With OTAs wrapped up, what are Vikings players allowed to do and how much (if any) can they be involved with coaches and Vikings staff until training camp begins?
— Steve in Nashville, Tennessee
Hello in Nashville. Looking forward to being back down there at the end of the month.
It’s really kind of incredible to comb through all the rules and policies put into place to govern teams’ offseason workout programs, which are mostly voluntary in their nine-week span but also include a mandatory minicamp.
The Collective Bargaining Agreement also covers this part of the calendar year and states no players “shall be permitted to participate in any organized workouts or organized football activity of any kind, or any football activity with any coach, on either a voluntary or involuntary basis.”
Each player does have freedom to “work out on his own at any time on a voluntary basis without the participation of any coach, trainer or other Club personnel except that the Club’s strength and conditioning coaches may direct a player’s individual workout in the weight room and may supervise use of the weight room to prevent injury and correct misuse of equipment.”
Some players have personal trainers that they can go work with either in Minnesota or other locations across the country. Some may choose to utilize access to a facility as well-equipped as Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center. Some may choose to take the workout program developed by Vikings health and performance staff members where they are spending the next few weeks.
I am a 50-plus-year Vikings fan, and I have seldom been more excited about the team than I am right now. I think that Kwesi, Kevin O’Connell and Flo’ (Brian Flores) have done a superb job putting together a great team and scheme. I don’t know if they have enough to win it all this year, but ’25 and beyond look bright. I am curious about Kwesi’s first draft, specifically, what is going on with Lewis Cine? I read Vikings.com every day, and I never see his name. Did that terrible fracture effectively end his career? Is he a bust? Or does he just not fit in the Flores defense? I assumed he was a great first-round pick in ’22. I would love to see him succeed, but don’t see how that can happen if he barely shows up in practice. Skol Vikings!
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