Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports Slowly, the Vikings are getting their finances back in order, much to the delight of Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. Even still, Minnesota continued to lean on a salary cap trick to carve out immediate savings in their budget.
Jul 28, 2022; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports. The 2024 NFL Draft was a very momentous occasion for the Minnesota Vikings.
Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports Turn back the clock and be rewarded with a clue from Kwesi’s own words. Earlier in the week, the debate fire was lit when Over the Cap‘s Nick Korte published a piece detailing his projection for compensatory selections in 2025.
Here are three moves the Minnesota Vikings must make ahead of the 2024 season.
Dec 24, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah looks on before the game against the New York Giants at U.S.
Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports Vikings opinions are plentiful. Over on The Athletic, Mike Sando offered a piece that leans on insight from some anonymous league executives.
The Vikings GM recently commented on the future of the team's star wideout.
The Minnesota Vikings have received a ton of praise from pundits around the football world after the 2024 NFL Draft. For good reason. General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah sought areas of need.
Under GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, the 2024 Minnesota Vikings focused on player value, making seven draft picks and acquiring 17 undrafted agents. The Real Forno Show analyzes this strategy, its implications, and the prospects of the new players, highlighting trends like prioritizing Power 5 schools and top 30 visits.
Before the draft, the situation for the Vikings and star receiver Justin Jefferson was simple. Pay him, or trade him to someone who will. Now that the trade window has closed (for now), the Vikings need to pay him.
The Vikings made some good moves during the NFL Draft, but none were better than when they traded up from No. 23 to No. 17 in order to take EDGE Dallas Turner. The Vikings traded up to get Turner, but they still stole the draft's best edge player.
Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson got a new quarterback on Thursday night, but the wait for his next contract continues. Other wideouts like A.J. Brown, Devonta Smith, and Amon-Ra St.
Now that the NFL draft is in the books, expect the Vikings to turn their focus back towards — among other things — getting a record-breaking contract extension done with superstar wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
There was never any doubt that the Minnesota Vikings would select a quarterback in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. It was only a matter of who, when, and whether Kwesi Adofo-Mensah would have to trade up to get Kevin O’Connell’s guy.
The Minnesota Vikings made two first round picks on Thursday night, in the 2024 NFL Draft, which wasn’t a huge surprise, given they started the night with two first round picks.
The NFL Draft is just four days away and, after years of wondering what the long-term quarterback plan is for the Minnesota Vikings, it’s almost hard to believe we’re that close to knowing the future finally being revealed.
It appears the Vikings are still deciding whether to make a blockbuster trade for a QB during the first round of the NFL Draft.
The Minnesota Vikings stand at a crossroads as they approach the 2024 NFL Draft. With Kirk Cousins’ departure, the franchise finds itself in need of a new quarterback, and they are determined to make the right choice for their future.
The Vikings have consistently been connected to a trade-up from the No. 11 spot. Here's what their GM said about their plans.
The team would prefer to trade up and land its long-term QB in this draft.
The Vikings own picks No. 11 and No. 23, and they could package those in order to move up in the draft.
The Minnesota Vikings showed their cards moving up from 42 to 23 and giving up a 2025 second-round pick in the process. With his analytics-based approach, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah probably wouldn't make such a drastic move if it wasn't for a quarterback.
The Minnesota Vikings have raised eyebrows by scheduling a “private meeting” with former LSU quarterback and top-three prospect Jayden Daniels. According to Ian Rapoport, the Vikings have scheduled a private meeting with one of the top quarterback prospects of the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Minnesota Vikings might have tipped their hand, in terms of a preferred and realistic quarterback trade target in the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft.
It certainly is no longer a secret the Vikings are interested in moving up for a quarterback.
Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has seemingly been eyeing a trade-up to select a quarterback since adding the No. 23 overall pick in a deal
When the Minnesota Vikings pulled off a trade with the Houston Texans for the No. 23 overall pick in the 2024 draft, many believed it was to stockpile ammunition to move up and draft a quarterback.
The Vikings’ latest negotiations with Kirk Cousins are coming down to the wire. The team’s exclusive negotiating rights with the veteran passer expire March 11, with March 13 serving as a more significant date due to dead money.
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