Minnesota Vikings organized crew actions (OTAs) resume this week, with eyes on necessary minicamp on June thirteenth.
Then, the membership will embark on coaching camp and preseason video games later in the summertime.
The Vikings 4 Most Intriguing Gamers Heading into Summer season
Alongside the best way, these are the 4 most intriguing gamers to watch, ranked in ascending order (No. 1 = most intriguing).
4. Ty Chandler (RB)
If the Vikings did not draft DeWayne McBride one month in the past, Chandler can be on deck for RB2 carries (if a Dalvin Cook dinner commerce or launch finally involves fruition). Now, nevertheless, he has to ‘fear about’ McBride, a carry-hog and productive specimen from UAB.
Moreover, Chandler is previous by young-RB requirements. He’s 25 and older than Alexander Mattison, the Vikings possible RB1 with three extra years of NFL expertise than Chandler.
The time is now for Chandler to make an impression within the NFL, and he lives in a crowded RB room, particularly if Cook dinner reverses course and stays a Viking.
3. Ivan Tempo Jr. (LB)
Tempo Jr. was purported to be drafted within the center rounds a month in the past. His resume at Cincinnati warranted the draft projection.
However then he wasn’t drafted in any respect, and he was fairly fired up about it — rightfully so. The Vikings known as him up, and growth, an undrafted free agent deal was finagled. Tempo Jr. is now employed by a crew that simply misplaced its finest linebacker to cap-casualty doom, Eric Kendricks. If he’s nearly as good as some draft heads imagine, he may snag a outstanding function within the Vikings 2023 protection.
His ‘weak point’ is stature, standing about an inch or two shorter than prototypical off-ball linebackers. Tempo Jr. is especially intriguing as a result of of us are about to seek out out if measurement issues.
2. Jaren Corridor (QB)
Of us — Vikings followers particularly — must know if Corridor has that dawg in him. He’s a complete lottery ticket as a Fifth-Spherical quarterback, and normally these varieties aren’t slated to take the baton at QB1.
Nonetheless, with Kirk Cousins below contract for only one extra season, Minnesota may have excessive hopes for Corridor, who can be 26 or 27 by the point he hypothetically earns QB1 duties.
You’ll get a peek at Corridor in preseason video games and start to find out if he’s an NFL QB1 kind — or QB2-QB3. He alone will make Vikings preseason video games must-see tv.
1. Andrew Sales space (CB)
No participant is extra attention-grabbing this summer season than Andrew Sales space. He’s a peek into normal supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s draft soul. Did the younger execute ‘get it proper’ by buying and selling again in his first draft whereas snagging Lewis Cine and Andrew Sales space? He may’ve stayed pat and drafted Kyle Hamilton, who was an outstanding security rookie in Baltimore.
Moreover, Minnesota wants Sales space to be productive. His rookie marketing campaign was peppered with accidents, and when he did play, he regarded confused. Sales space is a 2nd-Rounder many believed can be chosen in Spherical 1 of the 2022 NFL Draft.
As a result of the Vikings solely have Byron Murphy on the roster as a bonafide beginning cornerback, they’re counting on Sales space to take the soar. He has to. In any other case, his younger profession will nibble at ‘bust’ standing, and Minnesota will soul-search to seek out one other beginning cornerback subsequent to Murphy.
Take into account Sales space an early draft litmus check of Adofo-Mensah’s.
Dustin Baker is political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his each day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs each Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sal Spice. His Vikings obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band).
All statistics supplied by Professional Soccer Reference / Stathead; all contractual data supplied by OverTheCap.com.
