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Fully healthy as camp begins
Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 7:58 PM
Darrisaw (knee) told reporters Thursday that he hasn't felt this good "in two years," per Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com.
Analysis: The left tackle tore his ACL and MCL in October 2024 and then struggled to play through the issue during the 2025 campaign, appearing in just 10 games. Darrisaw said he healed fully in the offseason and is no longer dealing with stiffness in his leg, according to Seifert. He has started 57 of the 59 games he's played in across a five-year NFL career. |
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Myles Price Myles Price Cleared for camp
Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 3:13 PM
Price passed his conditioning test and is good to go for training camp, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.
Analysis: The top kickoff and punt returner for the Vikings suffered an ankle injury in late Week 17 of last season. After an offseason of healing, Price is all set to suit up for training camp to attempt to defend his spot as the team's top return specialist. Tai Felton is the 24-year-old's primary competition for the role. |
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Makes deal to stay in Minnesota
Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 6:24 PM
The Vikings signed O'Neill to a contract extension Tuesday, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.
Analysis: Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, it's a four-year deal worth $96 million which will keep O'Neill under contract with Minnesota through the 2030 season. The two-time Pro Bowler figures to resume his role as the starting right tackle in 2026 and beyond. |
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Kyler Murray Kyler Murray To share reps with McCarthy
Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 1:21 PM
Coach Kevin O'Connell noted Tuesday that Murray and J.J. McCarthy are slated to take reps with both the first-team and second-team offense during training camp practices, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.
Analysis: The report adds that O'Connell has a timeline in place to announce the Vikings' starter at QB in order to give the team and players clarity, but at this stage it's unclear how long he'll wait to make that call. In any case, look for added context regarding this looming job battle to arrive once the team takes to the practice field. For now, Murray profiles as the favorite to land the Week 1 start, but that's a narrative that could change if McCarthy looks sharp as training camp progresses. |
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J.J. McCarthy J.J. McCarthy Continues splitting reps
Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 1:15 PM
McCarthy and Kyler Murray will both split reps with the first- and second-team offenses during the early portion of training camp, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.
Analysis: McCarthy and Murray continue to engage in what seems like one of the league's few true quarterback competitions. Head coach Kevin O'Connell has stated that he has a timetable in place to announce a starter, but further clarity seemingly won't arrive until further in training camp and/or the preseason. A 2024 first-round pick, McCarthy missed his entire rookie season due to injury and then logged an up-and-down Year 2, throwing for 1,632 yards with an 11:12 TD:INT across 10 regular-season starts in 2025. |
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Jordan Mims Jordan Mims Signs with Minnesota
Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 1:07 PM
The Vikings signed Mims to a one-year contract Tuesday.
Analysis: The 49ers waived Mims in June after a two-week stint with the team. The running back has logged 101 offensive snaps and 60 special teams snaps through 14 career games. With Aaron Jones and Jordan Mason once again set to dominate the Vikings' backfield, Mims will need to show out in training camp to remain on the active roster. |
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Lands in Minnesota
Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 7:55 PM
Adams signed with the Vikings on Monday, NFL reporter Jordan Schultz reports.
Analysis: The former Pro Bowler appeared in all 17 regular-season games for the first time since 2018 last season, making 45 tackles (30 solo) for the Raiders. Adams, a longtime safety, played linebacker for Las Vegas in 2025, and his positional versatility should give him a chance to earn a role for the Vikings as well. Minnesota plans to also deploy Adams as a linebacker, Matt Zenitz of CBSSports.com reports. |
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Kejon Owens Kejon Owens Moves to active/NFI list
Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 6:50 PM
Owens was placed on the active/non-football illness list by the Vikings on Monday.
Analysis: The running back can be activated from the list at any point during training camp once he's feeling ok again. Owens was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Vikings in April after recording 1,334 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on 213 carries (6.3 YPC) with Florida International last season. |
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Will Reichard Will Reichard Entering third year with Vikings
Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 11:03 AM
Reichard is set to reprise his role as Minnesota's kicker in 2026, Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports.
