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The Minnesota Vikings enter training camp with their biggest question being at quarterback, as Kyler Murray is set to battle with J.J. McCarthy for the starting job.
Still, the Vikings have many areas in need of improvement after missing the playoffs with a 9-8 record last season.
Minnesota lost several notable defenders, including Jonathan Allen, Jonathan Greenard, Javon Hargrave and Harrison Smith.
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On Monday, the Vikings added a three-time All-Pro safety as training camp opens up in July.
Via a post on X, Jamal Adams confirmed multiple reports that he was signing with Minnesota.
"Year 10. #skol," he wrote.
Adams, 30, was a first-round pick by the New York Jets in 2017. He's appeared in 102 games and started in 87. He's recorded 546 tackles, 22.5 sacks, four interceptions and eight forced fumbles in his career. Last season, he recorded 45 tackles, five tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble with the Las Vegas Raiders after playing linebacker under former head coach Pete Carroll.
With Adams joining the Vikings, it appears unlikely the team will bring back veteran safety Harrison Smith. The first-round pick by the Vikings in 2012 entered the offseason unsure of whether he wanted to play in 2026. Earlier in the offseason, Vikings head coach said he reached out to Smith, but the safety needed time to figure out if he wanted to return.
"He knows how I feel about him, how we feel about him, but we also want to be respectful and give him space to kind of continue to figure out what he wants to do," O'Connell said of Smith, via the Vikings. "It doesn't seem like he's in any real rush to — and certainly not from us or from me — to decide whether he's going to be playing football or not."
The Vikings and Smith have not publicly said there will be no return this fall, but this seems to foreshadow the end of Smith's career in Minnesota and in the league.
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