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Local Connections
Jeff Gladney, Kris Boyd, Austin Cutting and James Lynch are Texas natives.
Vikings-Cowboys Connections
Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer began his NFL career with the Cowboys in 1994. He coached defensive backs through 1999 and then became defensive coordinator in 2000, holding that role through 2006.
Minnesota K Dan Bailey spent his first seven NFL seasons with Dallas, appearing in 108 games and totaling 834 points for the Cowboys from 2011-17.
Cowboys Senior Defensive Assistant George Edwards was Vikings defensive coordinator from 2014-19.
Dallas TE Blake Bell played 13 games for Minnesota in 2017.
Cowboys S Stephen Parker spent part of the 2020 offseason with the Vikings.
Professional Connections
Bailey teamed with Cowboys Offensive Coordinator Kellen Moore from 2015-17.
Cowboys LS L.P. Ladouceur overlapped with Zimmer in Dallas from 2005-06.
Vikings DT Shamar Stephen teamed with Cowboys WR Malik Turner in Seattle in 2018.
Dallas QB Andy Dalton [Reserve/COVID-19] played in Cincinnati from 2011-19, overlapping with Zimmer, Co-Defensive Coordinator Adam Zimmer and defensive backs coach Daronte Jones.
Minnesota QB Sean Mannion teamed with Dallas K Greg Zuerlein with the Rams from 2015-18. Cowboys Special Teams Coordinator John Fassel held the same role with the Rams from 2012-19.
Vikings assistant defensive backs coach Roy Anderson worked with Fassel while they were with the Ravens.
Dallas Head Coach Mike McCarthy (2006-18) held the same role in Green Bay when Minnesota Senior Defensive Assistant Dom Capers was defensive coordinator (2009-17). Cowboys Assistant Head Coach Rob Davis was Packers Director of Player Development (2008-17), offensive line coach Joe Philbin and linebackers coach Scott McCurley were on the Green Bay staff, and Dallas defensive backs coach Al Harris and coaching assistant Scott Tolzien played for the Packers.
Philbin was head coach in Miami from 2012-15; Vikings Special Teams Coordinator Marwan Maalouf was assistant special teams coach with the Dolphins from 2013-18.
Cowboys Defensive Coordinator Mike Nolan was with Denver from 1987-92 when Vikings Offensive Coordinator Gary Kubiak (1983-91) and Offensive Line Coach/Run Game Coordinator Rick Dennison (1982-90) played for the Broncos. Nolan and Dennison were on the 2009 Denver coaching staff.
Vikings P Britton Colquitt overlapped in Cleveland with Cowboys receivers coach Adam Henry in 2018.
Minnesota assistant offensive line coach Phil Rauscher worked with Dallas defensive line coach Jim Tomsula in Washington the past two seasons.
College Connections
Vikings RB Dalvin Cook and Cowboys T Cameron Erving at Florida State
Minnesota LBs Eric Kendricks and Anthony Barr with Dallas DT Eli Ankou at UCLA
Vikings DE Ifeadi Odenigbo and Cowboys P Hunter Niswander at Northwestern
Minnesota G Dru Samia at Oklahoma with Dallas DT Neville Gallimore, WR CeeDee Lamb and Parker
Vikings DE D.J. Wonnum and Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle at South Carolina
Minnesota DE Jalyn Holmes with Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott and WR Noah Brown at Ohio State
Vikings special teamer Dan Chisena and Cowboys G Connor McGovern at Penn State
Minnesota TE Irv Smith, Jr., and Dallas CB Trevon Diggs at Alabama
Vikings TE Kyle Rudolph and S Harrison Smith at Notre Dame with Cowboys G Zack Martin
Minnesota WR Bisi Johnson and Dallas WR Michael Gallup at Colorado State
Vikings RB Alexander Mattison at Boise State with Cowboys LB Leighton Vander Esch, S Darian Thompson and WR Cedrick Wilson
Minnesota LB Ryan Connelly and Dallas C Tyler Biadasz at Wisconsin
Vikings LB Hardy Nickerson and Cowboys WR Malik Turner at Illinois
Minnesota RB Ameer Abdullah and CB Chris Jones with Dallas DE Randy Gregory; Jones also with Dallas LB Luke Gifford at Nebraska
Vikings CBs Kris Boyd and Holton Hill [IR] at Texas with Cowboys G Connor Williams