 30?

[TheLeviathan]

No offense @Vanimal46 but I googled that because I thought you were wrong.  He seems like he's been around for 20 years.

[Mike Sixel]

I've said for years, more teams should play hybrid cover guys at LB. This might be the end of Pace. 

[Vanimal46]

31 minutes ago, TheLeviathan said:

How the eff is he only 30?

You and me both after I googled it. I figured he was closer to 35 than 30. 

[Vanimal46]

24 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I've said for years, more teams should play hybrid cover guys at LB. This might be the end of Pace. 

I've got to think Adams is his direct competition. They need to play the role of playing near the line of scrimmage and blitz more often than not. 

[Danchat]

Adams got moved to LB for the Raiders because he was shot at safety (he just couldn't cover anymore), he played 75% of his snaps at LB and another 25% at slot CB, only 2 snaps all of last year at safety. And he has a serious tackling issue. And he'll be 31 soon with an extensive injury history... probably not a guy who is going to make an impact on this team. He really fell off a cliff after having 3 straight All-Pro (1st or 2nd team) seasons, getting traded for 2 1sts and getting a 4/$70M deal, then at around age 26 he was never the same, probably injury related.

3 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

This might be the end of Pace. 

They gave Pace $3.5M when they didn't have to, presumably to play special teams. Golday getting drafted in Round 2 was already the deathnell for Pace playing any snaps. He already wasn't with just Cashman and Wilson ahead of him. That money is unguaranteed so he could get axed and that wouldn't be shocking, but the fact that they paid him that much in an offseason where they barely spent anything makes me think they believe he is a very good special teamer.

The only spot I see Adams makes sense is as the Metellus backup, but the defense was totally fine when Metellus hit the IR last year and Jay Ward picked up his snaps. Once upon a time he was an elite blitzer so I get why Flores would like that... but not now in the twilight of his career.

[Parfigliano]

12 hours ago, TheLeviathan said:

How the eff is he only 30?

Accident of birth.

[Mike Sixel]

Brian O'Neill extended for four more years. He'll be in Minnesota for five more years. 

[nicksaviking]

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

Brian O'Neill extended for four more years. He'll be in Minnesota for five more years. 

I'm happy to have the consistency, but he had a lot of moments last year where he struggled. I wouldn't be surprised if the contract was built so the Vikings could get out of it even as soon as next off season.

[Vanimal46]

A little more expensive than I would like, but you can’t gamble on the tackle position. Darrisaw has his durability concerns, and if you can’t protect the QB the offense swirls down the drain.