The Vikings reloaded their linebacking corps this offseason
Welcome to Part 2 of our training camp preview series: Linebackers and edge rushers. Of all the Vikings positions, this is the one that underwent the most construction over the offseason with Danielle Hunter, DJ Wonnum, Jordan Hicks and several depth players leaving. How did they replace them? Who might have a chance to fight for a spot? Let’s have a look….Around this time last year we wouldn’t have expected Pace Jr. to make the roster.
Now he enters Year 2 as one of the leaders of the defense with extremely high expectations. It will be worth watching how he adapts to playing with a new partner in Blake Cashman. The fact that Cashman can be used more flexibly than Hicks may open up even more ways for Flores to use Pace Jr.Because so many other things happened to the Vikings’ roster this offseason it might be easy to forget how good Blake Cashman was last year for the Houston Texans.
It would appear that he will hold down the left side with Greenard on the right but with the presence of first-round pick Dallas Turner there may be a lot of opportunities to mix and match with Van Ginkel. Like Greenard, health is a concern for the ex-Dolphin. He missed OTAs and minicamp recovering from a foot injury that he suffered last year and only played 333 snaps in 2022.
This year’s camp will be enormous for him. The Vikings did not make any moves to add depth to the outside linebacker position, meaning they are relying on Carter II to make progress and be prepared if there are injuries in front of him.Put Jones II in the category of players who were asked to do too much last season. In 2022 when he played 308 snaps, Jones II graded 62.5 by PFF and was a shade above average against the run and as a tackler.
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