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There Garrett Bradbury sat, in the summer of 2017 after his redshirt sophomore season. He was appreciative of an internship en route to completing his degree in business supply operations management the following December. The only thing was, as he explained during his Vikings introductory...

Veteran nose tackle Linval Joseph shakes his head incredulously, pointing out the way he tapes fingers together over black gloves and adds extra protection to his thumbs to prevent them from catching on shoulder pads or getting bent back. Weatherly, entering his fourth season at defensive end...

Q: Let’s start with the lengthy hair. What’s the story behind that? A: “My sophomore year in college [at Rice], we started out the season 0-6 and lost to a team we really should not have lost to. The seniors drew a line in the sand and said we were either going one way or the other. Me and two...

No NFL team has a perfect roster. General managers and scouting departments are always scanning the waiver wire and looking to see if any talent can be added. With the NFL season set to start three weeks from Thursday, Dan Graziano of ESPN.com recently looked at the roster of playoff...

EAGAN, Minn. — The best way to watch a Vikings home game is at U.S. Bank Stadium for a fully immersive experience, and the first opportunity to do so is approaching fast. The Vikings will host the Seahawks at 7 p.m. (CT) Sunday, and a few tickets that start at $20 each remain. Just click here...

EAGAN, Minn. — We’ve seen this one before. The Vikings and Seahawks will meet at 7 p.m. (CT) Sunday in a preseason game, making it the fourth straight season the teams have met in exhibition play. Sunday’s contest will be at U.S. Bank Stadium, the first Vikings game held at the venue since...

STREAM ONLINE FOR FREE WITH NFL GAME PASS Live out of market? No problem. NFL Game Pass, which is available now for free on a trial basis, provides access to live out-of-market Vikings preseason games and replays of every game. NFL Game Pass features full broadcasts, condensed games and...

Tight end Tyler Conklin was in the group of non-nappers. But ironically enough, on the day he was approached after practice about his nap habits, he revealed he had taken his first nap earlier that afternoon. “Right in front of my locker,” Conklin quipped. “I usually don’t nap because I don’t...

Listen in to the fourth edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast as vikings.com's Mike Wobschall and Chris Corso are joined by rookie running back Alexander Mattison (07:53-19:24) and ESPN's Courtney Cronin (32:42-52:00). Corso and Wobby recap the Vikings win over the New Orleans Saints in the...

Vikings vets reflect on team’s past 3 stadiums The Vikings have called four stadiums “home” for at least two full seasons since the founding of the franchise in 1961. Three of those facilities were permanent, starting with Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. In 2014 and 2015, the team...

Bailey and punter Matt Wile, who has stitches in his thumb from a cut he suffered in the preseason opener, spoke to media members on Tuesday. “There’s no need for panic or anything on this end,” Bailey said. “I mean, it’s just a matter of getting the whole operation going in a good rhythm...

That all changed going into his senior year in 2018. Watts became one of the centerpieces on the Arkansas defense, playing 621 snaps and ranking first among linemen on the team with 49 total tackles and recording a team-best 7.0 sacks. “I had to change my mindset. It was my last year, and it...

The first preseason game is over and done with, as the Vikings came away with a 34-25 win in New Orleans.Minnesota is back to practice this week before Sunday night's home preseason game against Seattle.Join Vikings.com Team Reporter Eric Smith for his weekly Vikings Live Chat today at 1 p.m...

Dalvin Cook has flashed plenty of big-play potential over his first two seasons in the league. The running back rushed for 288 yards and a touchdown on 61 carries over the first three games of his career, a strong start for the 2017 second-round pick. Cook ripped off a 70-yard run in Week 9...

According to Thielen, “a long time.” “There’s so many different situations, there’s so many different things that come up throughout practices, games and all that, that you really have to be on the same page as far as the leverage that DBs are giving you, how they play a certain route and what...

“There have been a few plays in practice where I didn’t go up and make that play,” Johnson said. “Coach Stefanski has been talking that, ‘If the ball is in the air, it’s ours.’ I went in with that mindset and completed the catch. “It was definitely a setup. Coach even said I might have sold it...