Minnesota lost a defensive quality control coach this offseason. Nick Rallis, a Minnesota native who coached the linebackers, left to become the linebackers coach of the Eagles.
Now, the Vikings had added a coach to the staff who should help fill at least some of the void that Rallis left. The team hired Sam Siefkes to be a defensive quality control coach,
“Siefkes was formerly the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Wofford (2018-20) and defensive coordinator for UW-Platteville (2016-17),” the Vikings said on Twitter.
Despite all the official additions the Vikings made today, the team has some more work to do to fill all the departures on its staff and front office. Minnesota did not renew the contract of defensive assistant Dom Capers. There’s also assistant GM George Paton, who left to become the GM of the Broncos. And that’s just to name a few. The team will have to make at least several hires official to lock in its full staff.