Minnesota Vikings News and Links: It’s Schedule Release Day!

Queue the fart noise machine! I guess it is useful if you are planning on attending games. Maybe some early predictors will find it helpful to know when they play the teams that were already assigned to play. Obviously the team should go 17-0 right?

The team still has not processed Jauan Jennings’ contract with the league office and that is why we do not see what his actual cap hit for 2026 will be. I imagine there is a void year or two include in his deal but I could be wrong.

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I would love for the team to add Joey Bosa!

The GM search continues as well. I cannot say that I have a favorite because I have not done any research on any of the candidates. Needless to say that I probably will not like their draft selections.

Minnesota Vikings News and Links

Vikings request interview with Detroit Lions front office member

The Minnesota Vikings are targeting Detroit Lions assistant general manager Ray Agnew as a candidate for its general manager vacancy.

Per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Vikings have requested an interview with Lions assistant GM Ray Agnew. The Vikings have also requested interviews with Denver Broncos assistant GM Reed Burckhardt and Miami Dolphins assistant GM Kyle Smith.

Latest buzz on Minnesota Vikings’ search for a new GM

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Chief operating officer Andrew Miller worked with the search firm TurnkeyZRG to develop a list of external candidates, but the only other known participant is coach Kevin O’Connell, himself a product of the same 2022 hiring committee. And speaking last week at rookie minicamp, O’Connell made clear that he is available to help but is not running the show.

“In whatever capacity that ownership and Andrew have for me as their plan, that’s what I’m going to do,” O’Connell said. “Obviously, it’s an important time. It’s clearly an important hire, but I have so much respect in the process-oriented driven aspect of not only our ownership, but Andrew Miller, that I know we’re going to get to that good outcome.”

O’Connell and Miller have joined the Wilfs, and some of their adult children, in initial virtual interviews this week. It’s possible that there will be some meetings around next week’s NFL spring meeting, where the league is hosting its revamped accelerator program aimed at connecting coaching and general manager candidates with ownership. If the process continues smoothly, a second round of formal interviews would take place in person during the final week of May.
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Speaking in March at the league meetings, Wilf laid out a vision for what he and his brother are seeking in the job.

“We certainly want someone who is a great leader, someone who can lead,” Wilf said. “We feel we have a great scouting staff. Great coaching staff. Of course, never resting on any laurels [and] we want to continue to strive to be the best. We want to be competitive every single year and have long-term success.

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“So someone’s got to fit within that. It’s got to fit within what we have in our building right now as well. So it’s a host of factors. Hopefully we’ll know it when we see it, but we’re certainly going to, as part of the laying out of the process, try to develop some qualities we can build around.”