5 Vikings Predictions as April Gets Rolling

Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports April is three days away, which means it’s draft month for the Minnesota and 31 NFL teams, one of the most suspenseful months on the football calendar — perhaps even more than some regular season months. Accordingly, let’s get some Vikings-themed predictions on record. April could swing a few major Vikings storylines into focus.

The club is expected to win eight or nine games next season , which is pretty much what oddsmakers say every year about Minnesota. Projecting the Vikings Developments Most Likely to Hit Next Ranked in no particular order, these are Vikings predictions for April and beyond. Ohio State defensive lineman Kayden McDonald (DL21) appears on the SiriusXM NFL Radio set during Combine week, Feb.

25, 2026, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, as prospects rotate through interviews and media sessions while teams gather information ahead of the upcoming NFL Draft. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images. 5.

If Not Dillon Thieneman, the Vikings’ First Draft Pick Is a DT There is a ghost going around, a ghost that changes every mock-drafter’s mock draft before it publishes on the internet. That ghost ghosts into the network and connects Oregon safety Dillon Thieneman to the Vikings, and the ghost is undefeated. Yes, Thieneman to Minnesota is all over the place in late March, thanks to Thieneman’s fantabulous Combine showing.