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Vikings trivia: Your in-5 daily game, Sunday edition

Think you can figure out which Vikings player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out in our new guessing game!

Hey Minnesota Vikings fans! We’re back for another day of the Daily Norseman in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.

Today’s Daily Norseman in-5 game​

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Previous games​

Saturday, July 19, 2025
Friday, July 18, 2025
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Play more SB Nation in-5 trivia games​

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Behind the Daily Norseman in-5 instructions​

The goal of the game is to guess the correct Vikings player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won’t go into other details about the game as we’d like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form.

Enjoy!

Source: https://www.dailynorseman.com/2025/7/20/24470868/sb-nation-vikings-daily-trivia-in-5

 

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Who Will Lead the Vikings in Touchdowns in 2025?

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Let’s see what everyone thinks!

Earlier this week, we asked you to make your opinions known on a couple of Minnesota Vikings topics in our SB Nation Reacts survey, and today we are bringing you the answers to those questions. Let’s see what the readers of the best Vikings’ website in the known universe have to say.

The first question we asked had to do with who you think will lead the Vikings in touchdowns this season. We got a majority answer to this question, and it’s not really a surprising one.

Half of the folks who responded to our question believe that the Vikings’ all-world receiver, Justin Jefferson, will lead the team in touchdowns this season. He tied for the team lead in total touchdowns in 2024, but he did have the most touchdown receptions with 10. Jordan Addison, who finished near the bottom of the poll, had nine touchdown catches and a rushing score to tie Jefferson for the team touchdown lead.

Surprisingly, in his five seasons with the Vikings, Jefferson has never had sole possession of the most touchdowns for the team in a season. He tied with Adam Thielen in 2021 and with Addison in 2024, and he’s been outside of the top spot in three seasons: 2020 (behind Dalvin Cook and Thielen), 2022 (behind Cook), and 2023 (behind Addison). Will this be the year Jefferson takes the top spot for himself?

Our other question was who everyone thinks will be the third quarterback on the roster this year, and the results of this one surprised me a bit.

Nearly three-fourths of those who responded to our poll think the new guy, former Golden Gophers star Max Brosmer, will take the QB3 spot when the smoke clears this season. Only 27% went with the incumbent, journeyman Brett Rypien.

That’s going to be one of the more interesting battles of training camp, in my opinion. There aren’t a lot of roster spots up for grabs with this team this season, but the third quarterback spot is one of them. Will the young guy be able to overtake the veteran and claim a spot on the 53-man roster?

Those are the results of our SB Nation Reacts questions for this week. This is the week that everyone is reporting to training camp in Eagan, so we’re (probably) going to have some actual, honest-to-goodness news to cover starting this week. We made it, folks!

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Source: https://www.dailynorseman.com/2025/...sota-vikings-touchdowns-2025-justin-jefferson

 

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Can you guess this Vikings linebacker in today’s in-5 trivia game?

Think you can figure out which Vikings player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out in our new guessing game!

Hey Minnesota Vikings fans! We’re back for another day of the Daily Norseman in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.

Today’s Daily Norseman in-5 game​

If you can’t see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article.

Previous games​

Sunday, July 20, 2025
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Friday, July 18, 2025

Play more SB Nation in-5 trivia games​

NFL in-5
MLB in-5
MMA in-5

Behind the Daily Norseman in-5 instructions​

The goal of the game is to guess the correct Vikings player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won’t go into other details about the game as we’d like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form.

Enjoy!

Source: https://www.dailynorseman.com/2025/7/21/24471342/sb-nation-vikings-daily-trivia-in-5

 

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Vikings Place Two Players on PUP List, More Additions Possible

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Lest we get too excited about things too quickly

About half of the Minnesota Vikings’ 90-man roster has reported to Eagan for the start of training camp, with all of the rookies and a handful of selected veterans having already checked in. A couple of those players are going to have a slightly different schedule from the rest.

The team has announced that they have placed tight end Gavin Bartholomew and linebacker Chaz Chambliss on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) List.

Bartholomew, a sixth-round pick out of Pittsburgh, was the final player selected by the Vikings in this year’s selection meeting. Chambliss is an undrafted free agent out of Georgia who was signed in the post-draft UDFA free-for-all.

This is as good an opportunity as any to remind everyone what happens when a player goes on the PUP List (or the Non-Football Injury List, for that matter). A player who is on the PUP List can not practice with the team, they can only continue to do rehab work. Players have to be placed on PUP before they participate in a practice. Any player who has already gone through a practice during the preseason is ineligible for PUP or NFI. They also do not count against the 90-man roster while they are on either of those lists, so it’s possible the Vikings could sign some temporary replacements.

