{"id":820396,"date":"2026-03-19T03:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/820396\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:04:14","slug":"vikings-get-a-new-edge-rusher-from-the-acc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/820396\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings get a new edge rusher from the ACC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 18, 2026, 9:04 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Most mock drafts this offseason have had the Minnesota Vikings taking a defensive player. This is usually someone in the secondary, but there have been some mocks where the Vikings have taken a defensive tackle. The lack of depth is glaring across all these areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">One position the Vikings haven&#8217;t been linked to much is EDGE rusher. Currently, Minnesota has Jonathan Greenard, Andrew Van Ginkel, and Dallas Turner atop the depth chart at EDGE. On paper, it looks like a position with no immediate need in the first round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But recent speculation that Jonathan Greenard could be traded has Kyle Crabbs of A to Z Sports believing the Vikings could seek Greenard&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nfl-draft\/2-round-2026-nfl-mock-draft-positional-value-scorned-early-chiefs-rueben-bain-jr-jets-sonny-styles-titans-jeremiyah-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">replacement<\/a> in the first round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Parker feels like a good fit for a Brian Flores front. He\u2019s long with heavy hands but not excessively stiff. He can rush from a two-point or three-point stance. And he can play the run. If Greenard moves, this is the pick for me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The move could make sense even if Greenard sticks around. Van Ginkel turns 31 in July, and although he is one of the team&#8217;s most valuable players when healthy, he did miss five games in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Greenard, too, is coming off an injury-riddled season where he had season-ending shoulder surgery. That could have the Vikings looking at an eventual replacement for a long-term duo of Turner and Parker at EDGE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This selection still feels like a long shot given Minnesota&#8217;s other holes, but it&#8217;s an interesting thought process that shouldn&#8217;t be ignored. If Greenard gets traded, the Vikings are one injury away from a disaster at EDGE. That shouldn&#8217;t be taken lightly, even if they decide to go elsewhere at pick 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 18, 2026, 9:04 p.m. CT Most mock drafts this offseason have had the Minnesota Vikings taking a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,97234,97235,95882,103929,98127,99140,95896,95888,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-820396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-sstssportsnflvikings","tag-sstsnvikings","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagandrew-van-ginkel","tag-tagdallas-turner","tag-tagjonathan-greenard","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820396","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=820396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}