Minnesota Vikings 2025 depth chart: Updated look after free agency spending spree

New starters on the interior offensive and defensive lines. The secondary looks different with numerous departures. Where do holes still exist?

J.J. McCarthy during his preseason debut in 2024 against the Raiders. | Image courtesy of the Minnesota Viking

NFL free agency has resulted in some beefy upgrades for a Minnesota Vikings team that got dominated in the trenches when the games mattered most. Promises to do more than duct tape the weak spots on the offensive and defensive lines were made, and the Vikings have followed through with bags of money for some of the top interior free agents in the game.

• Will Fries got $88 million to play right guard
• Four-time Pro Bowl center Ryan Kelly signed for $18 million
• Minnesota gave Jonathan Allen a $60 million to start at defensive tackle
• Javon Hargave signed a two-year, $30 million deal.

"Ultimately at the end of the day we’re trying to be one of those last four teams first and then try to be one of the last teams standing. To play January football there’s a certain way you gotta play. You gotta be able to control the ball on offense and you gotta be able to get after the passer sometimes with just four," Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said Feb. 25. "And I think this is probably one where we need to get better at, and we will do that from different avenues."

Minnesota also forked over a huge sum of money to retain Pro Bowl cornerback Bryon Murphy Jr., signed free agent cornerbacks Isaiah Rodgers and Jeff Okudah, and re-signed running back Aaron Jones while also trading for 49ers standout running back Jordan Mason.

If the season started today, here's what the offensive depth chart would presumably look like.

Position	Starter	Backup	3rd string	4th string
QB	J.J. McCarthy	Brett Rypien
RB	Aaron Jones	Jordan Mason	Ty Chandler	Zavier Scott
FB	C.J. Ham
WR	Justin Jefferson	Lucky Jackson
WR	Jordan Addison	Jeshaun Jones
SWR	Jalen Nailor	Thayer Thomas	Tim Jones
TE	T.J. Hockenson	Josh Oliver
LT	Christian Darrisaw	Marcellus Johnson	Trevor Reid
LG	Blake Brandel	Michael Jurgens	Henry Byrd
C	Ryan Kelly	Garrett Bradbury
RG	Will Fries
RT	Brian O'Neill	Walter Rouse	Leroy Watson

Here's what the defensive depth chart would presumably look like.

Position	Starter	Backup	3rd string	4th string
DE	Javon Hargrave	Jalen Redmond	Jonathan Harris
NT	Harrison Phillips	Taki Taimani
DT	Jonathan Allen	Levi Drake Rodriguez	Travis Bell
LOLB	Jonathan Greenard	Gabriel Murphy
LILB	Blake Cashman	Brian Asamoah
RILB	Ivan Pace Jr.	Max Tooley
ROLB	Andrew Van Ginkel	Dallas Turner	Bo Richter
LCB	Isaiah Rodgers	Jeff Okudah	Ambry Thomas	Kahlef Hailassie
RCB	Mekhi Blackmon	Dwight McGlothern	Reddy Steward
NB	Byron Murphy Jr.	Tavierre Thomas	NaJee Thompson
SS	Josh Metellus	Jay Ward	Bubba Bolden
FS	Harrison Smith	Theo Jackson