2024 Minnesota Vikings season | |
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Owner | Zygi Wilf |
General manager | Kwesi Adofo-Mensah |
Head coach | Kevin O'Connell |
Home field | U.S. Bank Stadium |
Uniform | |
The 2024 season will be the Minnesota Vikings' 64th in the National Football League (NFL), their ninth playing their home games at U.S. Bank Stadium, their 20th under the ownership of Zygi Wilf and their third under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kevin O'Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. The Vikings are looking to improve on their 7–10 record from 2023 and return to the playoffs after a one-year absence.
This will be their first season since 2017 without quarterback Kirk Cousins on the roster, as he signed with the Atlanta Falcons in free agency.
On June 6, 2024, the Vikings unveiled the new "Winter Warrior" uniform, which is all-white and features the first white helmet in franchise history. [1]
Position | Player | New team | Date |
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RB | Alexander Mattison | Las Vegas Raiders | Released on March 4 |
DE | Dean Lowry | Pittsburgh Steelers | Released on March 12 |
OT | Hakeem Adeniji | Cleveland Browns | Signed on March 13 |
QB | Kirk Cousins | Atlanta Falcons | Signed on March 13 |
DE | Marcus Davenport | Detroit Lions | Signed on March 13 |
LB | Jordan Hicks | Cleveland Browns | Signed on March 13 |
LB | D. J. Wonnum | Carolina Panthers | Signed on March 13 |
LB | Danielle Hunter | Houston Texans | Signed on March 14 |
C | Austin Schlottmann | New York Giants | Signed on March 15 |
NT | Khyiris Tonga | Arizona Cardinals | Signed on March 15 |
QB | Joshua Dobbs | San Francisco 49ers | Signed on March 19 |
LB | Troy Dye | Los Angeles Chargers | Signed on March 19 |
WR | K. J. Osborn | New England Patriots | Signed on March 19 |
OT | Oli Udoh | New Orleans Saints | Signed on March 19 |
K | Greg Joseph | Green Bay Packers | Signed on March 28 |
Position | Player | Former team | Date |
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RB | Aaron Jones | Green Bay Packers | Signed on March 12 |
LB | Blake Cashman | Houston Texans | Signed on March 13 |
QB | Sam Darnold | San Francisco 49ers | Signed on March 13 |
LB | Jonathan Greenard | Houston Texans | Signed on March 13 |
K | John Parker Romo | Chicago Bears | Signed on March 13 |
LB | Andrew Van Ginkel | Miami Dolphins | Signed on March 13 |
WR | Trent Sherfield | Buffalo Bills | Signed on March 14 |
DE | Jerry Tillery | Las Vegas Raiders | Signed on March 14 |
G | Dan Feeney | Chicago Bears | Signed on March 15 |
DE | Jonah Williams | Los Angeles Rams | Signed on March 18 |
CB | Shaquill Griffin | Carolina Panthers | Signed on March 19 |
LB | Kamu Grugier-Hill | Carolina Panthers | Signed on March 20 |
LB | Jihad Ward | New York Giants | Signed on March 20 |
TE | Robert Tonyan | Chicago Bears | Signed on May 16 |
Draft trades
Name | Position | College | Ref. |
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Matt Cindric | G | California | [3] [4] |
K. J. Cloyd | LB | Miami (FL) | |
Jeremy Flax | OT | Kentucky | |
Dallas Gant | LB | Toledo | |
Devron Harper | WR | Mercer | |
Ty James | WR | Mercer | |
Jeshaun Jones | WR | Maryland | |
Trey Knox | TE | South Carolina | |
Tyler Manoa | DE | Arizona | |
Donovan Manuel | LB | FIU | |
Dwight McGlothern | CB | Arkansas | |
Gabriel Murphy | OLB | UCLA | |
Doug Nester | G | West Virginia | |
Owen Porter | OLB | Marshall | |
Bo Richter | OLB | Air Force | |
Spencer Rolland | OT | North Carolina | |
Taki Taimani | DT | Oregon |
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The Vikings' preseason opponents and preliminary schedule was announced on May 15, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule.
Week | Date | Time (CDT) | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap |
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1 | August 10 | 3:00 p.m. | Las Vegas Raiders | U.S. Bank Stadium | KMSP | |||
2 | August 17 | 3:25 p.m. | at Cleveland Browns | Cleveland Browns Stadium | KMSP | |||
3 | August 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Philadelphia Eagles | Lincoln Financial Field | KMSP |
The Vikings' schedule for the 2024 NFL season was announced on May 15, 2024. In addition to home and away matchups against each of their NFC North divisional rivals, they were also scheduled to play against each of the teams in the NFC West and AFC South, as well as the teams that also finished in third place in each of the NFC South, NFC East and AFC East. [5] [6] Their AFC East opponent, the New York Jets, will serve as the opposition for the Vikings' home game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, which is part of the NFL International Series. [7]
Week | Date | Time (CT) | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap |
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1 | September 8 | 12:00 p.m. | at New York Giants | MetLife Stadium | Fox | |||
2 | September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | San Francisco 49ers | U.S. Bank Stadium | CBS | |||
3 | September 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Houston Texans | U.S. Bank Stadium | CBS | |||
4 | September 29 | 12:00 p.m. | at Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | CBS | |||
5 | October 6 | 8:30 a.m. | New York Jets | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London) | NFLN | |||
6 | Bye | |||||||
7 | October 20 | 12:00 p.m. | Detroit Lions | U.S. Bank Stadium | Fox | |||
8 | October 24 | 7:15 p.m. | at Los Angeles Rams | SoFi Stadium | Prime Video | |||
9 | November 3 | 12:00 p.m. | Indianapolis Colts | U.S. Bank Stadium | CBS | |||
10 | November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | at Jacksonville Jaguars | EverBank Stadium | Fox | |||
11 | November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at Tennessee Titans | Nissan Stadium | CBS | |||
12 | November 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Chicago Bears | Soldier Field | Fox | |||
13 | December 1 | 12:00 p.m. | Arizona Cardinals | U.S. Bank Stadium | Fox | |||
14 | December 8 | 12:00 p.m. | Atlanta Falcons | U.S. Bank Stadium | Fox | |||
15 | December 16 | 7:00 p.m. | Chicago Bears | U.S. Bank Stadium | ABC | |||
16 | December 22 | 3:05 p.m. | at Seattle Seahawks | Lumen Field | Fox | |||
17 | December 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Green Bay Packers | U.S. Bank Stadium | Fox | |||
18 | January 4/5 | TBD | at Detroit Lions | Ford Field | TBD |
Notes
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The 2000 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur U.S. college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 15–16, 2000, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. No teams chose to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year.
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