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The Minnesota Vikings went 5-0 out of the gate, crushing the New York Giants by 22 points in Week 1, shocking the Super Bowl runner-up San Francisco 49ers by six points in Week 2, and destroying the Houston Texans by 27 points in Week 3. Surviving the Green Bay Packers in Week 4, and getting shot down by the New York Jets in London 11 days earlier.
Updated Vikings depth chart – Bye Week
Next up is the Detroit Lions in three days, the club with the fourth-best odds of winning the Super Bowl in February.
So, with the bye week over and the Lions on the horizon, here’s the Vikings’ 53-man roster. Beginners are indicated in bold.
-Offensive Roster – Kirby Lee Imagine Pictures. Quarterback
QB1: Sam Darnold
QB2: Nick Mullins
Question 3: Brett Rypien
Running backwards
RB1: Aaron Jones (questionable)
RB2: Ty Chandler
RB3: Cam Akers
RB4: Myles Gaskin
Linebacker
FB1: CJ Hamm
Wide receiver Dale Zanin-USA TODAY Sports.
WR1: Justin Jefferson
WR2: Jordan Addison
WR3: Jalen Naylor
WR4: Brandon Powell
WR5: Trent Sherfield
WR6: Trishton Jackson
Tight end
TE1: TJ Hockenson (questionable)
TE2: Josh Oliver
TE3: Johnny Mundt
IR: Nick Moses
Left tackle
LT1: Christian Darissau
LT2: Walter Ross
Correct handling
RT1: Brian O’Neill
RT2: David Quisenberry
center
A1: Garrett Bradbury
A2: Dan Finney
Left guard
LG1: Blake Brandle
Right guard
RG1: Ed Ingram
RG2: Dalton Risner (questionable)
RG2: Michael Jurgens
– Defensive roster – Photos by Jon Jones-Imagine. Outside linebacker
OLB1: Jonathan Greenard
OLB2: Andrew Van Ginkel
OLB3: Dallas Turner
OLB4: Patrick Jones II (questionable)
OLB5: Jihad Wing
IR: Gabriel Murphy
Defensive end
DE1: Jerry Tillery
DE2: Jonathan Pollard
DE3: Levi Drake Rodriguez
Nasal treatment
NT1: Harrison Phillips (questionable)
NT2: Taki Timane
Photos of middle linebacker Brad Rempel-Imagine.
MLB1: Evan Pace Jr.
MLB2: Camus Grugier-Hill
The weak back
WLB1: Blake Cashman (questionable)
WLB2: Brian Asamoah
IR: Jordan Konaszek
Back corner
CB1: Stephon Gilmore
CB2: Byron Murphy
CB3: Shaquill Griffin
CB4: Fabian Moreau
CB5: Akayleb Evans (questionable)
CB6: Dwight McGlothern
safety
S1: Harrison Smith
S2: Camryn Bynum
S3: Josh Metellus
S4: Theo Jackson
S5: Jay Ward
– Special teams list – Jeffrey Baker-USA TODAY Sports. Kicker
K1: Will Richard
Gambler
A1: Ryan Wright
Long snapper
Lisa: Andrew DePaola
Kick returner
KR1: Ty Chandler
KR2: Brandon Powell
Returning punt
PR1: Brandon Powell
Photos by Kirby Lee Imagine. The Vikings defeated the New York Jets in London, extending their 2024 preseason winning streak to five games. Coaching Staff Henry Byrd (OL) Andre Carter II (OLB) Dallas Gant (ILB) N’Keal Harry (TE) Lucky Jackson (WR) Jeshawn Jones (WR) Bobby McCain (S) Jalen Redmond (DT) Sammis Reyes (TE) Bo Richter (OLB) Tyrese Robinson (OL) Xavier Scott (RB) Robert Tonyan (TE) Max Tully (LB) Thayer Thomas (WR) Jonah Williams (DT) Marcellus Williams (OT) Nahshon Wright (CB)
The Lions have knocked off the Vikings in three straight meetings, though Detroit has not done so four straight times since the early 1960s.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube channel, VikesNow. The program features guests, analysis and opinions on everything related to the Purple Team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His obsession with MIN dates back to 1996. He lists his 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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