{"id":852044,"date":"2026-04-03T21:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/852044\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:54:26","slug":"vikings-kick-off-offseason-training-after-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/852044\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Kick Off Offseason Training After Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"submission-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=Eagan%2C+MN&amp;city=Eagan&amp;type=Update+Existing+Story&amp;headline=Vikings+Kick+Off+Offseason+Training+After+Memorial+Day&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fmn%2Feagan%2Fnews%2F2026%2F04%2F03%2Fvikings-kick-off-offseason-training-after-memorial-day%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69d031e1db2da.jpg\" alt=\"A cubist, geometric painting in purple, gold, and white tones depicting fragmented, overlapping shapes and planes representing a football game or practice scene.\" width=\"1344\" height=\"768\" class=\"news-image\"\/>The Vikings&#8217; offseason training program kicks off a new era of preparation for the upcoming NFL season.Eagan Today<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Vikings will start their offseason training activities (OTAs) at the team&#8217;s TCO Performance Center in Eagan following the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Players are set to report back to the facility on April 20 to begin the voluntary offseason program.<\/p>\n<p>      Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings&#8217; offseason program marks the first step in preparations for the upcoming NFL season. OTAs allow the team to get players back on the field for conditioning, drills, and installation of new schemes or plays before mandatory mini-camp and training camp later in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>            The details<\/p>\n<p>Vikings players will report to the team&#8217;s practice facility in Eagan, Minnesota on April 20 to begin the offseason program. The voluntary OTA workouts will take place over several weeks leading up to the team&#8217;s mandatory mini-camp in June.<\/p>\n<p>      Vikings players report to Eagan facility on April 20.OTA workouts will be held in the weeks following Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>            What\u2019s next<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings will hold their mandatory mini-camp in June before training camp opens in late July.<\/p>\n<p>        The takeaway<\/p>\n<p>The start of the Vikings&#8217; offseason program signals the team is gearing up for the upcoming NFL season, with players returning to the practice field to begin preparations under new coaching staff and schemes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a The Vikings&#8217; offseason training program kicks off a new era&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,233,259,2529,6,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-852044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-vikings","11":"tag-minnesotavikings","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116343005555338935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852044","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=852044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}