2026 Vikings Season

[Danchat]

10 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Zero depth at this point. 

At least they did make the savvy move to sign Van Demark away from Buffalo and he should be alright filling in for Darrisaw for a week. Too bad Brandel isn't the swing guard and can play a more natural position at LG. Huber wasn't terrible... but yeah, now the backups are Tiernan (not close to ready and he played some blocking TE vs the Fins) and Keegan (claimed on waivers on cutdown day). 

10 hours ago, TheLeviathan said:

That's true, but that's a battle every team in the NFL faces.  See: Green Bay Packers.  

Yes, but they also went into the season with a flat-out bad starting OL. They needed to sign multiple veterans and instead waited until the first week of October to add them.

[TheLeviathan]

9 hours ago, Danchat said:

At least they did make the savvy move to sign Van Demark away from Buffalo and he should be alright filling in for Darrisaw for a week. Too bad Brandel isn't the swing guard and can play a more natural position at LG. Huber wasn't terrible... but yeah, now the backups are Tiernan (not close to ready and he played some blocking TE vs the Fins) and Keegan (claimed on waivers on cutdown day). 

Yes, but they also went into the season with a flat-out bad starting OL. They needed to sign multiple veterans and instead waited until the first week of October to add them.

For sure, but it's becoming a trend that your offensive line health is almost as important as your QB health.  

[nicksaviking]

Why did I get a notification that OBJ is signing with the Vikings? They don't even have targets for Jauan Jennings. Even when Jefferson is out.

[Vanimal46]

5 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Why did I get a notification that OBJ is signing with the Vikings? They don't even have targets for Jauan Jennings. Even when Jefferson is out.

Yep. My first thought when I saw the alert was...

[nicksaviking]

5 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Yep. My first thought when I saw the alert was...

Maybe the Vikings trade Jennings back to San Francisco, who continue to have injured Wide Receivers?

Also, I wonder if Tai Felton will end up with more receptions or tackles in his career. Currently it's Tackles - 9 Receptions - 4.

[Vanimal46]

43 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Maybe the Vikings trade Jennings back to San Francisco, who continue to have injured Wide Receivers?

Also, I wonder if Tai Felton will end up with more receptions or tackles in his career. Currently it's Tackles - 9 Receptions - 4.

Oh man, I didn't realize things were that bleak for Felton. I would not be surprised if Jennings wants out of here. We aren't even looking his direction on pass plays.

[nicksaviking]

6 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Oh man, I didn't realize things were that bleak for Felton. I would not be surprised if Jennings wants out of here. We aren't even looking his direction on pass plays.

Yeah, and did we ever find out what the 'personal issue' was that kept him out week two?

[Vanimal46]

58 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Yeah, and did we ever find out what the 'personal issue' was that kept him out week two?

Ben Goessling tweeted it was a death of a close family member. Dang. Well that could be weighing heavily on his mind while he’s renting an apartment in MN away from his family. 

[Vanimal46]

Vikings probably should have been in on this trade candidate. Eagles are decimating their OL. Good luck Hurts. 

[nicksaviking]

32 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Vikings probably should have been in on this trade candidate. Eagles are decimating their OL. Good luck Hurts. 

Sounds like Jurgens was getting quite a bit of blame for the poor play on the interior of the Eagles O-line. He'd been playing both LG and Center,

It will be interesting to see how it goes in Baltimore. At this point, I'm not sure why anyone would make a meaningful trade with Howie Roseman.

[The Great Hambino]

28 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Vikings probably should have been in on this trade candidate. Eagles are decimating their OL. Good luck Hurts. 

Interesting - that's two prominent in-season trades that I can think of so far (Joey Porter Jr) where the highest-value pick being moved is for 2028, not 2027.   Two points don't make a trend, but could this be an indication that teams just aren't willing to move capital in what's supposed to be a stacked draft next year? 

I wonder if that will have any ramifications for teams looking to move up and down the draft board during next year's draft (read: you might be disappointed if your plans involve moving up).  Or maybe I just need to get back to work

[Danchat]

2 hours ago, nicksaviking said:

Why did I get a notification that OBJ is signing with the Vikings? They don't even have targets for Jauan Jennings. Even when Jefferson is out.

It's just a practice squad signing, he probably doesn't end up doing anything (by the way, RB Devin Neal got axed from the PS, a reminder how flippant they are with PS spots). OBJ couldn't last on the Giants 53 man roster so I doubt he does anything for us. 

The film guys I follow are saying that Jennings simply can't separate anymore. And so much for Felton "becoming the next KJ Osborn", something I heard during training camp. Suddenly, the Vikings are out of depth at RB, WR, and OL. While the defense continues to fire on all cylinders.

43 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Vikings probably should have been in on this trade candidate. Eagles are decimating their OL. Good luck Hurts. 

Wow, big OL trades almost never happen mid-season. A 2nd and a 5th is not a cheap price so I get why the Vikings weren't in on that seeing how much capital they've already invested in their OL. Seems like the Eagles are punting on the season with yesterday's news that Lane Johnson is retiring out of nowhere.

