The Minnesota Vikings have made a habit of bringing in former Green Bay Packers and this team is no different.
The Minnesota Vikings have had some high-profile signings in the past. While Brett Favre is obviously the biggest of them all, the Vikings have also signed Greg Jennings and Ryan Longwell who both played major roles on the Vikings during their time with the franchise.
This offseason, the Vikings added two more players from their biggest rival and both of them are on the defensive side of the football.
Chandon Sullivan and Za’Darius Smith were both important parts of the Packers defense and will play their first game against their former team on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Sullivan told reporters that he will be “full of emotions” when playing his former team. The fifth-year player spent the last three seasons with the Packers where he played in all 49 regular season games with 20 starts.
The focus is on Smith, as the Packers released him despite being one of the NFL’s best sack artists. The game has him excited.
“Very excited, man,” Smith said. “I can’t wait. I’ve been preparing for this time to come for a while now, so it’s finally come, and now I’m ready. They did (release me), and I came to the other side. But you know at the end of the day, it’s a game and we all get to play and do something that we love, and I just can’t wait to go against my old team.’’
The game will be full of emotions as it is a major rivalry in the NFL but for these two, it will mean just a bit more.
