The View from VT: Trading for a Star, The Linked FA, and a Former Viking May be Retiring
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The View from VT: July 8th, 2023
1) Vikings Are Predicted to Trade for Star Safety: Personally, I don’t see this one. Sure, the All-Pro safety is an exceptional player, someone who would certainly improve Minnesota’s secondary. Does it really make sense, though, to invest so heavily in a non-premium position when the team already has so much talent there? A wiser move may involve targeting a pass rusher or corner.
2) Former Vikings Safety is Back on the Market: Like many others, I tend to cheer for the former Vikings. Hopefully, the depth safety can settle in somewhere as a valuable contributor on both special teams and defense.
3) Oft-Rumored Free Agent Again Linked to Vikings: Until the Vikings start chewing through some of that cap space, the theories about potential adds will persist. After all, we’re discussing a team with a clear desire to be competitive and a clear need to continue improving the roster. Maybe the oft-rumored free agent will end up wearing purple and gold.
4) A Longtime Viking Appears to be Done Playing Football: If this is indeed the end for Mr. Rudolph, then it has been a wonderful career. His play in the overtime playoff game against the Saints was both legal and sensational. He’ll be fondly remembered in Minnesota for his on-field play and off-field contributions. Great player.
5) Dalvin Cook Reportedly Doesn’t Like the Latest Offer: Well, to a certain extent that should be assumed. If he really loved an offer he would have, well, signed the contract. The fact that he’s still a free agent suggests that whatever has been sent in his direction isn’t entirely to his liking.
Enjoy the extra reading, Minnesota Vikings fans. Skol.