Analysis: Reichard cemented his spot as the Vikings' placekicker with an impressive sophomore season in the NFL, as he missed only twice on 35 field-goal attempts during the 2025 regular season. Minnesota doesn't have any competition for the 2024 sixth-round pick on the roster heading into training camp. |
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Jordan Addison Jordan Addison Maintains key role in WR corps
Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 12:07 PM
As the coming season approaches, Addison is set to maintain his key role alongside Justin Jefferson in a Minnesota WR corps that added Jauan Jennings this offseason, Rob Kleifield of the team's official site reports.
Analysis: The Vikings exercised Addison's fifth-year option in April, with the 2023 first-rounder now under contract with the team through 2027. Over the course of 14 regular-season games in 2025, Addison recorded a 42-610-3 receiving line on 79 targets, but issues with drops and subpar QB play didn't help his cause in his third season as a pro. With signal caller Kyler Murray (formerly of the Cardinals) now on board and viewed as the favorite start in Week 1 over J.J. McCarthy, Addison profiles as a bounce-back candidate in 2026 if the potential QB change helps spark a Minnesota passing offense that was also bolstered by the addition of a viable WR3 in Jennings. |
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Kyler Murray Kyler Murray QB competition looming
Thu, Jul 9, 2026, 5:00 PM
During an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, coach Kevin O'Connell declined to shed much light on the upcoming QB competition between Murray and J.J. McCarthy, Nick Shook of NFL.com reports.
Analysis: As training camp approaches, O'Connell has yet to declare a QB pecking order, though he did offer brief assessments of the team's top three signal callers, as well as his general approach to evaluating the position. "Kyler has come in and done a great job," O'Connell noted of the team's offseason free-agent acquisition. "J.J., I think, has benefit[ed] from it; he's had a really good spring. Carson Wentz is the veteran quarterback in the room. As a guy who's played seven or eight quarterbacks in four years, the two years we had our starter play the whole season, we won 13 and 14 games. So we want to try to get back to the standard of having the quarterback position be a driving force behind us winning by doing their job, by hopefully activating the great players they get to play with." Valuable context regarding this looming job battle is slated to arrive once training camp commences later this month, but at this stage Murray profiles as the favorite to draw Minnesota's Week 1 start. |
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Expected back for training camp
Thu, Jul 2, 2026, 11:22 AM
Coach Kevin O'Connell said in June that Banks (foot), who did not participate in spring practices, is expected to be ready by the start of training camp, Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports.
Analysis: Minnesota's rookies are set to report to training camp by July 26, with training camp kicking off for the full team Aug. 1. The Vikings took a cautious approach in the spring with Banks, whom Minnesota drafted 18th overall in April. He sat out spring practices while recovering from a broken bone in his foot, which the defensive tackle out of Florida sustained at the NFL Scouting Combine in February. |
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Jordan Mason Jordan Mason Still sharing backfield with Jones
Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 3:14 PM
As training camp approaches, Mason is slated to reclaim a key role in a Minnesota backfield that also includes Aaron Jones and rookie sixth-rounder Demond Claiborne, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.
Analysis: Though the Vikings have yet to declare a starting QB between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy, there's continuity elsewhere in the offense, with the team's top two RBs, WRs and TEs from last year back for another campaign. Mason is coming off a 2025 regular season in which he recorded 758 yards and six TDs on 159 carries to go along with 14 catches for 51 yards in 16 contests, while Jones carried the ball 132 times for 548 yards and two touchdowns, adding 28 catches (on 41 targets) for 199 yards and a score in 12 games. With Mason and Jones both still around, another RB timeshare -- one that favors Jones in PPR formats -- is in the making for 2026, while Claiborne is a candidate to mix in on passing downs. |
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Aaron Jones Sr. Aaron Jones Sr. Remains key cog in RB corps
Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:26 PM
Ahead of training camp, Jones is set to reclaim his key role in a Minnesota backfield that also includes fellow returnee Jordan Mason and rookie sixth-rounder Demond Claiborne, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.
