Rudolph Out, Weatherly In – What’s Next?

Winds of change are underway for the Minnesota Vikings this offseason. Cue the Scorpions.

“Winds of Change” is the mentionable song for poetic purposes. The German classic rock ballad details the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe during the early 1990s. Interestingly, Kyle Rudolph was born on the day that The Berlin Wall fell in Germany. And now Rudolph and the Vikings parted ways after 10 seasons this week. Winds of change, indeed.

While that move was humongous in the pantheon of Vikings lore, another more subtle transaction was conducted on Thursday. Minnesota signed defensive end Stephen Weatherly from the Carolina Panthers one year after Weatherly departed the Vikings. He is thus…