Vikings Must Box Out Packers in Pursuit of FA Target
If the Minnesota Vikings want to sign wide receiver Cooper Kupp, well, the Green Bay Packers will be in the way.
Vikings Must Box Out Packers in Pursuit of FA Target
The Los Angeles Rams formally released Kupp on Wednesday after eight years of service, and the market for Kupp’s services won’t be teensy.
The 33rd Team‘s Ari Meirov tweeted, “The Packers are among several teams who have been eying Cooper Kupp, waiting for him to be released.”
NFL.com’s Peter Schrager also added about the Kupp sweepstakes, “I know of 3 teams that are interested in Cooper Kupp. The question is what it will cost to sign him and what he and his reps are looking for $ wise. He certainly will be motivated and has good football left in the tank.”
The Vikings, meanwhile, have already signed Ryan Kelly (C), Will Fries (G), Jonathan Allen (DT), Javon Hargrave (DT), and Isaiah Rodgers (CB) in free agency. Fans want Kupp next.
According to Star Tribune, Kupp is gettable for Minnesota. “I think it’s very possible. There are big Cooper Kupp fans on that coaching staff,” Ben Goessling said Tuesday while talking to KFAN about Kupp to the Twin Cities.
“Wes Phillips is a big Cooper Kupp fan in terms of, you hear him talk all the time about Cooper Kupp as a run blocker, Cooper Kupp as a guy who would bring ideas to the offense.”
This is Minnesota’s wide receiver room under contract for 2025:
- Justin Jefferson
- Jordan Addison
- Jalen Nailor
- Jeshaun Jones
- Thayer Thomas
- Lucky Jackson
Kupp is in the purple team’s rumor mill because he and Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell won a Super Bowl together in 2021 with the Rams. The veteran wideout won the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year award that season, with O’Connell front and center in the offense.
For the Packers, Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, and Bo Melton hold down WR responsibilities, but Kupp would instantly add legitimacy to the depth chart. A Reed-Kupp-Watson trio might enable quarterback Jordan Love to fully blossom in 2025 and beyond.
Minnesota may upgrade WR3 this offseason — finally — because of Kupp’s availability and the fact that Jordan Addison could be suspended to start the 2025 season due to a legal infraction. Otherwise, incumbent WR3 Jalen Nailor would get the nod if the Vikings signed no veteran or drafted no rookies.
The Kupp verdict should be announced within the next few days.
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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL.
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