The Vikings defensive line looks different at training camp this month, especially with Danielle Hunter nursing what head coach Mike Zimmer called a “little tweak” of an injury that has kept him out of the team’s first two padded practices Monday and Tuesday.
So Jalyn Holmes, the 2018 fourth-round pick out of Ohio State, and Eddie Yarbrough, the New Years Eve addition off the Bills practice squad last year, have taken Hunter’s first-team reps at left defensive end while Ifeadi Odenigbo starts at right defensive end.
It’s a “better spot” for Holmes, according to Zimmer, after his one-year run as a defensive tackle.