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Between the NFL Combine (February 24th-March 2nd) and the 2020 NFL Draft (April 23rd-25th) comes an important step in every team’s offseason process; the re-signing of internal personnel.Last year the Vikings created headlines during the free agency period by extending wide receiver Adam Thielen. There was also the story of Anthony Barr reneging on his verbal agreement with the New York Jets and returning to Minnesota.
The final Vikings’ injury report of the week was released on Friday and it included a surprise transaction for the NFC’s sixth seed. But first, a bit of negative news…
Adam Thielen (hamstring) made it through practice unscathed this week and all signs point to him suiting up on Sunday. Considering the other injuries that popped up this week, getting Thielen back will be big for the Vikings’ offense.
Two players popped up on Thursday’s injury report who were both full participants in Wednesday’s practice.Defensive back Jayron Kearse did not participate in practice due to a toe injury while wide receiver Bisi Johnson was listed as limited participant due to a quad injury. Neither player appeared on Wednesday’s injury report.
While the Vikings are in the midst of closing out the regular season, the salary cap specialists over at Spotrac are peeking ahead to the offseason. They recently published an article naming a contract extension candidate and roster bubble candidate for each NFL team.
Some positive injury news stemmed from TCO Performance Center in Eagan on Wednesday. Wide receiver Adam Thielen returned to practice after sitting out all of last week due to his hamstring injury. He was listed as a limited participant in the practice session.
The Minnesota Vikings took care of business at home against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, winning 20-7. Heading into the game there were questions of how the defense would perform, but Mike Zimmer’s squad quelled many of those concerns by nearly shutting out the Lions, holding Detroit to 231 yards of total offense just one game after allowing a season-high 444 to Seattle.
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Over the past four weeks, one could argue that the Minnesota Vikings have been the hottest team in pro football. Kirk Cousins and the offense has been having a heck of a year, while the Vikings defense has had plenty of highs. The turnaround has been great, but there is one thing holding back both units.
Vikings CB Holton Hill is set to return to the Vikings after serving back to back four game suspensions. What does it mean? Let’s chat.