The Minnesota Vikings are entering the 2025 NFL season with a major change in the roster. After parting ways with Sam Darnold in the free agency, all eyes are on J.J. McCarthy, who'll take the QB mantle in the upcoming season.

The Vikings begin training camp practices Wednesday with 91 players and a handful of position battles set to play out over the next month, including at wide receiver and cornerback. Cut-down day, when NFL rosters must be down to 53 players,

With NFL training camp season upon us, Kevin Patra provides a refresher on the Minnesota Vikings' roster changes, position battles and notable subplots.

We’ve got to come out (this season) with some real momentum,” O'Connell said Tuesday. "How do you do that? You have a good training camp."

Today, we're going to rank the top five players the Vikings can't afford to lose to injury for any chunk of time in 2025. This differs from a ranking of the team's five best players in that we have to consider positional value and the quality of the backup options at each spot. Let's get into it.

The Minnesota Vikings will likely have a chance to trade at value for Colts QB Anthony Richardson this year, and they should do so.

Between the white lines, the Packers return a whopping 84.5 percent of last year's roster, per Over the Cap. Only Denver (86 percent) returned a higher percentage. The biggest change will be offensively as the Packers try to integrate newly drafted wide receivers Matthew Golden (first round) and Savion Williams (third).

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The Vikings begin training camp practices Wednesday with 91 players and a handful of position battles set to play out over the next month, including at wide receiver and cornerback. Cut-down day, when NFL rosters must be down to 53 players,