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64 days until Vikings season opener: Every player to wear No. 64

We take a look at every player to wear No. 64 with the Minnesota Vikings as we near the start of the 2023 season.

It’s the final countdown…

Well, sort of.

The Minnesota Vikings will kick off their 2023 regular season in 64 days at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 10.

From now until then, we will take a trip down memory lane and count each day by revisiting the players that have worn that specific jersey number.

Rotational offensive tackle Blake Brandel currently wears the number, but Randall McDaniel headlines the number for the Vikings.

With 64 days until kickoff, here’s a look at every player to wear No. 64 with the Vikings (via Pro Football Reference):

The Vikings have drafted 8 Hall of Fame players

Throughtout the storied history of the Minnesota Vikings, they have drafted eight players currently in the Hall of Fame.

The Minnesota Vikings have seen a lot of success in the NFL draft. They have drafted multiple Hall of Fame players and a ton of Pro Bowlers.

Their success, like any team, has seen their fair share of ups and downs in the draft Their biggest successes came in the 1960’s with multiple Hall of Fame players taken in the first round.

Overall, the Vikings have drafted eight Hall of Fame players to date with more potentially joining them in the coming years.

Minnesota Vikings history with the franchise tag

Here’s who the Minnesota Vikings have used the franchise tag on

Each offseason, the NFL has a window where teams can put free agents on the franchise tag. What that does is prevents a free agent from being able to sign with another team without their previous team being able to match or lose without compensation, which will be two first-round picks.

The amounts for the franchise tags have been revealed and they are position by position.

QB: $32,416,000
RB: $10,091,000
WR: $19,743,000
TE: $11,345,000
OL: $18,244,000
DE: $19,727,000
DT: $18,937,000
LB: $20,926,000
CB: $18,140,000
S: $14,460,000
K: $5,393,000
P: $5,393,000

The Minnesota Vikings could franchise one player this year, but it would be somewhat of a surprise. They have done a good job in using the tag in a smart fashion, having done so five times prior.

Former Vikings guard Randall McDaniel makes NFL’s all-time team

On Friday, the NFL announced that former Vikings guard Randall McDaniel was one of seven guards to make the team.

The Vikings now have four former players who have made the NFL’s all-time team to celebrate its 100 seasons.

On Friday, the NFL announced that former Vikings guard Randall McDaniel was one of seven guards to make the team.

McDaniel was a first-round pick in the 1988 draft by the Vikings. He was with the Vikings from 1988-1999 and with the Buccaneers from 2000-2001. McDaniel made 12 Pro Bowls and seven All-Pro teams. He was inducted into the NFL’s Hall of Fame in 2009.

McDaniel now joins John Randle, Alan Page and Jan Stenerud as former Vikings to make the team.

The next position group to be unveiled will be wide receivers. You get the feeling that Randy Moss and perhaps Cris Carter will be finalists to make the team.

Yary, McDaniel and Tingelhoff among NFL 100 All-Time finalists

We’ll find out on Friday at 7 p.m. CT who makes the team.

The Vikings already have defensive linemen Alan Page and John Randle on the NFL’s all-time team to celebrate the league’s 100th season.

They could have three more.

On Monday, the NFL announced that former Vikings tackle Ron Yary, former Vikings guard Randall McDaniel and former Vikings center Mick Tingelhoff have been nominated to make the team.

There will be a total of seven tackles, seven guards and four centers that will make the team.

It feels like McDaniel is probably the favorite out of the group to make it, but it wouldn’t be crazy to see all three of them make it.

We’ll know if they are on Friday at 7 p.m. CT.