Will Parks’ name has come up with the #Vikings before, and now that he’s back on the open market, he’s a candidate to land in Minnesota, per a league source. Vikings might need safety depth and special teams contributions with Xavier Woods and Josh Metellus banged up.
— Ben Goessling (@GoesslingStrib) August 26, 2021
Last offseason, the Vikings were in contact with safety Will Parks, but ultimately Parks signed with the Eagles in free agency.
Now that Minnesota needs safety depth again, Parks is a name that has come up, according to Ben Goessling of the Star Tribune. With safeties Xavier Woods and Josh Metellus banged up, the Vikings are pursuing Parks after he was released by Kansas City this offseason.
The move to do this makes sense. This not only a player the Vikings have liked in the past, but one who fits an obvious need at safety and on special teams.
If Woods and Metellus end up missing significant time, there will be a big drop-off on the depth chart past Harrison Smith. The next best safety would either be Camryn Bynum, a fourth-round pick from 2021, or Myles Dorn, an undrafted free agent who signed in 2020.