Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Jonathan Greenard offered his thoughts after the season ended with a loss in the NFC Wild Card.
Linebackers Andrew Van Ginkel and Jonathan Greenard don't appear to be leaving the Minnesota Vikings anytime soon.
The Minnesota Vikings have a lot of crucial decisions to make when it comes to the future of the franchise. Free agency is coming up in less than six weeks and the Vikings can change their trajectory significantly.
Greenard finished the 2024 season with 59 tackles (41 solo), including 18 TFLs and 12.0 sacks, four forced fumbles and three pass breakups across 17 regular-season contests. After Greenard broke out for 12.
Signing Trey Smith would be a major upgrade to the Vikings offensive line, but Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's history in free agency says that signing Smith isn't likely for Minnesota.
Last offseason the Vikings took a risk by moving on from star defensive end Danielle Hunter and replacing him with Greenard. That risk paid off in spades forth both teams. Greenard had 12.0 sacks and was a pressure machine under Flores, finishing third in the league in total pressures only behind Myles Garrett and Trey Hendrickson.
For a fun little thought exercise, let's go through every single Vikings unrestricted free agent and hand out a percentage of likelihood that they'll be back for another season in purple in 2025. These are going to be totally speculative estimations — and the beauty of probability is that I won't technically be wrong if I give a player a 10 percent chance to return and it ends up happening.
The Minnesota Vikings added a seventh Pro Bowler to their 2024 roster in a development that ended a long drought for the franchise. Originally an alternate, right tackle Brian O'Neill was named to the Pro Bowl on Jan. 27, replacing Philadelphia Eagles tackle Lane Johnson, per an NFL announcement on Monday.