The Minnesota Vikings’ head coach Kevin O’Connell is seen as one of the more calm, cool and collected NFL head coaches in the National Football League, but would you blame him if he was feeling anxiety regarding ongoing contract talks between the Vikings and superstar receiver Justin Jefferson?
The Minnesota Vikings and Justin Jefferson have worked for about 17 months to complete a contract extension. Thankfully for Vikings fans’ sake, the team’s head coach isn’t sweating the timetable.
Bears LG Teven Jenkins has been a key contributor when on the field but he’s dealt with numerous injuries to begin his career. Jenkins is set to be an unrestricted free agent next offseason, but he has made it clear he wants to remain in Chicago.
The Kirk Cousins’ drama and the 2024 NFL draft have come and gone this offseason, but there is still one major looming situation that is outstanding from the Minnesota Vikings.
The Minnesota Vikings drafted Justin Jefferson 22nd overall during the 2020 NFL Draft. Despite being passed on by other teams that needed wide receivers, Jefferson emerged as the greatest wide receiver across the entirety of the league.
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The Minnesota Vikings have yet to strike a long-term contract extension with wide receiver Justin Jefferson, which has many wondering just what the Vikings are doing.
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Over the last few months, a lot of reports have come out about the Minnesota Vikings and Justin Jefferson. A new deal still hasn’t gotten done between the two sides, but it seems likely that one will happen.
NFL training camp is a little over two months away, and the Minnesota Vikings have yet to reach an agreement on a contract extension with wide receiver Justin Jefferson.
Since K.J. Osborn’s emergence in 2021, the Vikings have had a solid third wideout on the roster besides Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen for two years and Jordan Addison in 2023.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson has to be thrilled with the developments among top receivers around the league. Leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles signed three of the premier receivers in the league to what at the time were record-setting contracts.
Here are three moves the Minnesota Vikings must make ahead of the 2024 season.
When a star as elite as Justin Jefferson compliments someone, it holds great gravity. That someone happens to be none other than Minnesota Timberwolves’s
The Vikings GM recently commented on the future of the team's star wideout.
The trade theories were never real. If the Minnesota Vikings possessed any desire to trade phenom wideout Justin Jefferson, they would’ve done so during the 2024 NFL Draft when the club sought a new quarterback.
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter discussed during a Monday appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" if the Vikings included star wide receiver Justin Jefferson in a potential trade package offered to the Patriots for the third overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Jefferson is preparing to enter the final year of his current deal and is expected to become the highest-paid non-quarterback in football.
Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said they paused contract talks with WR Justin Jefferson during the draft but intend to pick them back up. “We continue to have great dialogue with their representatives,” Adofo-Mensah said.
The Vikings have a new franchise passer on the roster, and now that the 2024 draft is in the books, they can turn their focus back to an extension for perhaps the best wide receiver in the league.
The Minnesota Vikings have been working on a contract extension with Justin Jefferson for years and that’s not even an exaggeration. In all reality, there’s no legitimate reason why it hasn’t been completed yet, which is why Justin Jefferson trade rumors continue to sprout up at every turn.
As we edge closer to the NFL Draft, the variety and intensity of predictions increase, featuring some bold predictions. Notably, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell annually shakes things up with his mock draft by proposing trades for each pick.
NFL insider Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk suggested on Tuesday that the Minnesota Vikings may not have completely slammed the door shut on trading star wide receiver Justin Jefferson either before or during the upcoming NFL Draft.
Several of the league’s top players declined to show up on day one of spring workout programs – including Minnesota Vikings star Justin Jefferson. The former first-round wide receiver is hoping to lock down a long-term contract with the team and he’s using whatever leverage he can to make it happen before the 2024 season.
Jefferson did not report to the first day of the Vikings’ offseason program Monday. It should be noted Jefferson did not show for Vikings voluntary work last year but reported for minicamp.
Justin Jefferson did not report on Monday for the start of the Minnesota Vikings’ voluntary offseason workout program, the team’s head coach Kevin O’Connell told the media.
Justin Jefferson sent the Minnesota Vikings front office a message following his action (or inaction) on Monday. The Vikings held their first offseason workout not long after reports surfaced the Philadelphia Eagles took care of their No.
According to Kevin Seifert, Vikings HC Kevin O’Connell confirmed that star WR Justin Jefferson was not present for the first day of the voluntary offseason program as he seeks a new contract from the team.
NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated continues to believe that star wide receiver Justin Jefferson "will be on the Vikings' roster for the foreseeable future."
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