{"id":749773,"date":"2026-02-13T17:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749773\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:44:23","slug":"2026-vikings-free-agent-preview-quarterback-brett-rypien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749773\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Vikings free agent preview: Quarterback Brett Rypien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 13, 2026, 10:07 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As we move closer to the next stage of the offseason, we want to ensure there is a complete preview of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/minnesota-vikings\/347\" data-autotag=\"839728ed-97f0-4c7c-9ea6-299b7540514e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Vikings<\/a> heading into 2026. So to achieve that, we will be doing free agent previews for notable players the team will have on the market in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In this piece, we will be previewing quarterback Brett Rypien.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Vikings&#8217; free agency will be both interesting and pivotal to their success in 2026. As they look for a new general manager after the NFL Draft, the interim role will fall on Rob Brzezinski. With not much salary cap space, it makes discussing free agency that much more of a tightrope act than before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So with the table set, here is a free agent preview.<\/p>\n<p>BackgroundCollege: Boise StateYear Drafted: 2019 (Undrafted)Notable Achievements: N\/AExpert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Notable 2025 StatisticsProjected Contract ValuePlayer Summary<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Brett Rypien has found his way around the NFL on waivers, but he has always found his way back to the Vikings. The veteran backup has a live arm for the team and is someone Kevin O&#8217;Connell clearly trusts. No matter what happens at the quarterback position, bringing back Rypien would make sense given the comfort level he and the Vikings have with each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 10:07 a.m. CT As we move closer to the next stage of the offseason, we&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[95878,7,233,259,2529,6,97234,97235,95882,95988,95896,95888,95895,95906,95883,95881,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-749773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-minnesota","11":"tag-minnesota-vikings","12":"tag-minnesotavikings","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sstssportsnflvikings","15":"tag-sstsnvikings","16":"tag-tagamerican-football","17":"tag-tagminnesota-vikings","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory","24":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116064568694398186","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}