Vikings Pass Rush This Season Should Be among Best in Team History
, linebacker Jonathan Greenard (58) and linebacker Dallas Turner (15) talk during minicamp at the Minnesota Vikings Training Facility. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images.</p>
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<p>Vikings Hall of Fame Coach Bud Grant was a wise man and made a lot of profound statements. One of my favorites was when he was asked what’s most important to him, and he answered: a great wife and family, a good dog, an excellent quarterback, and a strong fourth-quarter pass rush.</p>
<p><strong>Former Vikings GM Jeff Diamond examines how the Vikings pass rush could be one for the ages. </strong></p>
<p>Between Fran Tarkenton and the Purple People Eaters on the defensive line, he had items three and four on his list nailed for many years during the Vikings’ dominance in the 60s and 70s.</p>
<h3>Vikings Pass Rush Has Ferocious Upside</h3>
<p>As I ponder the strengths of the 2025 Vikings, I think the pass rush and the wide receiver corps are tops on the list, and the Vikings hope J.J. McCarthy quickly establishes quarterback as another team strength.</p>
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Aaron Rodgers. In an ESPN interview this week, he made headlines as usual by saying he thinks this may be his final NFL season at 41 years old.
“Yeah, I’m pretty sure this is it,” Rodgers said. “I’m going to give the Steelers everything that I got and empty the tank.”
Then he added this beauty of a statement: “I don’t want the attention. When this is all done, you won’t see me. I don’t want to live a public life.”
Sure, Aaron. If you want to avoid the spotlight, why are you doing interviews in late June when the rest of the NFL players are on hiatus? We can only hope 2025 is indeed his last season, and then he disappears as he promises to do. But that’s highly doubtful for someone like him who absolutely craves the attention.
Jeff Diamond is a former Vikings GM, former Tennessee Titans President and was selected NFL Executive of the Year after the Vikings’ 15-1 season in 1998. He now works for the NFL agent group IFA based in Minneapolis and does other sports consulting and media work along with college/corporate speaking. Follow him and direct message him on Twitter– @jeffdiamondnfl
Jeff Diamond is a former Vikings GM, former Tennessee Titans President and was selected NFL Executive of the Year … More about Jeff Diamond
