Beat Writers Roundtable: Who Was The Vikings Biggest Breakout Player This Season?

In this edition of Vikings Beat Writers Roundtable, Pioneer Press' Dane Mizutani, Purple Insider's Matthew Coller, ESPN's Kevin Seifert, The Athletic's Alec Lewis, Star Tribune's Emily Leiker and Ben Goessling discuss who was the Vikings biggest breakout player during the 2025 NFL season.

Former NFL Players and hosts of the NFL Players: Second Acts podcast Charles "Peanut" Tillman and Roman Harper joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett from Super Bowl LX Radio Row to discuss Vikings Legend John Randle, takeaways from the Vikings 2025 season and areas of improvement, expectations for Brian Flores' defense moving forward, the importance of this offseason and more.

NFL Network's Brian Baldinger joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett from Super Bowl LX Radio Row to discuss the Vikings General Manager transition this offseason, the impressive play during the 2025 season from OLB Dallas Turner and DL Jalen Redmond, veteran S Harrison Smith and more.

NFL Network's Jefferi Chadiha joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett from Super Bowl LX Radio Row to discuss his takeaways from the Vikings 2025 season, his belief in quarterback J.J. McCarthy, the importance of retaining defensive coordinator Brian Flores and more.

NFL Network's Steve Wyche joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett from Super Bowl LX Radio Row to discuss the end of the Vikings 2025 season, retaining defensive Brian Flores and the difficulty of facing his defense, the team's transition at the General Manager position, his thoughts on free agency trends and managing the salary cap this offseason and more.

Sky Sports' Neil Reynolds joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett from Super Bowl LX Radio Row to discuss the Vikings two international games during the 2025 NFL season, expectations for the 2026 season, his respect for S Harrison Smith, the quarterback room and more.

Vikings RB Aaron Jones joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett from Super Bowl LX Radio Row to discuss his experience as a USO Global Ambassador, being a finalist for the NFL Salute to Service Award, how the Vikings support his work in the community, promoting his Showtyme Worldwide brand, his offseason plans and more.

In this edition of Minnesota Vikings Beat Writers Roundtable, Pioneer Press' Dane Mizutani, Purple Insider's Matthew Coller, ESPN's Kevin Seifert, The Athletic's Alec Lewis, Star Tribune's Emily Leiker and Ben Goessling discuss their favorite moment from the 2025 NFL season.

NFL.com's Judy Battista, NFL Network's Cynthia Frelund, ProFootballTalk.com's Mike Florio, and NBC NFL Analyst Chris Simms joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett from Super Bowl LX Radio Row to discuss the importance of Minnesota Vikings retaining defensive coordinator Brian Flores, the strengths of his defensive scheme and more.

Minnesota Vikings Legend Kyle Rudolph joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett from Super Bowl LX Radio Row to discuss his time playing with FB C.J. Ham, how TE Josh Oliver evolved his game during the 2025 season and more.

Vikings WR Justin Jefferson joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett to discuss his experience during Super Bowl Radio Row and expanding his brand, meeting with fellow NFL players, his plans for the offseason and more.

Devin McCourty from NBC's Football Night in America joined Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett to discuss the Vikings retaining defensive coordinator Brian Flores and his importance, the defensive scheme, his respect for S Harrison Smith, positions of need on defense and more.

Hall of Famer and former Vikings coach Tony Dungy joins Vikings Entertainment Network's Tatum Everett to discuss the team's General Manager position, the quarterback room and competition, retaining defensive coordinator Brian Flores and more.

In this edition of Minnesota Vikings Beat Writers Roundtable, Pioneer Press' Dane Mizutani, Purple Insider's Matthew Coller, ESPN's Kevin Seifert, The Athletic's Alec Lewis, Star Tribune's Emily Leiker and Ben Goessling discuss the most important position for the Vikings to address this offseason.

The Vikings hosted U.S. Olympic Curling Team members Aidan Oldenburg, Rich Ruohonen, Danny Casper, Luc Violette and Ben Richardson during practice at TCO Performance Center on Jan. 3. Team Casper will represent the United States at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games.

Watch special teams highlights of the Vikings from the 2025 season.

In this edition of Minnesota Vikings Beat Writers Roundtable, Pioneer Press' Dane Mizutani, Purple Insider's Matthew Coller, ESPN's Kevin Seifert, The Athletic's Alec Lewis, Star Tribune's Emily Leiker and Ben Goessling discuss how they see the Vikings quarterback room evolving this offseason ahead of the 2026 season.

Watch highlights of the Vikings offense from the 2025 NFL season.

Watch Vikings S Harrison Smith's highlights from his career so far.

In this edition of Vikings Beat Writers Roundtable, Pioneer Press' Dane Mizutani, Purple Insider's Matthew Coller, ESPN's Kevin Seifert, The Athletic's Alec Lewis, Star Tribune's Emily Leiker and Ben Goessling discuss what the Vikings discovered about the team during their five game win streak to close out the 2025 NFL season.

Watch every Gjallarhorn sounding at U.S. Bank Stadium from the Vikings 2025 season.

Watch Vikings WR Justin Jefferson highlights from the 2025 season.

Watch episode 8 of The Voyage which features exclusive coverage of the Vikings in Weeks 16-18, special moments honoring FB C.J. Ham and S Harrison Smith plus General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Head Coach Kevin O'Connell reflect on the team's 2025 NFL season.

Watch Vikings K Will Reichard's highlights from the 2025 NFL season.

Vikings WR Justin Jefferson was mic'd up during the team's win over the Packers in Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season.