Questions Answered: What’s Up Next for Vikings FA Week 3, Best FA Signing to Date, Patrick Peterson Yay or Nay
Dustin Baker
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The following questions are about current Minnesota Vikings topics, answered by VikingsTerritory. Today is the March 26th edition, addressed in a from-the-hip fashion. If you have questions, please email them to [email protected].
Also, please note: These are opinion-based responses. Some answers will be incorrect from time to time. But we’ll try to keep that to a minimum.
Q: Who can we expect the Vikings to sign next week now that they actually have some money?
A: The easy answer is an offensive lineman, particularly an interior one.
The team has around $11-$15 million in cap space, although much of that will be needed to sign rookies after the draft. Unless Kevin O’Connell and his staff believe they can squeeze something out of Garrett Bradbury, Oli Udoh, and Wyatt Davis that the previous regime could not, it would be wise to sign a solid interior offensive lineman.
So, that is our prediction. Either another cornerback or an offensive lineman.
Q: Who do you consider the best FA signing so far?
A: Undoubtedly, Za’Darius Smith was the splashiest signing, but we believe Jordan Hicks is the top value-based signing.
One need not worry about Hicks’ injury track record — as is the case for Smith — so Hicks taking over the “Anthony Barr role” will pay dividends in Minnesota. Hicks is a leader, was considered “the heart of the Cardinals defense,” and will receive ample playing time.
Give us Hicks on this one.
Q: What is your official prediction on Patrick Peterson returning for 2022?
A: We formally predict Peterson will head elsewhere, not rejoining the Vikings in 2022.
About five times, Peterson stated he wanted to return to the Vikings, but a deal has not been made. He’s likely too expensive for Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s “value” mentality.
If a deal were attainable, it would’ve been finagled by now.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. His YouTube Channel, VikesNow, debuts in March 2022. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).
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