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Lunchbreak: Sports Business Journal Highlights Wilfs’ 20-Year ‘Viking Conquest’
Blake Brandel wants to help the Vikings however he can, even if it means switching positions.
When Shaq Griffin retires, his off-field impact is going to surpass his Pro Bowl career.
By: Rob Kleifield, Lance Zierlein Said, Jeffri Chadiha
Originally, the 27-year-old Darnold was signed as a veteran option with Minnesota planning to use a high draft pick on a quarterback. The Vikings did, tabbing rookie J.J. McCarthy at No. 10 overall. They pushed each other during the offseason before McCarthy suffered a season-ending meniscus injury in his right knee in Minnesota's preseason opener. That left Darnold, viewed externally as a bridge to the future, as the present — and he's consistently proven he's more than competent; he's thriving at the controls of an offense that lets his skill set shine.
By: Rob Kleifield
It's worth clarifying that rookie QB J.J. McCarthy was not anticipated to be Minnesota's starter in Week 1, but that he performed very well in his lone preseason action and was narrowing the gap in training camp competition with Darnold before suffering a meniscus injury in his right knee. In the same breath, however, prognosticators were uniformly low on the idea Darnold could flip his career script so quickly.
Lunchbreak: ESPN Evaluates ‘Non-QB’ MVPs; Vikings Tight Ends Enhance Attack
By: Rob Kleifield
"I made a pact with our team that I always tell them that I'm going to be honest with them in regards to expectations," he said. "I hope the expectations that they have for themselves and that I have for this team outweigh anything out there. If not, then I'm not doing my job. That gives me an incredible runway to tell our guys when it's not good enough or what they need to improve for the team."
By: Rob Kleifield
"Gink" upended a Tennessee scoring chance in the final minute of the first half with back-to-back sacks near midfield. On the first, he beat tight end Chig Okonkwo and right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere with lightning-fast finesse moves. The very next snap, Van Ginkel flew off the same edge and beat the same players en route to Titans QB Will Levis. The sequence raised Van Ginkel's 2024 sacks total to a single-season career high of 8.0.
EAGAN, Minn. — After completing the AFC South slate with a sweep, the Vikings (8-2) are heading back to the NFC North Sunday when they visit the Chicago Bears (4-6).
By: Rob Kleifield, Kevin O'Connell, Kevin Seifert
The 2024 team is more formidable, both in the underlying data and via the eye test. The Vikings rank fifth in the NFL in point differential (+74), ninth in yard differential (+318) and fourth in DVOA. In other words, their victories have been more sound, forceful and meaningful for making future projections than in 2022, and their losses have been less damaging.
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