>>>ALL THINGS VIKINGS<<<

I ONLY GOT ONE THING TO SAY GROW TĤE HELL UP!!!!!!!!! We're talking about your LIFE

 

Tillery just had to have stitches on his leg for a cut he sustained by being cleated... he'll be good to go.

 

Darnold to Jefferson has been real good this Spring and it keeps improving.

 

Nice do it under PRESSURE when you have guys wanting to tear or rip your head off..it did look nice

 

Sam Darnold will start Vikings preseason opener

Sam Darnold will get the first chance to show he deserves to be Minnesota’s first-string quarterback.

Coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters on Thursday that the seven-year veteran will start the preseason opener at Las Vegas. J.J. McCarthy will follow, and Jaren Hall will finish the game.

O’Connell also said the “majority” of players will play in Week 1 of the preseason.

Darnold, the third overall pick in the 2018 draft, has played for the Jets, Panthers, and 49ers. He signed with the Vikings after the Vikings lost Kirk Cousins to the Falcons in free agency.

The Vikings reportedly want to bring McCarthy, the 10th pick in the 2024 draft, along slowly. That would mean Darnold will serve as the starter, at least for the start of the coming season.

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Nice I like that we get to see Sam Darnold JJ McCarthy and Jaren Hall gĺad he's not the forgotten man hope the Preseason won't be a bland affair

 

I hope everybody stays away from injury.

 

The Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings agreed to a trade Friday to exchange cornerbacks whose time had run out with their respective teams.

The Cowboys will receive cornerback Andrew Booth Jr., the No. 42 pick of the 2022 draft, who played only 11% of the Vikings' defensive snaps over the past two seasons. The Vikings will take on cornerback Nahshon Wright, a third-round pick in 2021 who played in just 22 games with three starts and one interception.

Wright is the fourth veteran cornerback the Vikings have acquired since the start of training camp as they have tried to stabilize a position group that has been rocked by tragedy and injuries. Rookie Khyree Jackson was killed last month in a car crash. Potential starter Mekhi Blackmon suffered a torn ACL on the first day of camp, and veteran Shaquill Griffin hasn't practiced since straining his hamstring the next day. The Vikings have also signed veteran cornerbacks Duke Shelley, Cobi Francis and Fabian Moreau.
With Trevon Diggs coming back from a torn ACL in his left knee, Wright was working with the first team in training camp this summer, but he was being pushed by rookie Caelen Carson, a fifth-round pick. With Diggs expected to ramp up his work in practice as the regular season approaches and Carson making the most of his chances, Wright, who is set to be an unrestricted free agent after this season, became expendable.

The Cowboys thought highly of Booth during the 2022 draft process and hope a change in scenery and perhaps scheme under new coordinator Mike Zimmer, former Vikings head coach, can help his development. Booth had a long injury history during his college career at Clemson and suffered a torn meniscus during his rookie season that required surgery and limited him to six games.

The Vikings hired defensive coordinator Brian Flores in 2023, and Booth never found a footing in his scheme. Despite the injuries and uncertainty at the position this summer, Booth was mostly practicing with the Vikings' third-team defense.

Last August, the Cowboys traded disappointing 2021 second-round pick Kelvin Joseph to the Miami Dolphins for 2020 first-round pick Noah Igbinoghene. Neither player had a lasting impact, although Igbinoghene did score the Cowboys' first touchdown last season, off a blocked field goal.

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Good to see the Stadium in Minnesota filled.

Darnold to Nailor was tight... missed to Addison.

 

3rd n long... Darnold hits Nailor again, 1st down.

 

Nice drive. Another 3rd n 7, Darnold hits Addison for a 1st.

 

The RedZone didnt go so well.

 

The Dallas Turner sack was fun.

 

Sure playing McCarthy a lot... hope he stays alive.

 

The experience is good tho.

 

Stephon Gilmore’s bid to find a place to play in 2024 is taking him to Minnesota.

Gilmore told NFL reporter Josina Anderson that he is flying to Minneapolis on Sunday ahead of a scheduled Monday meeting with the Vikings.

The Vikings lost Mekhi Blackmon for the season to a torn ACL he suffered in a training camp practice last month and they made a swap of corners on Friday by sending Andrew Booth to Dallas for Nahshon Wright, so there’s already been some deviations from the initial plan for the NFC North team. Byron Murphy, Shaq Griffin, Fabian Moreau, Akayleb Evans, A.J. Green, Duke Shelley, Jacobi Francis and Jaylin Williams are on the depth chart along with Wright.

Gilmore started every game for the Cowboys last season and had 68 tackles, two interceptions, and a forced fumble in the regular season. He was with the Patriots from 2017-2021 and Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores was on the New England staff in the first two of those years.

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HALFTIME

RAIDERS 20 - VIKINGS 7

I dont know what to think... Im in preseason mode myself.

 

Sorry I was out been a heck of a day how did they look? I heard some parts of KOC post game coments JJ McCarthy threw a couple of TD's passes an INT and Jaren Hall looked ok Vikings 24 Raiders 23 how did the Raiders look? Dallas Turner how did he look