Sounds like he's still dealing with injury issues.  I know some on this board were hoping we'd sign him on the 28th with the compensatory period is over.

For the last few weeks, there have been some intriguing rumors floating around about the possibility of the Minnesota Vikings signing free-agent cornerback Asante Samuel Jr., who spent the last four seasons as a member of the Los Angeles Chargers.

Unfortunately, any Vikings fans who have fallen in love with the idea of the team signing Samuel this offseason might end up with a broken heart thanks to a recent report about an injury that the veteran cornerback is currently dealing with.

According to NFL Media's Mike Garafolo earlier this month, Samuel is still dealing with symptoms related to a neck/shoulder injury that kept him off the field for 13 games last season, and this has had an impact on the amount of interest that he's been able to generate since the start of free agency in March.

Chances of former Los Angeles Chargers CB Asante Samuel Jr. playing for the Minnesota Vikings in 2025 seem low
As Minnesota fans know from the experience the team had with Danielle Hunter in 2020, a neck injury is nothing to mess around with, especially one with lingering symptoms.

So, while it was fun to think about the possibility of Samuel joining the Vikings' secondary this offseason, the likelihood of it actually happening now seems pretty low after what Garafolo revealed.

It's possible that things could change before the start of the 2025 season, but Minnesota's focus has probably already shifted to other free agents and trade possibilities who could be added to the team's secondary this year.

Whether Samuel ends up with the Vikings or not during the next few months, the team's cornerback room is going to look a lot different next season than it did in 2024.

Minnesota was able to re-sign Byron Murphy Jr. this offseason, but Stephon Gilmore and Shaq Griffin aren't expected to be back, and they both played a significant amount of snaps for the team in 2024.

Mekhi Blackmon will be returning from a torn ACL he suffered last summer, and the Vikings also signed Jeff Okudah in free agency. But the team likely still needs to add another more reliable corner or two before the start of the 2025 season.

Source:  https://thevikingage.com/la-chargers-asa...s-hopeless

Unless you offer him an incentive laden contract for games played..sounds like he may not be an option

Are the Giants geniuses or idiots? Obviously too early to tell for sure, but we've got opinions. Not sure this kid has the game to go off script or make plays outside a messy pocket. A dreaded 'game manager'?

Kevin O'Connell on Donovan Jackson

”Just love everything about his play style,” coach Kevin O’Connell said. “He’s got length, he’s got power. And then, the little things that jump out at you about a player’s willingness to jump over to left tackle, and the next week, he’s blocking the third pick [Penn State’s Abdul Carter] in tonight’s draft. He didn’t necessarily need to do that in a year where he was going to be evaluated and drafted the way he was. The idea of Donovan walking into that O-line room that now has some pretty impactful players across the board, that’s something that was a goal. I think tonight really put a stamp on a plan that we set out to accomplish.”

Water is warm, food is good...

Bug Jimmy if you cant find it lol!

GREEN BAY, Wis. ‐ It’s no surprise when NFL free agents signed by the Vikings speak highly of Brian Flores and his defensive scheme.
Many of them have witnessed its strengths in person. Some have seen their offenses dominate it.

Flores’ reputation as a “mad scientist” of defense, as defensive tackle signee Jonathan Allen described it March 19, is well-recognized within the league.

But it’s also caught the attention of some of this year’s top NFL draft prospects, similar to how quarterback prospects saw Minnesota as a favorite landing spot last year because of Kevin O’Connell’s reputation as a “QB whisperer.”

“I love the way he runs his defense,” Kentucky cornerback Maxwell Hairston said of Flores on Wednesday. “So versatile. I feel like I could definitely fit that scheme and go out there and ball, get the ball back to the offense.”

Hairston, who said he met with the Vikings at the NFL scouting combine in March, is one of 15 prospects attending the NFL draft in Green Bay, Wis., hoping to hear his name called during Thursday night’s first round.

Eight of those prospects play defense.

The Vikings have drafted two defenders in the first round since General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O’Connell took over ahead of the 2022 draft: edge rusher Dallas Turner, for whom they traded up to No. 17 last year, and safety Lewis Cine (No. 32, 2022), who’s now with the Eagles.

Adding another to that list seems likely, as the Vikings could use more depth at defensive tackle, cornerback and safety.

Safety Malaki Starks arrived at Georgia the fall after Cine, also a Bulldog, was drafted but mentioned the connection when saying he had a “really good” meeting with the Vikings at the combine.

Starks has been connected to the Vikings in several mock drafts. He was a Football Writers Association of America All-American in 2024 with 52 tackles and an interception.

He said Georgia’s defensive scheme prepared him for questions during his combine meeting with the Vikings, which Flores would’ve been present for.

“There’s a lot of checks,” Starks said. “A lot of communication in the back end. It’s always like that. But just being able to communicate on that level, get everybody on the same page is a big thing.”

Michigan cornerback Will Johnson also drew comparisons between the schemes he played in for the Wolverines and what Flores does with his defense.

