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Former Vikings Most Likely to Return to Team in 2021 The Options are Plentiful. 1 3 minutes read Free-agent week begins tomorrow with “legal tampering,” and the Minnesota Vikings have about $10 million to invest in players. That figure is sliding in nature and could spike with any Vikings transaction involving another release or a contractual restructure of an existing player. So far, Stephen Weatherly came home this offseason. He spent 2020 with the Carolina Panthers, a place where his career did not take off as he forecasted at this time last year. Weatherly did not make too much nois...

PFF Suggests Top-Notch Free Agent Guard for Vikings Would be Hutchison-esque. 1 3 minutes read The Minnesota Vikings do not have a lot of money available to shop during free agency, but that doesn’t stop Pro Football Focus from sending a big name to the team. In Seth Galina’s recent ideal-free-agent article that details each team’s possible signing, he sends Washington offensive guard Brandon Scherff to the Vikings. This would be a notable acquisition for Minnesota as the franchise’s guard play was brutal in 2020 before auditioning rookie Ezra Cleveland at the position later in th...

Q&A With Justin Hilliard: NFL Expectations, Difference Between Urban Meyer & Ryan Day, Favorite Ohio State Memories COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 23: Justin Hilliard #47 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates with teammates /bbd4 #4 and Jeff Okudah #1 after intercepting a Penn State Nittany Lions pass in the fourth quarter at Ohio Stadium on November 23, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State defeated Penn State 28-17. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) Fall down seven times, get up eight. That seemed to be the mindset for Justin Hilliard throughout his career at Ohio State. Early in his collegiate car...

NFL rumors: Which in-house free agents (other than Marcus Maye) should Jets retain? And who should walk? Full breakdown Updated Mar 06, 2021; Posted Mar 06, 2021 Facebook Share So which in-house free agents should the Jets retain, other than safety Marcus Maye? And who should walk? WHO SHOULD STAY? CB Brian Poole: He’s worth retaining, on an affordable contract, as a slot corner. He had a 77.1 Pro Football Focus grade last season, including 79.5 in coverage. He is starter material, especially for a cornerback-needy team like the Jets. And he is familiar with the Jets’ new Cover 3 defens...

Where in the Draft Can You Find Good OLs? By TarkentonToJones on Feb 27, 2021, 9:34pm EST + A month or so ago, I looked at where good WRs come from in the NFL draft. The answer was that the great WRs are usually found in rounds 1, 2, and 3, with round 2 not being much worse than round 1. Many Giants fans want the team to draft OLs in the first two rounds despite us taking OLs in rounds 1,3,5 last year. What do previous drafts have to tell us about this? As before, I used the Pro Football Reference Approximate Value (AV) metric to judge good (AV = 5 or more per year) and elite (A...