Minnesota has made strides this offseason to ensure that the Vikings defense improves.
The team has signed some established veterans, many of whom should lead to a mostly complete defense. The key word there being “mostly.”
There is still one spot that appears to be a big hole: the defensive end position opposite Danielle Hunter.
I mean, it’s training camp, so it’s early, but what better way to spend training camp than to overreact to bits of information?
Here’s something Vikings fans can overreact to: Weatherly took most of the reps opposite Hunter in 11-on-11 drills on Thursday, per ESPN’s Courtney Cronin.
Weatherly also got a “sack” on Kirk Cousins. In training camp, players aren’t supposed to hit the quarterback, but presumably Weatherly was in a position to get to the quarterback if he was in an actual game.
Weatherly will compete with D.J. Wonnum, Patrick Jones II and others for the starting spot on the Minnesota defensive line. Weatherly did not impress when he was with the Panthers last year, but now that he’s back with the Vikings, he could be looking at a very important role.