People may be surprised to not see some notable veterans on the list, namely offensive linemen Christian Darrisaw and Will Fries, both of whom are still rehabbing injuries that they suffered last season. Players can still be added after the veterans report, which is scheduled to happen on Tuesday. So not seeing Darrisaw and Fries on the PUP List at this point doesn’t mean they won’t be on it. . .they just aren’t on it yet. We’ll know more about that tomorrow.

Football is officially in the air, folks. Can you feel the excitement?

Source: https://www.dailynorseman.com/2025/...ers-pup-list-gavin-bartholomew-chaz-chambliss

 

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No More Additions to PUP or NFI Lists for the Vikings

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Some positive and surprising news

Yesterday, the Minnesota Vikings placed two rookies on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) List ahead of the start of Training Camp. While we speculated that there could be more to come after the veterans arrived to camp today, it turns out we didn’t need to worry about it after all.

At a press conference just a short time ago, head coach Kevin O’Connell affirmed that the Vikings would not be making any more additions to the PUP List or the Non-Football Injury (NFI) List before practices officially get underway.

This is some pleasantly surprising news, as this means that some key contributors will be able to practice with the team from the start of camp, if that’s what the Vikings are planning. Offensive linemen Christian Darrisaw and Will Fries, along with wide receiver Rondale Moore, all suffered season-ending injuries last year but none of them will be going on the PUP list.

Moore tore an ACL before the start of the season with the Atlanta Falcons last year and missed all of 2024, while Fries suffered a leg injury in Week 5 with the Indianapolis Colts and Darrisaw tore his ACL in the Vikings’ first loss to the Los Angeles Rams last season.

Not only does this mean that all of those players will be able to fully participate in practice rather than being relegated to rehab work, it also opens the door for them to be available for Week 1 in Chicago. Had any of those players gone on PUP today and been there after the 53-man roster cutdown, they would be forced to miss the first four weeks of the regular season.

This means that the Vikings’ new-look offensive line, which will presumably consist of Darrisaw, rookie Donovan Jackson, free agent Ryan Kelly, Fries, and Brian O’Neill, could be ready to go when the Vikings trot out onto Soldier Field for Monday Night Football in about six week. I think any Vikings fan would have to be happy with that possibility.

So, training camp hasn’t even officially started in Eagan yet, but we’ve already gotten some pretty positive news about the purple. Here’s hoping that it continues.

Source: https://www.dailynorseman.com/2025/7/22/24472489/no-more-additions-pup-nfi-lists-minnesota-vikings

 

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Minnesota Vikings All Quarter Century Team: Linebacker No. 1

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Chad Greenway and Eric Kendricks headline a phenomenal trio of linebackers who are up for the Vikings Quarter Century Team.

Now that we have the defensive line established for the Vikings Quarter Century Team, we’re moving on to the second level with the inside linebackers!

In this group, we’ve got three names that stand out above the rest in Chad Greenway, Eric Kendricks, and Anthony Barr. All of them played nearly a decade with the Vikings and were consistent performers for the franchise.

Let’s go ahead and find out which player will be the first linebacker named to the team!

Chad Greenway (2006-2016)​

The Vikings selected Greenway in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft out of the University of Iowa. His professional career got off to a rough start as he sustained a torn ACL in the first preseason game that year which caused him to miss his entire rookie campaign.

Greenway bounced back to start all 16 games the following year, posting 105 total tackles, four tackles for loss, two interceptions (one returned for touchdown), four pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and four fumble recoveries. In 2008, Greenway broke out with a career high 116 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 5.5 sacks.

In 2011, Greenway earned his first Pro Bowl honor after a career-high 154 tackles to go with six tackles for loss. In 2012, he was once again named to the Pro Bowl on top of earning his first and only Second-Team All-Pro honor.

Greenway ended his Vikings career with 1,140 tackles, 64 tackles for loss, 19 sacks, 11 interceptions, 35 pass breakups, eight forced fumbles, and 11 fumble recoveries.

Eric Kendricks (2015-2022)​

Kendricks was selected by the Vikings in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft by way of UCLA. He started 11 of 14 games as a rookie, showing off a well-rounded skillset that helped him record 92 tackles, eight tackles for loss, and four sacks. He would later be named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team that year.

For eight years Kendricks was at the heart of the Vikings defense. From year two through the rest of his time in Minnesota, Kendricks recorded at least 100 tackles every season, including a career-high 143 in 2021. In 2019, Kendricks earned his first and only First-Team All-Pro honor while also being named to the Pro Bowl.

Anthony Barr (2014-2021, 2023)​

Like his running mate for many years, Barr was also drafted out of UCLA in the first round of the 2014 draft. His career in Minnesota spanned nine seasons across two different stints. In that time, he totaled 496 tackles, 39 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, five interceptions, 31 pass breakups, eight forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries.

During his career, Barr made the Pro Bowl in four consecutive seasons from 2015-2018.

Source: https://www.dailynorseman.com/2025/...eam-chad-greenway-eric-kendricks-anthony-barr