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Copy shortlink: The Vikings' offseason additions, including prominent free-agent signings, a trade for offensive line depth, and a league-high 11 draft picks, created some crowded position rooms on the summer's 90-man roster. Here's a look at five likely roster battles to watch this summer. Offensive linemen Mason Cole vs. Dru Samia Samia, the 2019 fourth-round pick, faces an uphill battle to keep his roster spot after the Vikings re-signed Dakota Dozier, last year's starting left guard, traded for G/C Mason Cole, and drafted G Wyatt Davis in the third round. The team...

Panthers Have Set Up Sam Darnold for Success Carolina has done everything they can this offseason to ensure that new quarterback Sam Darnold has enough help around him. Author: May 7, 2021 The New York Jets have been the laughing stock of football over the last couple of years. However, it's really hard to blame former No. 3 overall pick Sam Darnold for all the struggles that the franchise has had. Was Darnold playing at a particularly high level during his time as a Jet? No, but in his defense, he didn't have the surrounding pieces to be successful. He was set up for failure in New York. I m...

The Daily Norseman Mailbag, May 6th, 2021 Post Draft Mailbag Good Morning! This is probably the future of the mailbag going forward with my new schedule, article on the front page soliciting for questions on Monday, with the follow up post on Wednesday or Thorsday depending on what’s going on in my life. We got a Twitter question this week! For salary cap questions I’ll continue using overthecap.com so I’m consistent with the numbers I throw out there. Any trades involving draft picks I’m using the updated NFL Trade Value Chart developed by Rich Hill available at https://www.drafttek....

0 of 9 Charles Krupa/Associated Press With little besides training camps standing in the way of the 2021 NFL season, now is a good time to step back and play the projections game.  Now that the draft is over, we can include it in projecting the worst moves of the offseason to this point. At about this time last year, the worst moves weren't too difficult to figure out. The Chicago Bears had traded for Nick Foles. The Houston Texans had dealt DeAndre Hopkins. Green Bay drafted Jordan Love.  This year the list is highlighted by odd trades, questionable team directions and moves that put franc...

3 days, 11 picks: Meet the players drafted by the Vikings Offensive line, defensive line and special teams were points of emphasis as the Vikings filled roster needs with its stockpile of picks this weekend.   May 1, 2021 — 7:36pm Text size Copy shortlink: FIRST ROUND Darrisaw received only one FBS offer as a two-star recruit out of Riverdale Baptist High in Upper Marlboro, Md., and that was to Virginia Tech. He would go on to becomeone of the only true freshmen to start Week 1 in the FBS in 2018, and finished his Hokies career a...