[Danchat]

1 minute ago, The Great Hambino said:

Interesting - that's two prominent in-season trades that I can think of so far (Joey Porter Jr) where the highest-value pick being moved is for 2028, not 2027.   Two points don't make a trend, but could this be an indication that teams just aren't willing to move capital in what's supposed to be a stacked draft next year? 

I wonder if that will have any ramifications for teams looking to move up and down the draft board during next year's draft (read: you might be disappointed if your plans involve moving up).  Or maybe I just need to get back to work

Absolutely, the 2027 class is supposed to be really deep at many positions. The Patriots also gave up a 2028 1st for AJ Brown instead of their 2027th. Might be like the 2024 class where 6 QBs going in the top 12 pushed a high number of really good prospects down into the later 1st round and plenty of great picks in the 2nd.

[Vanimal46]

24 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Lane Johnson is retiring out of nowhere.

What I'm seeing online is Lane's mom has cancer and is progressing fast. So I don't blame him one bit for thinking I've done enough in the NFL and go spend as much time as he can with his mom. 

[Vanimal46]

The injury report today shows that Addison did not practice due to hamstring soreness. Jefferson was limited. Starting to make a little more sense why OBJ was signed...

[TheLeviathan]

O'Neill and Jefferson are practicing.  Addison and Darrisaw are not.

We just signed the husk of OBJ after spending the 102nd pick on Tai Felton.

On the board at that time: Deone Walker (who might have led to a different pick in last year's 1st round), Cam Skattebo, Chimere Dike, Bhayshal Tuten, Woody Marks, and Billy Bowman.

Woof.

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, TheLeviathan said:

O'Neill and Jefferson are practicing.  Addison and Darrisaw are not.

We just signed the husk of OBJ after spending the 102nd pick on Tai Felton.

On the board at that time: Deone Walker (who might have led to a different pick in last year's 1st round), Cam Skattebo, Chimere Dike, Bhayshal Tuten, Woody Marks, and Billy Bowman.

Woof.

Another Kwesi masterpiece! 

[TheLeviathan]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

Another Kwesi masterpiece! 

Yeah, at the time I was able to swallow my pride and accept the pick for what it was.  I had probably just given up hope that guys I actually liked would be picked.

[Mike Sixel]

Kwesi being gone is huge for this team. Just awful drafts. 

[mrmpls]

Murray7 played pretty well 

[Vanimal46]

Please keep Tyreek Hill far away from this team. Sign whatever washed up veteran they want like OBJ and JuJu Smith-Schuster. Just keep Tyreek off this team. 

[nicksaviking]

35 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Please keep Tyreek Hill far away from this team. Sign whatever washed up veteran they want like OBJ and JuJu Smith-Schuster. Just keep Tyreek off this team. 

Josh Jacobs is still getting the cold shoulder from the league, and what he did sounded much tamer than what Hill did. I’d guess Hill hits the commissioner’s exempt list for the entirety of the season if a team was foolish enough to sign him.

[Vanimal46]

Just now, nicksaviking said:

Josh Jacobs is still getting the cold shoulder from the league, and what he did sounded much tamer than what Hill did. I’d guess Hill hits the commissioner’s exempt list for the entirety of the season if a team was foolish enough to sign him.

I hope so. The Vikings really screwed up by testing out a Hill 10 graphic outside of the stadium. They tried covering their tracks by saying it was an “employee” celebrating their 10 year anniversary named “Bryen Hill”. They even created a fake LinkedIn pictureless profile. 

[Vanimal46]

Tyreek very clearly wants to play here or KC. Let him be Andy Reid’s headache again. 

[nicksaviking]

13 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

I hope so. The Vikings really screwed up by testing out a Hill 10 graphic outside of the stadium. They tried covering their tracks by saying it was an “employee” celebrating their 10 year anniversary named “Bryen Hill”. They even created a fake LinkedIn pictureless profile. 

What?? That's the first I heard of that. 

That's weird and obviously insane by whomever chose to do it. I can't imagine Teasley is talking to the marketing department about possible free agents before the team actually signed a free agent. And if he is, I would completely reconsider my interest in keeping him.

[nicksaviking]

13 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Tyreek very clearly wants to play here or KC. Let him be Andy Reid’s headache again. 

He'd hate it here after one game once he realizes that he'd be a sacrificial X receiver used to run routes to draw coverage off of Jefferson. He wouldn't come close to the target share he'd expect.

[Vanimal46]

31 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

What?? That's the first I heard of that. 

That's weird and obviously insane by whomever chose to do it. I can't imagine Teasley is talking to the marketing department about possible free agents before the team actually signed a free agent. And if he is, I would completely reconsider my interest in keeping him.

Feels like a cover up to me...

[nicksaviking]

2 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Feels like a cover up to me...

Yeah, they'd need to show past instances of them honoring employees this way for any credibility.

But there's no way a competent GM would ever tell the marketing team to do this. And I really hope we have a competent GM. Perhaps not though. Fingers crossed this was just a terrible idea from whatever 22-year-old fantasy football fan operates the billboard.

[Danchat]

Tyreek also had a dislocated knee last year (aka the Teddy Bridgewater injury) in addition to his tremendous baggage, so no, signing him would make no sense. Jauan Jennings is already rumored to be getting traded sooner than later thanks to the lack of target share.