Under-the-Radar Summer Storylines for the Vikings

“However, there is still a sliver of hope for Chapman and his future with the Minnesota Vikings. Maybe his addition is less about the 2025 season and more about 2026 and beyond. Wright signed a one-year contract extension this offseason and is set to be a free agent in 2026.”

Wright turned 25 last week.

Ireland added, “By signing an international prospect, the Vikings are creating a stress-free environment where Chapman can benefit from a redshirt year while building chemistry with Will Reichard and Andrew DePaola without impacting the practice squad. If Chapman were American, there’s no way the Vikings would waste a valuable practice squad spot on him a year before they need a punter.”

Will Ty Chandler Be the RB3 — or Someone Else?

Jordan Mason became a Viking in March after a late-night trade with the San Francisco 49ers, immediately demoting Ty Chandler to RB3.

And the Vikings have demonstrated through their actions over the last year that they’re not particularly high on Chandler, mainly because his pass-blocking is suspect. Might the Vikings waive him altogether and sign a different running back after the NFL’s end-of-summer purge, when over 1,400 players fail to make 53-man rosters?

What about the Return Men on Kicks and Punts?

Bradon Powell remains a free agent, with the Vikings expressing little to no interest in re-signing him.

That means the club will need a new punt returner, and if Chandler is waived, well, the Vikings would need two return men.

O’Connell said about Brosmer last month, “I mean, the starting point of just a pretty efficient thrower of the football from a standpoint of fundamentals, technique, his ability to generate some pretty good evolutions and RPMs on the ball with pretty limited movement in the pocket.”

“I have a lot of respect for P.J. Fleck and his staff and how they’ve coached football over there, from a standpoint of his high football IQ – I think, shows up when he can really arrive here, spend a couple hours in meetings, and he’s out there making corrections in the middle of a seven-on-seven walk through leading into a period or whatever it is. So you’re already seeing a lot of the things that we really identified in Max to bring them into a quarterback room that we’re really excited about.”

A pretty sweet endorsement.

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