Right tackle Brian O’Neill will take Johnson’s place, giving the Vikings seven players total. His 80.8 PFF grade was tied as the 12th-highest among all tackles in 2024, and he was credited with only allowing two sacks.

Projected to garner a three-year, $52 million deal by Pro Football Focus (PFF), Murphy has the grounds to demand twice as much from Minnesota after the Vikings lagged on getting an extension done in the offseason. To be fair, Murphy had more to prove.

Minnesota Vikings tackle Brian O'Neill was selected to his second Pro Bowl, replacing the Eagles' Lane Johnson.

According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, Vikings cornerback Stephon Gilmore said after the season that he is considering retirement after 14 seasons in the NFL, citing that his body is "feeling it" more than normal at the end of a season.

Thirty players will be participating in their first Pro Bowl Games, including five rookies: Las Vegas tight end Brock Bowers, New England quarterback Drake Maye, Jacksonville wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., New York Giants receiver Malik Nabers and Los Angeles Rams linebacker Jared Verse.

The offseason has already started for the Minnesota Vikings, which means it’s time for general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to upgrade

Here is how to watch those former Badgers in the 2025 Pro Bowl Games, which begin on Thursday night. The Pro Bowl Games will be broadcast on ESPN. It begins with the Skills Show on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. CT, then continues with Flag Football on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 3 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. CT.

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jonathan Greenard joins 'The Insiders' from the Pro Bowl Games. Wide receiver Pat Bryant shares stories from his Senior Bowl experience so far. Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jonathan Greenard joins 'The Insiders' from the Pro Bowl Games.

The East West Shrine Bowl is tonight and the Senior Bowl practices are underway. If you are a draft doofus like me then this is a great time right now. Obviously, free agency for the Vikings is going to be crucial and very interesting.

Cardinals tight end Trey McBride and safety Budda Baker will participate in a pair of events this Thursday as part of the 2025 Pro Bowl Games.

Griese and the Don Shula-coached Miami Dolphins ran into a buzzsaw when they pushed to Super Bowl VI at the end of the 1971 season, getting pummeled 24-3 by Roger Staubach, Tom Landry, and the Dallas Cowboys. That hardly deterred them.