Turns Out the Vikings Boast a New Option for the Edge Rusher Spot
Did anyone really expect Brian Flores not to have a trick up his sleeve?
The Vikings boast a reasonably promising top pair at edge rusher. There’s the quietly elite Andrew Van Ginkel alongside the ascending, potential-oozing Dallas Turner. Subtracting Jonathan Greenard from the mix does have some downside, particularly since there’s now a major question mark for the EDGE3 spot. What if there’s an in-house option that few have anticipated, though?
The Vikings Boast a New Option for Edge Rusher
Over on Vikings Territory, Janik Eckardt considers the development: Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins was doing some work with the edge rushers during OTAs.
Darren Wolfson, Vikings reporter for KSTP, was on the news. In fact, Wolfson responded to a question about Ingram-Dawkins getting edge work, explaining, “Did appear so. [Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins] has the versatility to play up and down the line. But did appear slimmer from my naked eye.”
Sean Borman, a salary cap nerd who writes for Vikings Territory, commented on social media, “Moving Ingram-Dawkins to edge makes a lot of sense. He’ll likely play a hybrid role no matter where he lines up, but he’s got the speed, explosiveness, power, bend and length to get after the QB from the outside.”
There is, in other words, some updates about the Ingram-Dawkins shuffle circulating online.
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His debut season involved being featured as a 3T or 5T, a 3-4 defensive end. Kicking him out wide would mean tasking him with playing in more space rather than along the inside where space is scarce and players are as mean as they are rugged.
Listed at 6’5″ and weighing 280 pounds, Ingram-Dawkins is light for a defensive tackle but burly for an edge rusher. Seeing if he can play along the edge therefore makes some sense, especially if the desire is for a heavier look on running downs.
Per PFF, Ingram-Dawkins had 97 snaps at edge rusher in 2025 to stand alongside 135 snaps across from the offensive tackle and 16 gaps in more of a 3T job. His grand total of 250 snaps on defense involved 174 coming for run defense.
In other words, Ingram-Dawkins is already doing the job. He played edge rusher last year. Maybe he can do so on more of a full-time basis, clogging running lanes while occasionally chasing down the passer.
Otherwise, the names to know are Bo Richter and Tyler Batty, both of whom offer formidable frames that suggest they’re well-suited toward living within rough-and-tumble NFL trenches. Newcomer Cam’Ron Stewart offers some reason for intrigue. What about the all-effort, gritty Chaz Chambliss?
Moreover, the linebacker position has a fresh infusion of depth. All of Blake Cashman, Eric Wilson, Ivan Pace Jr., and Jake Golday are trying to earn a hearty workload. Do the Vikings find snaps at edge rusher for some of these guys? Golday stands out since he’s a 6’4″ player who has a history of being an edge rusher, but Wilson jumped into the spot last year, as well. What of Cashman and Pace? Any chance for those two to wrestle with offensive tackles?
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins is 22. Keep an eye on where he gets worked into the mix in the coming weeks and months. Moving on from Greenard may have been due to confidence in Dallas Turner and in Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins.