Analysis: Jones is coming off a 2025 regular season in which he carried 132 times for 548 yards and two touchdowns while adding 28 catches (on 41 targets) for 199 yards and a score in 12 games. With Mason (758 rushing yards and six TDs on 159 carries and 14 catches for 51 yards in 16 contests) still around, another RB time-share -- one that favors Jones in PPR formats -- looms in 2026, with Claiborne a candidate to mix in. |
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Justin Jefferson Justin Jefferson QB competition on tap
Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 8:06 PM
As the 2026 season approaches, Jefferson continues to anchor a Minnesota wide receiver corps that also features Jordan Addisonand free-agent addition Jauan Jennings.
Analysis: While Jefferson's status as the Vikings' top pass catcher is secure, it remains to be seen who will be throwing him the ball come Week 1. Newcomer Kyler Murray is on board to compete with incumbent J.J. McCarthy, and according to coach Kevin O'Connell it's possible that the team's looming QB competition could extend into the preseason, Kevin Seifert of ESPN reports. That said, Murray -- the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft -- is viewed as the favorite to win the job, and if that ends up being the outcome, he'd be Minnesota's fourth different Week 1 starter in the past four seasons. Subpar QB play hampered Jefferson's fantasy upside in 2025, but if Murray seizes the top job and engineers a bounce-back season of his own in the process, Jefferson stands to benefit. |
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Marshall Lang Marshall Lang Joining Vikes
Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 6:50 PM
Minnesota signed Lang on Tuesday.
Analysis: Lang shifted between practice squads for Seattle and New England during his rookie year in 2025, and now he's getting a new opportunity with the Vikings. With T.J. Hockenson and Josh Oliver both expected to contribute at tight end in 2026, there won't be much breathing room for others trying to find their way onto the field. |
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Back on field
Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 4:22 PM
Darrisaw (knee) "looks unbelievable" while participating in Minnesota's minicamp, Ben Goessling of The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
Analysis: Tackle Brian O'Neill had high praise for Darrisaw when asked about his first full offseason back from a torn ACL, which is a promising sign for his recovery. Darrisaw had a scheduled down day Wednesday, but once fully healthy, he's expected to operate as Minnesota's starting left tackle. |
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J.J. McCarthy J.J. McCarthy Sharing snaps with Murray
Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 11:55 AM
McCarthy and free-agent addition Kyler Murray shared QB reps during Tuesday's mandatory minicamp practice, Lindsey Young of the Vikings' official site reports.
Analysis: Fellow signal callers Carson Wentz and Max Brosmer remain in the reserve mix, while Kevin Seifert of ESPN relays that Murray was on the field for the first QB snaps during team drills Tuesday, after which McCarthy took about an equal number of snaps with the starters -- as was the trend during the media-access portions of Minnesota's OTAs. Per Seifert, Murray is viewed as the favorite to win the the team's ongoing quarterback competition, but at this stage the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft continues his transition to a new offensive system while splitting work with McCarthy, the 10th overall pick in 2024, who is coming off a 2025 campaign in which he threw for 1,632 yards with an 11:12 TD:INT in 10 regular-season starts. |
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Kyler Murray Kyler Murray Sharing reps with McCarthy
Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 6:52 PM
Murray was on the field for the first snaps of team drills during Tuesday's mandatory minicamp session, Kevin Seifert of ESPN reports.
Analysis: Though Murray was out there first Tuesday, Seifert notes that fellow QB J.J. McCarthy took about an equal number of snaps with the starters, which was also the case during the media-access portions of the Vikings' OTAs. At this stage, a decision on who will emerge as the team's starter doesn't appear imminent, with Murray acknowledging that sharing reps with McCarthy has been challenging as he adjusts to a new offensive system. For his part, Seifert considers Murray the favorite to win the top job, but McCarthy -- who Minnesota took 10th overall in the 2024 NFL Draft -- still has time to change that narrative ahead of Week 1. |
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Trayvon Rudolph Trayvon Rudolph Bound for Minnesota
Thu, Jun 4, 2026, 7:03 PM
The Vikings signed Rudolph on Thursday, Rob Kleifield of the team's official site reports.
Analysis: A little over a week after he was waived by Seattle, Rudolph is now getting another shot with a new club. The undrafted rookie is not physically imposing, but he did demonstrate some ability as a kick returner at Toledo, which could help him get more opportunities early on. |
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