EAGAN, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings open the 2024 NFL regular season at the New York Giants on Sept. 8 at MetLife Stadium.
They'll enter training camp with a roster stacked with mid-career veterans who will cover for largely disappointing early returns from the 2022 and 2023 drafts, along with a 2024 draft that includes only two players selected in the first five rounds. (Cornerback Khyree Jackson, selected in the fourth round, was killed earlier this month in a car accident.)
The Vikings signed 13 unrestricted free agents and re-signed six of their own. Not all of them will make the final roster, but if nothing else they have provided themselves an extra layer of depth as they await development from younger players -- No. 10 overall pick quarterback J.J. McCarthy chief among them.
Here is the 53-man projection:
QUARTERBACKS (3): Sam Darnold, J.J. McCarthy, Nick Mullens