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Danielle Hunter, 2015-19 Fan Votes: 2,769 Stats from the Decade: 78 games (49 starts); 270 tackles, 54.5 sacks, 67 tackles for loss, 80 quarterback hits, 6 forced fumbles, 4 fumble recoveries, 3 passes defensed; 1 safety; 2 defensive touchdowns Everson Griffen, 2010-19 Fan Votes: 2,699...

Cronin pointed out that a collaboration with Kubiak and Stefanski worked in 2019, "transitioning the Vikings offense seamlessly" and that it's the type of working relationship that Minnesota's defensive coaches also will aim for. She quoted Adam Zimmer, who said the following during his media...

Steve Hutchinson, 2010-11 Fan Votes: 4,613 Stats from the Decade: 25 games (25 starts); one fumble recovery Thoughts from the Panel "I did go with Steve Hutchinson at guard, and I don't know that I had a great analytical reason for it other than to say, I'll take [a Hall of Famer] for...

Kyle Rudolph, 2011-19 Fan Vote: 5,053 of 5,491 total votes at TE (93 percent) Stats from the Decade: 128 games (120 starts); 425 catches for 4,154 yards and 47 touchdowns; averaged 9.8 yards per reception Thoughts from the Panel "Kyle, from a touchdown-catching standpoint, statistically...

Zimmer is 57-38-1 in six seasons with the Vikings, and has built a defense that has finished in the top nine in points allowed per game in each of the past five years. "It's no secret that he's a secondary guy. His secondaries in the past have had tremendous success and his defenses as a...

Stats from the Decade: 39 games (35 starts), 220 receptions for 2,512 yards (11.4 yards per catch) with 14 receiving touchdowns, 122 first downs recorded; 92 rushing attempts for 548 yards and four touchdowns; 72 kickoff returns for 2,027 yards (28.2 yards per return) with three touchdowns...

He got his start with the Vikings as offensive quality control coach from 2015-16 and the following season transitioned to offensive line under the late Tony Sparano. Janocko admitted that he never anticipated working with that position group but is glad he did. "Tony Sparano put his arm...

NFL.com is going division by division and handing out grades for teams' rookie classes. Gennaro Filice of NFL.com was tasked with evaluating the NFC North and gave the Vikings first-year players a 'B-' for their play in 2019. Filice said that while first-round center Garrett Bradbury showed...

Adrian Peterson, 2012-2016 Fan Vote: 5,173 votes Stats from the Decade: 77 games, 1,503 rushing attempts for 7,263 yards (4.8 yards per carry) with 57 rushing touchdowns, 61 rushes of 20-plus yards; 158 receptions for 1,116 yards and four touchdowns Thoughts from the Panel "It's Adrian...

Matt Miller of Bleacher Report Feb. 3, 2020 The predicted pick: Kristian Fulton, CB, LSU Fulton, who grades out higher than 2019 draft pick Greedy Williams did at LSU, is a physical cornerback with excellent instincts and toughness. He was banged up in 2019 and played through an ankle...

EAGAN, Minn. – There might not be a duo who knows Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer as well as Adam Zimmer and Andre Patterson do. Adam has spent a lifetime learning from his father – and now seven years coaching with him at the NFL level. Patterson and Mike Zimmer have spent most of their...

Kubiak said Tuesday that he wants the Vikings offense to be as balanced as possible, but did reiterate that Minnesota will have a strong vow for the running game. "The first thing I would say is commitment," Kubiak said. "You've got to be committed to running the football and being physical...

EAGAN, Minn. — Mike Zimmer and Dom Capers have admired each other's careers from afar for decades. The mutual respect between two defensive gurus who rose through the ranks as defensive backs coaches has led to Capers' hire this week as a senior defensive assistant. Zimmer, 63, and Capers...

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Kirk Cousins, 2018-2019 Fan Vote: 2,787 of 5,416 total votes at QB (51 percent) Stats from the Decade: 31 games, 732-of-1,050 passing (69.7 completion percentage) for 7,901 yards (254.9 pass yards per game, 56 touchdowns, 16 interceptions and a passer rating of 103.0; 75 rushes for 186 yards...

PFF ranks teams' QB situations by need Before free agency and the NFL Draft come around, analytics site Pro Football Focus took a look at every team's current quarterback situation and ranked them according to need. PFF's Anthony Treash ranked Minnesota second-to-last in the category labeled...

Current Vikings Coaching Staff: Mike Zimmer...................... Head Coach Gary Kubiak....................... Offensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach Marwan Maalouf................ Special Teams Coordinator Andre Patterson................. Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line...

2. Extensive resumé Capers first started in the NFL in 1986 as a defensive backs coach for the Saints, a position he held through 1991. Since then, he has spent time with the Steelers (defensive coordinator), Panthers, Jaguars (defensive coordinator), Texans, Dolphins (special assistant to...

EAGAN, Minn. – There's no denying that the Vikings season ended before the team hoped it would. But now that the page has been turned and sights set on the 2020 season, Vikings players are enjoying offseason moments of relaxation, fun and family time before returning to the grind. Over the...