It was back to football for the Minnesota Vikings, who held their first official training camp practice on Wednesday. For first-year head coach Kevin O’Connell, however, it marked the beginning of his 2022 campaign.
This is the time of the year for the deep-dive evaluations in assembling the 53-man roster expected to get the Vikings back to the playoffs for the first time in three seasons.
And even that accomplishment wouldn’t be enough to satiate fans that have been forced to watch the team wallow in seemingly endless mediocrity.
The Vikings aren’t running it back with basically the same roster intact to just make the playoffs. You could see the confidence flowing as the team took to the field for the first time together at training camp. They truly believe they’re on to something special.
Here are the leftover notes from the first practice.