Vikings owner Mark Wilf adds his voice to vaccination push for players In his annual training camp news conference, Wilf said ownership has full confidence in coach Mike Zimmer s handling of COVID-19 protocols. August 3, 2021 6:39pm Text size Copy shortlink: Vikings co-owner and president Mark Wilf joined coach Mike Zimmer s public battle cry, voicing concerns Tuesday morning about his team s unvaccinated players and a $31 million franchise quarterback who s been sidelined by COVID-19 protocols while seemingly refusing to get the shot. We re very concerned, Wilf said durin
4 Takeaways from Day 6 of Vikings Training Camp
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The Vikings don’t have enough starting-caliber quarterbacks available because of coronavirus protocols. At the same time, the organization now employs six quarterbacks. It’s an odd situation as training camp is nearly a week old.
And that has dominated most of the Vikings headlines the fallout of Kellen Mond contracting COVID and those players in his direct orbit that were forced to distance for five days.
Here are the other notable takeaways from Day Six of the Vikings 2021 training camp.
1. The Fall of Jeff Gladney
In April, cornerback Jeff Gladney was arrested for the alleged assault of his girlfriend in Texas. The details of the case are particularly brutal. For four months, Gladney remained on the Vikings roster, albeit in name-only as he never participated in training camp.
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Fans were not permitted to attend training camp practices or home games at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But they arrived early Wednesday, with some settling into their seats more than an hour before practice began.
And there was a noticeable and happy cheer when offensive players lined up near the Purple bleachers for stretches as practice began. I m excited about the fans coming out here, finally, to see us in training camp here at Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center, Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman said Tuesday. Our fans haven t seen our players in more than a year. This gives them an opportunity … to come in … see our star players, to see all the new faces that we have on this roster.
There are certain traditions that should not be lost with the death of Sid Hartman last Oct. 18 at age 100. One of those would be marking the start of Vikings training camp with considerable optimism printed in a sports column in a Minneapolis morning newspaper.
Hartman handled the chore for six decades, even last summer, when the pandemic kept Sid from actually attending. As camp was starting in Eagan, Hartman wrote: The Vikings decision to give contract extensions to quarterback Kirk Cousins and coach Mike Zimmer this offseason mean that this club has made its decision on who can lead it to a Super Bowl.