Darrisaw - Knee feels best since injury
Vikings LT Christian Darrisaw says knee feels best it has since 2024 injury
The Vikings have played 34 regular season games over the last two seasons, but they’ve only had left tackle Christian Darrisaw for half of them.
Darrisaw tore ligaments in his knee in October of the 2024 season and he missed seven games last year after returning to action. Darrisaw also missed portions of several other games, which left the Vikings to do a lot of shuffling along the offensive line on their way to missing the playoffs with a 9-8 record.
The line took another hit when center Ryan Kelly retired this offseason, but Darrisaw said on Thursday that he feels he’s turned a corner in terms of his health.
“Best it’s felt in two years,” Darrisaw said, via Emily Leiker of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “I’m trending in the right direction. Full motion, everything feels great.”
The Vikings have to settle on a quarterback for the 2026 season, but any choice will have a better chance to succeed if Darrisaw is available more often this fall than he’s been the last two seasons.
LIVE WELL ~ LOVE MUCH ~ LAUGH OFTEN
Key piece to the O. Can’t have another year where our passing stats are so anemic . A full return to health goes a long way to fixing that.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
Big fellas need time to heal up, takes a bit. Same thing is going to happen to Caleb Banks....he'll be ready to go for training camp but its going to take awhile before he gets in any kind of real football shape. And I'm sure it'll be a gentle re-entry.
Edit Post (mod action — author will see a notice)
Warn Poster
Suspend User (3 days)
The user will be suspended for 3 days and will receive an email with the reason and information about how to appeal.