Longtime Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph was born on the day that the Berlin Wall fell in Germany. It was November 9th, 1989, and the wall separating eastern and western Germany toppled, signifying the end of the Iron Curtain and Communism in Eastern and Central Europe.
Things change. So might Rudolph’s tenure with the Vikings in the coming weeks.
Rudolph is slated to re-enter free agency in 2024, but his association with Minnesota is heading for a split well before that election year. The 31-year-old recently indicated his reluctance to restructure his contract as he believes his skill set is still very much in line with the league’s upper-echelon tight ends.