Big big news yesterday. No more Kwesi. I wish him well in his future endeavors. There is a ton of debate (as there should be) about the reasons why he was let go and the plan going forward. Mark Wilf said it was not simply one thing (cough \u2026 Sam Darnold \u2026 cough) but an accumulation of everything over the years and that they did not feel the structure was appropriate going forward. No matter the \u201ctiming\u201d, it is better to NOT let someone you do not fully have confidence in, handle your upcoming free agency and draft.<\/p>\n
It is interesting and Kwesi is the fall guy now. The majority opinion is his drafts have been pretty bad. Very hard to argue against that too.<\/p>\n
Over the last 3 drafts (2023-25), the Vikings didn\u2019t draft a single player between picks 25 and 100 (for multiple reasons).<\/p>\n
Mark Wilf also stated that the rest of the infrastructure (staff) is going to stay in place through the draft.<\/p>\n
Pay site There haven\u2019t been many.<\/p>\n Former director of college scouting Jamaal Stephenson remains with the team as a senior personnel executive. Mike Sholiton and Pat Roberts, two longtime scouts who have also been with the Vikings for more than a decade, still head the team\u2019s college scouting staff. Below them, the Vikings have shuffled some of their college-area scouts in the last few years. So now we know that Kwesi is out and everyone else remains. Kwesi is taking all the blame for the drafts even though he is not doing the scouting and probably relied on the \u201cstaff\u201d to decide who to draft. That sounds about right no?<\/p>\n What should that tell us? I think it says we are in more trouble than a little bit because the bozos that were giving Kwesi the players to draft are still there and now they will run this offseason without anyone taking the blame if they mess it up again.<\/p>\n Since Kweis is generally considered not a football guy, why do people think the draft and free agency will get better?<\/p>\n The same people that have not been able to draft interior offensive linemen for over a decade are still there. Yeah that got Bradbury, Ingram, Cleveland, and Brandel. But the only one left is Brandel. The team soured on the other three.<\/p>\n Here are the drafts since Kwesi took over \u2026<\/p>\n 2022 2023 2024 2025 Some folks want to lead us to believe that Kwesi made all these picks on his own. He did trade away picks though. That makes it tougher on the scouts. IDK. I am not too confident in the scouts to be honest. They are really going to have to step uo if they want to keep their jobs.<\/p>\n Minnesota Vikings News and Links<\/p>\n Vikings Owner Mark Wilf Explains Decision to Part with GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah & Interim Approach<\/a> Why the Vikings may have fired GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah: J.J. McCarthy gamble, draft misses and cap trouble<\/a><\/p>\n Odd Timing of Kwesi Adofo-Mensah Firing Points to Behind-The-Scenes Drama<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAdofo-Mensah getting fired this offseason isn\u2019t shocking, considering his track record in the draft and the botching of the Vikings\u2019 quarterback situation last year. What\u2019s bizarre is the timing of the move,\u201d says Will Ragatz, of Bring Me The News and Vikings On SI.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the Vikings fired Rick Spielman (and Mike Zimmer) four years ago, it happened the day after the 2021 regular season ended. This one happened 26 days after the season ended. Adofo-Mensah was at the Senior Bowl evaluating draft prospects this week, as if everything was normal. The Falcons, to use another example, just went through an entire search and hired a new GM on Thursday. It\u2019s extremely odd timing from the Vikings that makes you wonder about what might\u2019ve happened behind the scenes to lead to this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Adam Schefter, \u201cthere was talk about an underlying \u2018tension\u2019 in the Vikings\u2019 building.\u201d Schefter, according to a league source, says it got \u201cugly\u201d in Minnesota.