December 23, 2018; Detroit, MI, USA; The Minnesota Vikings’ defensive end is Everson Griffin (97) and outside linebacker Anthony Barr. Compulsory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA Today Sports.
The 2021 Minnesota Vikings defense was an intriguing creature that ranked the NFL as the 12th best defense in the EPA / game but allowed the most points in the last two minutes of any football team’s half in 20+ years.
Accordingly, the same defense has not been maintained, as new general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has welcomed new faces such as J’Darius Smith, Harrison Phillips, Jordan Hicks, Lewis Cine, Andrew Booth, Brian Asamoah, Akileb Evans and Chandan Sullivan.
And as of May 25, 2021, four defensive starters from the Vikings remain Baker.
Anthony Barr (LB)
Bar’s reputation as a free agent is one of the Vikings’ biggest offseason secrets. Most Vikings spectators had hoped Barr would sign with another team in March, but he did not. He has been curiously unsigned for over two months.
Her health can be questionable, especially bad knees. Still, at the age of 30 and with four Pro Bowls to his name, the linebacker should be sought if Bar is not suffering the last injury of his career. Something NFL team.
Rumor has it that the Mill New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys will be a landing spot if the bar is really healthy.
Barr has created an admirable 2021 season, creating great, potential game-winning dramas in the Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Rams vs. Games. But the Vikings squandered those opportunities.
Everson Griffin (DE)
Griffin’s protracted free agency is more understandable. He moved out of the Vikings in the middle of the 2021 season to fix his mental health – an admirable plan for anyone.
But in light of his future playing career, rumors have dried up for Griffin. His former defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator, Andre Patterson, is now the defensive line coach for the New York Giants. Griffin may have landed there, but it’s just speculative.
Griffin proved in 2021 that he could still handle the quarterback pressure, serving as the sole arbiter of pocket chaos after losing to Daniel Hunter in October.
However, Griffin will turn 35 this December, so it could be the end of the road for USC alumni.
Sheldon Richardson (DL)
Richardson had two separate seasons with the Vikings – in 2018 and 2021. Both times, Minnesota tempted him with the promise of a Super Bowl competition and then ended the season with a mediocre record.
Mike Zimmer even used Richardson as a defensive end last year, exiting his ideological role as a three-technical defensive tackle. As an EDGE racer, Richardson has played quite well.
Of the four listed in this mini-analysis, Richardson is most likely to sign somewhere.
Bashaud Breland (CB)
Brindland was nominated to start a cornerback over Cameron Dantzler in 2021 and no one really knew Why. He wasn’t very well flat-out, had quarrels with reporters, and was eventually cut for a practice brouhaha by the Vikings.
Breland, on the other hand, is not terribly old, aged 30 four months ago. Unlike Bar, Breland is not known to have any endless injuries.
Although his Vikings term ended haphazardly – and sometimes even obscenely – Breland will probably sign a CB4 with a non-Vikings team this summer.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to her daily YouTube channel, VikesNow. She Hosts a podcast With Bryant McKinney, which airs every Wednesday Raun Sai And Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking Fandom dates back to 1996. Listed Criminal Pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos’ and The Doors (Band).
