Minnesota Vikings News and Links, 2 September 2022

We got all the way to Friday, ladies and gentlemen. We’re less than a week away from the start of the NFL season in Los Angeles this coming Thursday, and nine days away from your Minnesota Vikings taking the field in a meaningful game for the first time since last January. Pretty awesome, eh?

Since the last time we brought you an Open Thread. . .

• We brought you the first article from the newest addition to our team, Shawn Syed, as he looked at some of the concepts the Vikings’ new offense is built around.
• Vikings Happy Hour gave their reactions to the Vikings’ cuts and other things they did to get their 53-man roster set.
• Mark has his weekly list of college football players you should be looking at as college football season is officially in full swing.
• The results of our latest SB Nation Reacts poll are in, and Vikings fans expect the team to be sitting pretty heading into the bye week.
• The Vikings filled three more practice squad spots on Thursday, meaning that they have just one of their 16 spots remaining.

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