2021 Minnesota Vikings season

The 2021 season will be the Minnesota Vikings' 61st season in the National Football League, their sixth playing home games at U.S. Bank Stadium and their eighth under head coach Mike Zimmer.

2021 Minnesota Vikings season
OwnerZygi Wilf
Head coachMike Zimmer
General managerRick Spielman
Home fieldU.S. Bank Stadium
Uniform

Draft
Main article: 2021 NFL Draft
2021 Minnesota Vikings Draft
RoundSelectionPlayer namePositionCollegeContractNotes
114
245 Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars[upper-alpha 1]
377
90 From Ravens[upper-alpha 2]
4TBD
TBD From Bears[upper-alpha 3]
TBD From Bills[upper-alpha 4]
5TBD
TBD From Ravens via Steelers[upper-alpha 5]
6TBD
7TBD

Notes

  • Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings.

Draft trades

  1. The Vikings traded a second-round selection and a conditional 2022 fifth-round selection to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for defensive end Yannick Ngakoue. The fifth-round selection would have been upgraded to a fourth rounder if Ngakoue had been selected for the 2021 Pro Bowl.[1]
  2. The Vikings traded defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for Baltimore's third-round selection and a conditional 2022 fifth-round selection.[2]
  3. The Vikings traded a 2020 fifth-round selection (155th overall) to the Chicago Bears in exchange for Chicago's fourth-round selection.[3]
  4. The Vikings traded a 2020 seventh-round selection (239th overall) and wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for Buffalo's fourth-round selection, and 2020 first-, fifth-, and sixth-round selections (22nd, 155th and 201st overall).[4]
  5. The Vikings traded 2020 sixth- and seventh-round selections (201st and 219th overall) to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for the fifth-round selection the Ravens received from the Pittsburgh Steelers and their 2020 seventh-round selection (225th overall).[5]

Staff
Minnesota Vikings staff
Front office
  • Owner/chairman – Zygi Wilf
  • Owner/president – Mark Wilf
  • Owner/vice chairman – Leonard Wilf
  • Owner/executive vice president – Jonathan Wilf
  • Chief operating officer – Andrew Miller
  • General manager – Rick Spielman
  • Vice president of player personnel/assistant general manager – Vacant
  • Executive vice president of football operations – Rob Brzezinski
  • Director of college scouting – Jamaal Stephenson
  • Director of pro scouting – Ryan Monnens
  • Director of analytics – Scott Kuhn
  • Consultant – Bud Grant
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Vacant
  • Quarterbacks – Klint Kubiak
  • Running backs – Kennedy Polamalu
  • Wide receivers – Andrew Janocko
  • Tight ends – Brian Pariani
  • Run game coordinator/offensive line – Rick Dennison
  • Assistant offensive line – Phil Rauscher
  • Offensive quality control – Christian Jones
  • Offensive quality control – AC Patterson
  
Defensive coaches
  • Co-defensive coordinator/defensive line – Andre Patterson
  • Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers – Adam Zimmer
  • Assistant defensive line – Imarjaye Albury
  • Defensive backs – Vacant
  • Assistant defensive backs – Roy Anderson
Special teams coaches
  • Special teams coordinator – Ryan Ficken
  • Assistant special teams – Vacant
Strength and conditioning
  • Head strength and conditioning – Josh Hingst
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Derik Keyes
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Chaz Mahle

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Current roster
Minnesota Vikings roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

Unrestricted FAs

Restricted FAs

Exclusive-Rights FAs

Rookies in italics

Roster updated January 7, 2021

47 active, 9 inactive, 16 free agent(s)

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Preseason

The Vikings' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2021 opponents

Listed below are the Vikings' opponents for 2021. The length of the season is contingent on whether the league and the National Football League Players Association agree to expand the regular season from 16 to 17 games. If this happens, a 17th game would match the Vikings against a interconference opponent from one of the three divisions from the AFC that the Vikings are not scheduled to play in 2021, which will be based on division placement from 2020.[6]

Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.

CategoryHomeAway
Division opponents
(NFC North)		Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Conference opponents
(NFC West)		Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks		Arizona Cardinals
San Francisco 49ers
Conference opponents
(based on 2020 division placement)		Dallas CowboysCarolina Panthers
Interconference opponents
(AFC North)		Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers		Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals

References
  1. "Jaguars agree to trade DE Yannick Ngakoue to Vikings". ESPN. August 30, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. "Sources: Vikes ship Ngakoue to Ravens for picks". ESPN.com. October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  3. Mayer, Larry (April 25, 2020). "Bears draft Gipson with pick acquired in trade". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  4. Bergman, Jeremy (March 16, 2020). "Bills acquire WR Stefon Diggs from Vikings in trade". Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  5. Shaffer, Jonas (April 25, 2020). "Ravens trade with Vikings, move up to take SMU WR James Proche in sixth round". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  6. Florio, Mike (February 16, 2020). "17th game will give each team a fifth interconference matchup". Profootballtalk.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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