The Minnesota Vikings conducted a plethora of changes during the 2021 offseason, adding a few new coaches to Mike Zimmer’s staff while welcoming a litany of defensive free agents. The NFL draft was exciting as general manager Rick Spielman traded his 14th-overall pick to the New York Jets in exchange for Christian Darrisaw, Kellen Mond, and Wyatt Davis. The Jets used the 14th pick on USC guard Alijah Vera-Tucker.
And then steadily throughout the summer, Spielman welcomed even more free agents from Bashaud Breeland, Sheldon Richardson, Dede Westbrook, to Everson Griffen. The available cap space never seems to shrink, a delectable budgeting outcome from Spielman and his staff.