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Free agents at one position continue to make plays at OTAs for the Vikings
Free agents at one position continue to make plays at OTAs for the Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings have questions and doubt swirling around their cornerback room heading into the 2025 season.
When the team brought back Byron Murphy Jr. they had a good base built for their cornerback group. They had to build off of that though and that is where they added the pieces like Jeff Okudah and Isaiah Rodgers, the latter of which is making news in OTAs early in the week.
Rob Kleifield of wrote about some observations from Vikings OTAs on Monday, and the Super Bowl-winning cornerback made the cut.
When discussing Rodgers, he writes, "Super Bowl champion Isaiah Rodgers was absent the opening week of OTAs, but introduced himself accordingly Monday, coming up with the defense's lone takeaway early in a half-field 7-on-7 period. Extra noticeable in popping gold cleats and color-coordinated gloves, Rodgers, signed this offseason on the heels of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy with Philadelphia, flashed his pedigree and ability by reading and jumping a mid-level pass from McCarthy to Jordan Addison on the left sideline."
Rodgers being able to hold his own against Jordan Addison is a good sign of things if you are Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Brian Flores getting your first eyes on him in a Vikings uniform.
Rodgers is expected to play outside opposite Murphy Jr. in a rotation with Okudah. If he can keep making plays against Addison, though, he may find himself with the bulk of meaningful reps in September.
