Dalton Risner signed with the Vikings on Sept. 19, landing a one-year, $3 million deal on the same day the team traded for running back Cam Akers. Risner played his first offensive snaps on Oct. 15 when Ezra Cleveland was injured, started in Cleveland's place a week later and assumed the left guard job when Cleveland was dealt at the Oct. 31 trade deadline.
He played his first snaps with Joshua Dobbs — the quarterback the Vikings acquired from Arizona minutes before trading Cleveland — on Nov. 5. He's still looking forward to playing his first snaps with Justin Jefferson.