rise of joshJ.J. McCarthy as QB1, and the acquisition of multiple free-agent offensive and defensive linemen.

The Vikings Have Unfinished Business

Those items were crucial to the club’s operation in 2025, a season when sportsbooks believe the purple team will win about eight or nine games.

However, a handful of Vikings still have unfinished business this offseason. These are those personalities listed alphabetically.

Kwesi Adofo-Mensah (GM)

The Unfinished Business:
a Contract Extension

When mid-January rolled around, after the Vikings’ frustrating playoff loss at the Los Angeles Rams, the franchise’s ownership group immediately extended O’Connell’s contract, and credible reporting claimed Adofo-Mensah’s would follow.

Earning a CB2 Job

Overshadowed by linebacker Ivan Pace Jr.’s breakout rookie season in 2023, Blackmon performed admirably, too.

a Contract Extension

Metellus has no guaranteed money left on his deal, and it expires after the 2025 campaign. He’s a prime candidate for an extension, and in fact, after Minnesota re-upped with outside linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel a couple of weeks ago, Metellus is the logical next in line for a deal.

Janik Eckardt wrote about Metellus last month, “Metellus has long outplayed the contract extension he signed in the 2023 offseason. That deal was a Kwesi Adofo-Mensah special. He extended the defender’s contract before he had ever made a huge impact on defense.”

“The special-teams ace stepped into a much bigger role when Flores arrived in 2023, and that’s when Adofo-Mensah saw the value and got a deal done ahead of the season. Now, after taking advantage of that for two seasons, it’s time to pay the player what he’s worth, or at least to tack on some guaranteed money (like Van Ginkel’s but with an additional year or two) at the end of his current deal.”

Over the years, Metellus has morphed into a fan favorite.

Eckardt added, “Metellus was a 2020 sixth-rounder out of Michigan. He showed enough promise early in his career to earn the trust of his coaching staff, playing in 15 games as a rookie and 16 in year two. Most of his snaps came on special teams, where he became one of the best third-phase players in the league.”

Rondale Moore (WR)

The Unfinished Business:
Earning a Roster Spot

Minnesota signed Moore in March, an addition to compete for a WR3 or WR4 job against Jalen Nailor and whichever WR4 the Vikings intended at the time. The club later drafted Maryland wide receiver Tai Felton.

But Moore is recovering from an injury that cancelled his entire 2024 season, and suddenly, with Felton on the depth chart, his roster spot could be in jeopardy.

Kevin Seifert noted on Moore in March, “The Vikings’ depth at the position could be uniquely relevant as Addison faces possible NFL discipline for a misdemeanor drunken driving citation he received last summer. Powell was also the Vikings’ punt returner. Moore doesn’t have extensive experience in that area, but he did return 21 punts for the Arizona Cardinals, averaging 8.1 yard per return.”

Ryan Wright (P)

The Unfinished Business:
Keeping His Job

A man named Oscar Chapman, originally from Australia, joined the purple team from undrafted free agency two weeks ago. In theory, Chapman could script a head-turning summer and swipe Wright’s job.

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