The Vikings got younger in the offseason. Jordan Addison replaced Adam Thielen in the draft. He is 12 years younger. Thirty-year-old cornerback Patrick Peterson was replaced by Byron Murphy, who is 25. He will play on the opposite side of rookie Mekhi Blackmon or one of last year’s rookies, Andrew Booth and Akayleb Evans.
Eric Kendricks, the starting middle linebacker for the better part of a decade, had to leave the team and will be replaced by Brian Asamoah. All of those moves will drop the average age. The franchise had one of the oldest overall teams in the league last year.