Johnson made 14 tackles, two interceptions and three pass breakups in six games before a turf toe injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season. He had 27 tackles and four interceptions in a full 2023 season when Michigan won the national championship.

“I know [the Vikings] do a lot of pressure and a lot of fire zones, things like that,” Johnson said. “Kind of similar to what I was just playing in last year. Think that allowed me to make some plays on the ball, so that’d be cool.”

The Vikings secondary was one of the best in the league last year, leading in interceptions and creating viral attention for the celebrations that followed them.
A handful of players had record years, including cornerback Byron Murphy Jr., who led the team with six interceptions and was named the Pro Bowl defensive MVP in February.

But there was plenty last season for guys up front to take notice of, too.

Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter, projected to go Top 3 in the draft, said while he hadn’t watched much Vikings film, he had paid attention to their edge rushing group, which includes Turner and veterans Jonathan Greenard and Andrew Van Ginkel.

“Definitely one of the best edge rushers in the league,” Carter said of Greenard, who signed with the Vikings in 2024. “Just watching him, how much he wins, how creative he is in his rushes. Learned a lot from him.”

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This is the reason he’ll go down as one of the great presidents.  He always finds a way to get things done. 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04...den-judge/

Vikings will try hard to trade down but will find no takers. They will, however, trade down from 97 into the 4th round, drawing a 4th rounder in return, and with multiple comp picks next year will trade a ’26 3rd rounder for a ’25 4th rounder, giving them three 4ths, hitting Kwesi’s target of 6 total picks.

I feel (supremely...modestly...not at all) confident that our 1st pick will be either Donovan Jackson, Tre Henderson or Derrick Harmon. I’ll go with Jackson. I think the compulsion to draft a player who can stand in for Darrisaw until he’s ready is real. I think Booker is a great intangible fit, but questionable scheme fit, that safety and running back can wait, and the Vikings intend to shore up CB with a veteran.

1.24 - Donovan Jackson, G/T (Alt: Derrick Harmon, DT or Tre Henderson, RB)
4a - Sai’vion Jones, DL (Alt: Demetrius Knight, LB)
4b - Jonas Sanker, S (Alt: Yahya Black, DL)
4c - Jeffrey Bassa, LB (Alt: Jacory Croskey-Merritt, RB)
5.139 - Brashard Smith, RB (Alt: Zah Frazier, CB, Bilhal Kone, CB)
6.187- Ben Yurosek, TE (Alt: Thomas Fidone II, TE )

Players the Vikings might pick early that will raise some eyebrows: Aireontae Ersery, OT, Carson Schwesinger, LB

Vikings post draft players: Willie Lampkin, Kalel Mullings, RB, Zion Childress, S, Bilhal Kone, CB, Nazir Stackhouse, NT, Max Brosmer, QB, Warren Brinson, DT, Jacob Bayer, IOL, Cody Lindenberg, LB, Chandler Brayboy, WR

• I don’t know what the record for fewest trades in the 1st round, but I think this draft breaks that record. There will be two trades, one for Jeanty and one for one of the QBs
  
• Vikings will draft a RB, a Safety, a Linebacker and a TE.
  
• Vikings will either have no picks on day one OR no picks on day two.
  
• No matter how many Viking fans say they want to trade down there will be bitching if/when it happens
  
• Vikings will draft a linebacker earlier than anyone expects
  
• Vikings at some point will draft either TE Thomas Fidone II or TE Ben Yurosek
  
• If the Vikings don’t take a back earlier, they will draft one of RB Jacory Croskett-Merritt or RB Brashard Smith on day three
  
• Players who will go earlier than expected: Grey Zabel, Donovan Jackson, Carson Schwesinger, Darien Porter, Jacob Parrish, Ty Robinson
  
• Players who will go later than expected: Will Johnson, Tet McMillan, Walter Nolen, Jahdae Barron, Cam Skattebo
  
• Good players who will go undrafted: Willie Lampkin
  

I don't think I could make this s**t up. Beyond stumping for this buddy's electric cars on the White House lawn, even beyond using the Easter Egg Roll as a corporate investor "hang" event, even beyond the obvious buy-ins that got Elon and others direct influence with our traitor-in-chief...
...using OUR White House for his Crypto event is a special low. Redcaps, rejoice, at the new level of national prostitution!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...d=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=078d249aee664321d33246ce755afc4d&ei=11

"Reservations are limited to the top 220 investors in $TRUMP, a cryptocurrency that President Trump launched on the eve of his inauguration. Trump's meme coin generated nearly $100 million in trading fees in February, despite small traders losing money on investments. The coin's value plummeted in early March with investors losing roughly $12 billion, but value was up nearly 50% today upon news that the biggest $TRUMP holders get a dinner with President of the United States. This suggests investors may be running to buy the coin to qualify for a dinner seat."

The Founding Fathers are spinning in their own dusty vomit.