<\/p>\n Purple Insider\u2019s Matthew Coller thinks the relationship between Adofo-Mensah and the rest of the organization began to fracture in 2023, and it became known in NFL circles to the point that other potential general managers were preparing for the Vikings job to open.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were other executives around the league, in 2023 into 2024, who were preparing their applications, who were preparing their resumes, who were getting their agents ready to go to the Minnesota Vikings to present their clients as potential general manager fits,\u201d Coller said on his podcast. \u201cIt\u2019s not some scandal or anything; it\u2019s more of just a communication connection between him, the rest of the front office, the belief from the coaching staff, and the rest of the front office.\u201d<\/p>\n Making the dismissal even more shocking is that Adofo-Mensah signed a multiyear contract extension with the Vikings on May 30, 2025. That was less than a year ago.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was for sure a communication gap during 2023, during that offseason, as the Vikings were trying to get some things together, to bring in some people during training camp, that led to\u2026 I don\u2019t even want to call it a clash. You know what I\u2019m talking about,\u201d Coller told former Vikings offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles.<\/p>\n \u201cI just don\u2019t really want to go down this road because it gets very muddy. But that offseason, and then into when Kirk (Cousins) got hurt and they brought in (Josh) Dobbs, (Joe) Flacco ends up taking a team to the playoffs, it felt like throughout that year that the connection corroded in terms of, are you really the person in charge? Is it really Kevin O\u2019Connell who is in charge, or who wants to be more in charge of what goes on with this roster and has more control? The rumors at that point started to come out that, hey, maybe they might just move on from this because that connection is not what it needs to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Potential Brian Flores replacements, Jordan Addison\u2019s future and more: Vikings mailbag<\/a>
Do you have any insight into changes at the college scouting level over the past few years? \u2014 Tim F.<\/p>\n
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Round : Pick # : Overall : Name : Position : College
1 : 32 : 32 : Lewis Cine : Safety : Georgia
2 : 10 : 42 : Andrew Booth Jr. : Cornerback : Clemson
2 : 27 : 59 : Ed Ingram : Guard : LSU
3 : 2 : 66 : Brian Asamoah : Linebacker : Oklahoma
4 : 13 : 118 : Akayleb Evans : Cornerback : Missouri
5 : 22 : 165 : Esezi Otomewo : Defensive end : Minnesota
5 : 26 : 169 : Ty Chandler : Running back : North Carolina
6 : 5 : 184 : Vederian Lowe : Offensive tackle : Illinois
6 : 12 : 191 : Jalen Nailor : Wide receiver : Michigan State
7 : 6 : 227 : Nick Muse : Tight end : South Carolina<\/p>\n
Round : Pick # : Overall : Name : Position : College
1 : 23 : 23 : Jordan Addison : Wide receiver : USC
3 : 39 : 102 : Mekhi Blackmon : Cornerback : USC
4 : 32 : 134 : Jay Ward : Safety : LSU
5 : 6 : 141 : Jaquelin Roy : Defensive tackle : LSU
5 : 29 : 164 : Jaren Hall : Quarterback : BYU
7 : 5 : 222 : DeWayne McBride : Running back : UAB<\/p>\n
Round : Pick # : Overall : Name : Position : College
1 : 10 : 10 : J. J. McCarthy : Quarterback : Michigan
1 : 17 : 17 : Dallas Turner : Defensive end : Alabama
4 : 8 : 108 : Khyree Jackson : Cornerback : Oregon
6 : 1 : 177 : Walter Rouse : Offensive tackle : Oklahoma
6 : 27 : 203 : Will Reichard : Kicker : Alabama
7 : 10 : 230 : Michael Jurgens : Center : Wake Forest
7 : 12 : 232 : Levi Drake Rodriguez : Defensive tackle : Texas A&M\u2013Commerce<\/p>\n
Round : Pick # : Overall : Name : Position : College
1 : 24 : 24 : Donovan Jackson : Guard : Ohio State
3 : 38 : 102 : Tai Felton : Wide receiver : Maryland
5 : 1 : 139 : Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins : Defensive tackle : Georgia
6 : 25 : 201 : Kobe King : Linebacker : Penn State
6 : 26 : 202 : Gavin Bartholomew : Tight end : Pittsburgh<\/p>\n
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