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Thirty years later, Vikings can aspire to be like the 1992 team

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Can Jesse Davis avoid the Vikings' guard graveyard?

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Can the Vikings still field an adequate secondary?

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The Matt Ryan situation should be a cautionary tale for the Vikings with Kirk Cousins

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Defensive targets for the Vikings in free agency

Over 4,200 defensive snaps are entering free agency, and based on the team’s porous defense a year ago, it’s unclear if any of those pending free agents will return.

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Offensive targets for the Vikings in free agency

It’s officially March, and that means football’s version of March Madness — free agency — is right around the corner.

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What we learned from the Minnesota Vikings' new coordinators Wes Phillips, Ed Donatell and Matt Daniels

The Vikings continued their offseason parade of press conferences by introducing their three new coordinators Thursday afternoon.

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The likelihood of return for the Vikings' 20 free agents

We are just three weeks out from free agency, and the Vikings are still in the red financially. OverTheCap has them $16 million over the salary cap — a number that will have to be reduced before they can make any moves with their 20 free agents.

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Setting the stage for what's going to be a crazy QB market

With the 2021 season in the books, we are officially in offseason mode. The NFL Combine is less than two weeks away and free agency opens in one month. Trades can’t be made official until the start of the league year in mid-March but teams do not have to wait to come to trade agreements. Last year the Philadelphia Eagles traded Carson Wentz on February 18. So things could start shuffling any day now.

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Takeaways from Kevin O'Connell's introductory press conference

More than five weeks after ownership set in motion a whirlwind general manager and coach search when they fired Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer, Mark and Zygi Wilf sat nearby and watched their new GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah introduce their new head coach Kevin O’Connell to the local media.

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How the Vikings could get Justin Jefferson to put up Cooper Kupp numbers

The offensive coordinator with a front row seat to watch Kupp’s historic season will be inheriting Jefferson and the Vikings offense in 2022, so it’s natural to wonder what Kevin O’Connell could do to ratchet up Jefferson’s production to Cooper Kupp levels.

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Will Kevin O'Connell duplicate the Rams' offense in Minnesota?

The Vikings are soon to announce a head coaching hire in Kevin O’Connell that has fans excited for a new-look offense; one that is expected to advance the Vikings offense forward into the cutting edge of a constantly-evolving NFL.

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How the Vikings could do their best Bengals impression

If the Vikings are looking for inspiration from either of the two Super Bowl teams, they don’t have to stretch their imagination to see a bit of themselves in the Bengals, or at least where the Bengals were three years ago.

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The biggest personnel decisions facing the new Minnesota Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah

New Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah won’t have much time to get his new office organized before he’s asked to make some franchise-altering decisions.

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What does the future hold for the Vikings at linebacker?

It was a luxury for Minnesota to have its two starting linebackers etched into the lineup for seven consecutive years, but with Barr hitting free agency and Kendricks set to turn 30, it’s probably time to turn an eye to the future.

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What changes are coming to the Vikings' offensive line?

If you’re looking for a constant affliction that plagued the Zimmer/Spielman era from Day 1, look no further than the offensive line.