Minnesota Vikings News and Links: It’s About To Go Down!

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 4: Jordan Addison #3 of the Minnesota Vikings catches the ball against the Green Bay Packers in the first quarter of the game at U.S. Bank Stadium on January 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Rookies are reporting to training camp today. I wonder if any true doofi will be camped out to see them walk in the building.

All the nonsense is about to be ramped up again after the summer hiatus.

The first training camp practice is 6 days away.

Rookie Arrival: First-year players report to the TCO Performance Center in Eagan, Minnesota, on July 26. Veteran Arrival: Returning players and full-squad activities begin two days later on July 28.

2026 Vikings Training Camp Full Schedule https://www.vikings.com/schedule/vikings-events/training-camp/schedule

DATE : TIME : PRACTICE Saturday, Aug. 1 : Noon- 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 : 5 – 11 p.m. : 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. : Joint Practice with Baltimore Ravens Thursday, Aug. 20 : Noon – 5 p.m. : 2:30 p.m. : Joint Practice with Baltimore Ravens

The Minnesota Vikings 2026 preseason schedule features three matchups Week 1: Saturday, August 15 at New York Giants (1:00 PM ET) Week 2: Saturday, August 22 vs. Baltimore Ravens (12:00 PM ET) Week 3: Friday, August 28 at Denver Broncos (Time TBD)

Minnesota Vikings News and Links

After 47 years with the Vikings, an equipment manager gets his Hall of Fame moment https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7463786/2026/07/24/vikings-equipment-manager-dennis-ryan/

For more than four decades, Dennis Ryan mostly escaped the headlines. He did what he was determined to do: remain unheralded, contribute in a way where you’d have to know to really know. Ryan did his job and left the Minnesota Vikings’ facility later than anyone else without extra praise or prestige.

He was a fixer, confidant, mechanic, barista, manager, planner and innovator. Vikings Hall of Famer John Randle equated Ryan to the person, cloaked head to foot in soot, who shovels coal into a train engine without the passengers ever seeing his face. Former Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins respected Ryan so much that he recently sent him a lengthy voice memo detailing the extent of his reverence.

Reach out to any well-known wearer of purple, and they will rave about Ryan.

“People talk about Bud Grant being the cornerstone of the Vikings, the identity of the Vikings, who the Vikings were and are, and who they should be,” former Minnesota linebacker and coach Pete Bercich said. “I would have to put Dennis Ryan tied with him or 1B because he is the man who put Bud Grant’s vision into reality.” … Ryan, who retired three years ago, worked 922 games for the franchise, including 705 consecutive games from 1979 to 2021. Last spring, he received an award of excellence from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He earned the honor for an anonymous career spent in camera-free spaces. He touched Vikings players and teams in ways both tangible and mystical.

For that, for all of the time and work and impact, he deserves his day in the sun.

One Vikings Rookie With the Best Chance to Surprise Everyone With Camp Underway https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/onsi/one-vikings-rookie-best-chance-surprise-everyone-camp-underway-01ky8ek0hhcv

Vikings rookie could become their next blue-chip prospect in 2026 https://thevikingage.com/minnesota-vikings-rookie-could-become-next-blue-chip-prospect-2026

Minnesota Vikings projected depth chart going into training camp highlights fascinating battles at crucial positions https://atozsports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings-news/minnesota-vikings-training-camp-projected-depth-chart-kevin-oconnell-jj-mccarthy-kyler-murray/

A Vikings 53-Man Roster Projection as Training Camp Begins https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/news/top_news/vikings-53-man-trainin-camp

Vikings don’t need this familiar free agent despite the growing buzz https://thevikingage.com/minnesota-vikings-dont-need-free-agent-jadeveon-clowney

Rumor Begins Swirling about the Vikings Setting Off Fireworks if QBs Stumble https://vikingsterritory.com/2026/news/top_news/rumor-swirling-the-vikings

If Flores Loves James Pierre, Vikings Fans Should Too https://zonecoverage.com/2026/minnesota-vikings-news/if-flores-loves-james-pierre-vikings-fans-should-too/

Vikings Trade Pitch Sends Out $18 Million Playmaker Before Big Extension https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/minnesota-vikings/jordan-addison-trade-dk-metcalf-nolan-teasley/

Thor Nystrom of SKOR North on Thursday, July 23 compared Vikings GM Nolan Teasley’s influence on the DK Metcalf trade from the Seattle Seahawks to the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of last season to a situation that could unfold with Addison in Minnesota at some point in 2027.

“Nolan Teasley will be aggressive with trades,” Nystrom said. “Seattle made trades over the years that were wildly unpopular in the moment, but they were comfortable with the value that they were getting and they ended up getting vindicated on the other side of most of them.”

“I think the analog to that wouldn’t be [Justin] Jefferson, I would think that would be Addison,” Nystrom continued. “At the time that trade happened, [Metcalf] was heading toward a big extension. … You go one offseason from now, a year into the future, Jordan Addison will be heading into the last year of his rookie deal.” … As Nystrom noted, Minnesota is unlikely to move Addison before next offseason. However, a mid-season deal ahead of the early November trade deadline could be in play depending on how circumstances deve...

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