The Vikings have signed free agent punter Seth Vernon, the team announced on Tuesday. He'll provide competition with Ryan Wright for the team's punting job this offseason.
The young punter is quietly struggling after a breakout rookie season During last week’s barn-burner of a football game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears, one play that may have been overlooked didn’t directly involve many of the oft-criticized names Viking fans are talking about.
During the offseason, Minnesota decided to forego a punter competition. Do the Vikings regret that decision? Incumbent Ryan Wright — nicknamed Mr. Wright & The Stallion by special teams coordinator Matt Daniels — was coming off of an impressive rookie season.
A minor flurry of moves, folks. Earlier in the week, linebacker Troy Dye and punter Ryan Wright were on the injury report. Neither injury was believed to be serious since each was a full go at practice on Thursday; the report from today confirms the prognosis since neither are included in the latest injury report.
The Minnesota Vikings have the luxury of entering Week 1 relatively healthy, a circumstance not necessarily common around the NFL. Minnesota hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, a contest oddsmakers believe the Vikings will win by six points.
Quietly becoming a fan favorite, punter Ryan Wright had some great moments in his debut season. The Vikings signed him as an undrafted rookie to compete with Jordan Berry, the incumbent punter; surprisingly, the rookie beat out the veteran.
Special teams have been anything but special for the Minnesota Vikings in recent history. Whether dating back to Gary Anderson, Mike Zimmer cutting a drafted kicker, or Dan Bailey flopping after a strong career, the kicking game has not been good.
If there can be a standout player for a team that blew a 33-0 lead, it was former Vikings starter Ifeadi Odenigbo. The defensive end joined the Indianapolis Colts for the 2022 season, and in Week 15, he had about as outstanding a revenge game as he could have hoped.
Four days ago, the Vikings were embarrassed on their home field, scoring a season-low three points in a 37-point drubbing at the hands of the Cowboys. They talked about putting that game behind them and being ready to bounce back on a short week against another great defense.
Minnesota Vikings rookie punter Ryan Wright ranks ninth in the NFL via net yards per punt through eight games of 2022. Oddly, at least to the naked eye, the franchise welcomed Brock Miller to Eagan for a tryout, reported by Pro Football Network.
When the Minnesota Vikings went three-and-out to start last Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins, they were staring down a potential disadvantage in field position.
So far, the Vikings’ rookies haven’t played too much. There are two starters – second-rounder Ed Ingram and UDFA Ryan Wright – and then several backups.
This is Episode 144 of VikesNow, a YouTube channel devoted to daily Minnesota Vikings analysis. This episode examines the Vikings win over the Dolphins in Miami.
Ryan Wright has been named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. The Minnesota Vikings punter won the award after blasting some big kicks in Minnesota's 24-16 road victory over the Miami Dolphins.
If Ryan Wright doesn’t play excellently, it’s very possible the Dolphins would have built up a formidable lead over the Vikings. It was a rough start for the Vikings’ offense, so the punter had to deal with some less-than-ideal circumstances.
Punters do not get an opportunity to make highlight reels very often, and when they do, it is usually for all of the wrong reasons. But Minnesota Vikings punter Ryan Wright deserves some positive attention for this absolute boomer of a kick in the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins. That is incredible.
Few positives leaked out of the Minnesota Vikings Monday night loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. But among the handful was rookie punter Ryan Wright’s continued success.
And some other players got new numbers, too After all of the activity of the past few days, a bunch of members of the Minnesota Vikings got new uniform numbers on Saturday.
For a second consecutive year, the Vikings have gone winless in the preseason. They completed an 0-3 August slate with their seventh consecutive preseason loss, falling 23-13 to the Broncos on Saturday night in Denver.
A week ago the Vikings said there would be a "punt-off" for the punting roster spot. Two days ago the Vikings cut Jordan Berry, scrapping the punt competition and handing the job to 6-foot-3, 245-pound rookie Ryan Wright. Hasty decision?
One week ahead of roster cutdown day, the Vikings still haven't decided who their punter will be this season. A competition that began back in the spring has persisted throughout training camp and the first two preseason games, and what happens in the August finale on Saturday night in Denver could determine the winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have punter drama. When the Vikings invited Ryan Wright to practice, I assumed it would end up in a similar fashion as the kicking “battle” where Gabe Brkic spent a few days with the team but was almost immediately let go.
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