Locked On Vikings Hit - Quick Takes on the Minnesota Vikings
Oct 7, 2026 · 6 min · 7 segments
The Minnesota Vikings are likely down two linemen and are facing one of the best pass rushers in the league in Chase Young. Sam Ekstrom identifies Young and Erik McCoy as Saints the Vikings need to…
Sam EkstromHost
Later, we gotta talk about the OBJ signing, Odell Beckham Jr. to the Vikings practice squad.
But first, we do this every week, two New Orleans Saints that I've got some respect for, and the Vikings should as well.
But we start with Chase Young, the edge rusher for New Orleans, who I think people have forgotten about with, uh, as poor as the Saints have been the last couple of years.
He was the number two overall pick in the draft back in 2020, then he had a bit of a falling out in Washington, went to San Francisco for a minute, dealt with injuries, of course, and he's reinvented himself nicely in New Orleans.
He's just a crazy athlete, and if you don't have Christian Darrisaw at left tackle, which I'm not expecting, then you are probably in a little bit of peril over there.
You don't have Josh Oliver to tack on to the offensive line and help out, uh, Ryan Vandermark.
He's had a little more trouble staying on the field in recent years, but he's played this year.
And you need every adequate offensive lineman you can get to try and stack up against this Flores blitz.
And the Vikings a lot of times will come at you through, through the interior, and if you've got a stalwart center that it can at least repel them a little bit to the outside, uh, that's a perk for the Saints.
So I'm watching Young, I'm watching McCoy, and I'm watching to see what the Vikings do with Odell Beckham Jr., who they just signed to the practice squad.
Later, we gotta talk about the OBJ signing, Odell Beckham Jr. to the Vikings practice squad.
But first, we do this every week, two New Orleans Saints that I've got some respect for, and the Vikings should as well.
But we start with Chase Young, the edge rusher for New Orleans, who I think people have forgotten about with, uh, as poor as the Saints have been the last couple of years.
He was the number two overall pick in the draft back in 2020, then he had a bit of a falling out in Washington, went to San Francisco for a minute, dealt with injuries, of course, and he's reinvented himself nicely in New Orleans.
He's just a crazy athlete, and if you don't have Christian Darrisaw at left tackle, which I'm not expecting, then you are probably in a little bit of peril over there.
You don't have Josh Oliver to tack on to the offensive line and help out, uh, Ryan Vandermark.
He's had a little more trouble staying on the field in recent years, but he's played this year.
And you need every adequate offensive lineman you can get to try and stack up against this Flores blitz.
And the Vikings a lot of times will come at you through, through the interior, and if you've got a stalwart center that it can at least repel them a little bit to the outside, uh, that's a perk for the Saints.
So I'm watching Young, I'm watching McCoy, and I'm watching to see what the Vikings do with Odell Beckham Jr., who they just signed to the practice squad.
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