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Mamma said there'd be days like this...

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"Also, Josh Metellus and Blake Cashman were present but did not seem to be participating in 7-on-7s."

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Yeah, all the fans online for almost every team are either elated or deflated depending on the throws. I see Uncle Sammy threw 2 INTs yesterday in 7 on 7s and Seattle fans are almost already bailing, lol. Oh, and Shedeur Sanders has already won the starting QB position according to some of the media. We're having some hyperbolic fun out here folks!

Gotta throw to grow, keep on learning JJ....

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Harrison Phillips learning a few new tricks from Vikings additions on the defensive line

A crowded defensive line room full of veterans could mean less playing time for all. And that’s a good thing to Phillips.

Vikings defensive tackle Harrison Phillips said Monday that less can be more, as far as his role.

But Phillips said that speaks to the Vikings’ crowded defensive line room as much as to the 29-year-old’s desire to make sure he’s as healthy as possible by season’s end.

Part of the Vikings’ expensive offseason included signing two former Pro Bowl defensive tackles, Jonathan Allen, 30, and Javon Hargrave, 32, to join Phillips along the interior defensive line, replacing Jonathan Bullard and Jerry Tillery.

“The three of us are older players,” said Phillips, who is entering his eighth NFL season, “so I think anytime you can go out there and platoon in three to five to six-play roles, you can really attack with waves, and because of the depth we have, we’ll truly have waves we can throw.”

“I’d imagine we’ll share snap counts a little more,” he added. “I think I was playing [70]-something percent one year I was here; I don’t see that happening.”

Phillips played a more reasonable 60% last year, after the aforementioned 2023 season in which the Vikings asked Phillips to play 839 snaps (74%). He was the first Vikings defensive tackle to play more than 70% of the snaps since Kevin Williams in 2012.

Still, Phillips referenced his own surgery this offseason, describing it as “a few things I had to clean up.” He’s been incredibly durable since signing in 2022 free agency from the Bills, starting 53 straight games over three years.

Phillips said he’s already benefiting from Hargrave and Allen during their first weeks together.

“They obviously have a few tricks up their sleeve that have helped them do it,” Phillips said.

“From a pass rush standpoint, they have some things that are being coached by them that I haven’t really had coached to me before. ... Pass-rush moves they’ve had a lot of success with and counters off those.”

The Vikings run defense ranked fourth by allowing four yards per carry, but Phillips said there was still an urgency during his exit meeting in January that things needed to change to take another step toward contending for a Super Bowl.

“The conversation was we’re going to bring in enough like-minded individuals who know what success looks like, that we shouldn’t have to rebuild a foundation,” he said.

“We should be able to hit the gas.”

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