2021 Minnesota Vikings season

The 2021 season will be the Minnesota Vikings' 61st season in the National Football League, their sixth playing home games at U.S. Bank Stadium and their eighth under head coach Mike Zimmer.

2021 Minnesota Vikings season
Owner	Zygi Wilf
Head coach	Mike Zimmer
General manager	Rick Spielman
Home field	U.S. Bank Stadium
Uniform

Draft

2021 Minnesota Vikings Draft

Round	Selection	Player name	Position	College	Contract	Notes
1	14
2	45	Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars[upper-alpha 1]
3	77
	90					From Ravens[upper-alpha 2]
4	TBD
	TBD					From Bears[upper-alpha 3]
	TBD					From Bills[upper-alpha 4]
5	TBD
	TBD					From Ravens via Steelers[upper-alpha 5]
6	TBD
7	TBD

Notes

• Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings.

Draft trades

1. The Vikings traded a second-round selection and a conditional 2022 fifth-round selection to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for defensive end Yannick Ngakoue. The fifth-round selection would have been upgraded to a fourth rounder if Ngakoue had been selected for the 2021 Pro Bowl.[1]
2. The Vikings traded defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for Baltimore's third-round selection and a conditional 2022 fifth-round selection.[2]
3. The Vikings traded a 2020 fifth-round selection (155th overall) to the Chicago Bears in exchange for Chicago's fourth-round selection.[3]
4. The Vikings traded a 2020 seventh-round selection (239th overall) and wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for Buffalo's fourth-round selection, and 2020 first-, fifth-, and sixth-round selections (22nd, 155th and 201st overall).[4]
5. The Vikings traded 2020 sixth- and seventh-round selections (201st and 219th overall) to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for the fifth-round selection the Ravens received from the Pittsburgh Steelers and their 2020 seventh-round selection (225th overall).[5]

Staff

Minnesota Vikings staff

	Front office Owner/chairman – Zygi Wilf Owner/president – Mark Wilf Owner/vice chairman – Leonard Wilf Owner/executive vice president – Jonathan Wilf Chief operating officer – Andrew Miller General manager – Rick Spielman Vice president of player personnel/assistant general manager – Vacant Executive vice president of football operations – Rob Brzezinski Director of college scouting – Jamaal Stephenson Director of pro scouting – Ryan Monnens Director of analytics – Scott Kuhn Consultant – Bud Grant Head coaches Head coach – Mike Zimmer Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Vacant Quarterbacks – Klint Kubiak Running backs – Kennedy Polamalu Wide receivers – Andrew Janocko Tight ends – Brian Pariani Run game coordinator/offensive line – Rick Dennison Assistant offensive line – Phil Rauscher Offensive quality control – Christian Jones Offensive quality control – AC Patterson			Defensive coaches Co-defensive coordinator/defensive line – Andre Patterson Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers – Adam Zimmer Assistant defensive line – Imarjaye Albury Defensive backs – Vacant Assistant defensive backs – Roy Anderson Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Ryan Ficken Assistant special teams – Vacant Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Josh Hingst Assistant strength and conditioning – Derik Keyes Assistant strength and conditioning – Chaz Mahle → Coaching staff → Management → More NFL staffs
AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC LV LAC NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LAR SF SEA

Current roster

Minnesota Vikings roster

Quarterbacks  8 Kirk Cousins Running backs 33 Dalvin Cook 30 C. J. Ham FB 25 Alexander Mattison Wide receivers 85 Dan Chisena 18 Justin Jefferson 81 Bisi Johnson 17 K. J. Osborn RS 19 Adam Thielen Tight ends 83 Tyler Conklin 87 Hale Hentges 82 Kyle Rudolph 84 Irv Smith Jr.

Offensive linemen 56 Garrett Bradbury C 72 Ezra Cleveland G 75 Brian O'Neill T 71 Riley Reiff T 73 Dru Samia G 74 Oli Udoh T Defensive linemen 67 Jordan Brailford DE 90 Jalyn Holmes DE 99 Danielle Hunter DE 92 James Lynch DT 51 Hercules Mata'afa DE 97 Michael Pierce DT 93 Shamar Stephen DT 96 Armon Watts DT 79 Kenny Willekes DE 98 D. J. Wonnum DE

Linebackers 55 Anthony Barr OLB 57 Ryan Connelly OLB 45 Troy Dye MLB 54 Eric Kendricks MLB 48 Blake Lynch OLB 59 Cameron Smith MLB Defensive backs 29 Kris Boyd CB 27 Cameron Dantzler CB 46 Myles Dorn S 20 Jeff Gladney CB 38 Harrison Hand CB 21 Mike Hughes CB 39 Dylan Mabin CB 44 Josh Metellus S 22 Harrison Smith SS Special teams  5 Dan Bailey K  2 Britton Colquitt P 42 Andrew DePaola LS

Reserve lists 65 Zack Bailey G (Futures) 34 Jake Bargas FB (Futures) 64 Blake Brandel OT (Futures)  3 Jake Browning QB (Futures) 86 Brandon Dillon TE (Futures) 36 Tae Hayes CB (Futures) 35 Luther Kirk S (Futures)  7 Nate Stanley QB (Futures) 32 Cordrea Tankersley CB (Futures) Unrestricted FAs 31 Ameer Abdullah RB 40 Todd Davis MLB 78 Dakota Dozier G 41 Anthony Harris FS 69 Rashod Hill OT 43 George Iloka S 94 Jaleel Johnson DT 61 Brett Jones C  4 Sean Mannion QB 47 Hardy Nickerson Jr. LB 50 Eric Wilson OLB Restricted FAs 12 Chad Beebe WR 23 Mike Boone RB 95 Ifeadi Odenigbo DE Exclusive-Rights FAs 68 Kyle Hinton G 26 Chris Jones CB Rookies in italics Roster updated January 7, 2021 Depth chart Transactions 47 active, 9 inactive, 16 free agent(s) → AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Preseason

The Vikings' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2021 opponents

Listed below are the Vikings' opponents for 2021. The length of the season is contingent on whether the league and the National Football League Players Association agree to expand the regular season from 16 to 17 games. If this happens, a 17th game would match the Vikings against a interconference opponent from one of the three divisions from the AFC that the Vikings are not scheduled to play in 2021, which will be based on division placement from 2020.[6]

Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.

Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (NFC North)	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers
Conference opponents (NFC West)	Los Angeles Rams Seattle Seahawks	Arizona Cardinals San Francisco 49ers
Conference opponents (based on 2020 division placement)	Dallas Cowboys	Carolina Panthers
Interconference opponents (AFC North)	Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers	Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals

References

1. "Jaguars agree to trade DE Yannick Ngakoue to Vikings". ESPN. August 30, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
2. "Sources: Vikes ship Ngakoue to Ravens for picks". ESPN.com. October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
3. Mayer, Larry (April 25, 2020). "Bears draft Gipson with pick acquired in trade". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
4. Bergman, Jeremy (March 16, 2020). "Bills acquire WR Stefon Diggs from Vikings in trade". Retrieved March 16, 2020.
5. Shaffer, Jonas (April 25, 2020). "Ravens trade with Vikings, move up to take SMU WR James Proche in sixth round". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
6. Florio, Mike (February 16, 2020). "17th game will give each team a fifth interconference matchup". Profootballtalk.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.

External links

• Official website