Entering their showdown this Sunday with the Detroit Lions for first place in the NFC North, the unbeaten Minnesota Vikings are the NFL’s most surprising team through the opening six weeks of the 2024 season.
The Minnesota Vikings employ a general manager who has the tendency to trade in his DNA. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was hired in 2022, following in the footsteps of longtime executive Rick Spielman.
Not too long ago, Minnesota Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah used a catchy phrase to describe the then-unsigned extension for Justin Jefferson: champagne problem.
The NFL trade deadline is going to arrive on November 5th. If he wants to bring in talent via swap, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah will need to do so by that date or forever hold his peace (or something like that).
The Minnesota Vikings are 5-0 and watching the rest of the National Football League from the sidelines, this weekend, on their bye. But while players are hanging out with family and friends, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is shopping for possible improvements to the Vikings roster, prior to the November 3 trade deadline.
It feels like ages ago that Kwesi Adofo-Mensah ran his first NFL Draft as a general manager. In reality, that infamous 2022 Minnesota Vikings disaster Draft was just 2.5 years ago.
The biggest factor in the Minnesota Vikings' 5-0 start has been the success of the free agent class. After two offseasons where the Vikings were really hampered by the salary cap constraints handed to him by former general manager Rick Spielman, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has had to use a Moneyball approach.
The Minnesota Vikings starting off the season at 4-0 has been a huge blessing this season. It's also been a major surprise as the 2025 season was supposed to be the start of their "Super Bowl window." With their success this year, it's potentially changed the Vikings' thinking about the future because it's not next year.
The Minnesota Vikings' 2022 NFL Draft class is one that has faced major scrutiny. They don't have their top two picks from the class and you can argue the best pick from 2022 was made in the sixth round.
Late in the offseason, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah finally decided to pull the trigger. Veteran corner Stephon Gilmore got added to help reinforce the corner room and the Vikings’ defense more broadly, agreeing to a single-season deal for $7 million.
The Minnesota Vikings are off to a fantastic 3-0 start thanks mostly to the offseason acquisitions made by general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. They have been wreaking havoc on opposing offenses and defenses and have likely vaulted him in the executive of the year award.
The Minnesota Vikings didn’t put too much attention on the interior of the offensive line this offseason. Well, that was the narrative at least. Other than signing Blake Brandel to a three-year, $9.5 million contract to allow him to fight for the starting left guard spot, they didn’t do anything.
Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's infamous first draft as the Vikings' general manager has come back into focus this month. Three weeks ago, second-round pick Andrew Booth Jr.
Why hasn’t Mark Wilf signed Kevin O’Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, who both have just two more years on their current deals, to contract extensions?
The Minnesota Vikings have found star talent in recent drafts, but their 2022 prospects have yet to really pan out.
A few major roster-building decisions have been made this offseason, including the recent monster investment made in receiver Justin Jefferson.
The Vikings GM recently commented on the future of the team's star wideout.
It appears the Vikings are still deciding whether to make a blockbuster trade for a QB during the first round of the NFL Draft.
The Vikings have consistently been connected to a trade-up from the No. 11 spot. Here's what their GM said about their plans.
The team would prefer to trade up and land its long-term QB in this draft.
The Vikings own picks No. 11 and No. 23, and they could package those in order to move up in the draft.
The Minnesota Vikings have raised eyebrows by scheduling a “private meeting” with former LSU quarterback and top-three prospect Jayden Daniels. According to Ian Rapoport, the Vikings have scheduled a private meeting with one of the top quarterback prospects of the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Minnesota Vikings might have tipped their hand, in terms of a preferred and realistic quarterback trade target in the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft.
Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has seemingly been eyeing a trade-up to select a quarterback since adding the No. 23 overall pick in a deal
When the Minnesota Vikings pulled off a trade with the Houston Texans for the No. 23 overall pick in the 2024 draft, many believed it was to stockpile ammunition to move up and draft a quarterback.
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