Vikings safety Cam Bynum, facing free agency for the first time, expressed uncertainty about his future with the team. After a standout season, Bynum is projected to receive a three-year, $42.8 million contract as a top free agent safety. However, with the Vikings needing to replace five starters in their secondary, committing significant funds to… Continue reading Vikings Star Cam Bynum Opens Up on Free Agency Uncertainty
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Aaron Jones and Cam Akers will be key for the Vikings against the Rams
If Akers isn’t playing the revenge card, Jones should be. The Green Bay reject has rushed for a career-high 1,138 yards this season while appearing in all 17 games. He has said this season has been his most fun playing football. But the Rams game was one of his lower rushing totals of the season.… Continue reading Aaron Jones and Cam Akers will be key for the Vikings against the Rams
Vikings list Cam Akers as questionable for Monday night
The Vikings have turned in their final injury report ahead of Monday night’s game against the Rams. It includes running back Cam Akers. Akers was not on the report earlier in the week, but he was added to it after missing Saturday’s practice with an illness. The team listed him as questionable to play on… Continue reading Vikings list Cam Akers as questionable for Monday night
Pat Jones II ruled out, Cam Akers questionable for playoff game against Rams
The Minnesota Vikings ruled out outside linebacker Pat Jones II for Monday night’s wild-card game against the Los Angeles Rams at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., due to a knee injury that’s kept Jones out of practice this week. Running back Cam Akers, who was not on the injury report this week, is now… Continue reading Pat Jones II ruled out, Cam Akers questionable for playoff game against Rams
Vikings appreciate Cam Akers as a backup running back so much they traded for him twice
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — As the Minnesota Vikings were recently reveling in their 14th victory, a two-point triumph over rival Green Bay that only became secure when Cam Akers made a tricky third down catch, coach Kevin O’Connell was asked in his postgame news conference to elaborate on what he liked about the fifth-year running… Continue reading Vikings appreciate Cam Akers as a backup running back so much they traded for him twice
Insider says it is ‘hard to see’ Cam Bynum back with Vikings in 2025
Could Cam Bynum have played his final game as a Viking at U.S. Bank Stadium? With free agency pending for the 26-year-old safety, and an unclear path in the playoffs, it’s possible Bynum suited up for the last time as part of the home team in Minnesota. “Of all their premier free agents, the one… Continue reading Insider says it is ‘hard to see’ Cam Bynum back with Vikings in 2025
Vikings’ Cam Akers, filling in for Aaron Jones, sinks Packers
The coaching staff pulled him as a precaution with the Vikings up 27-10 at the fourth quarter’s start. “I was good,” Jones said postgame. “I kept warm just in case they needed me. Kept my helmet on.” Jones finished with 12 carries for 47 yards. He helped set up Akers’ touchdown, after thinking he was… Continue reading Vikings’ Cam Akers, filling in for Aaron Jones, sinks Packers
Vikings’ 12-2 record means more to Cam Akers. Here’s why.
The Vikings were looking for more efficiency behind Jones when they traded for Akers this year. Nine games have passed as Akers has supplanted Ty Chandler as the primary backup. Since Akers arrived, he has played 136 offensive snaps to Chandler’s 19. Both players now have 51 carries on the season as Vikings. Akers has… Continue reading Vikings’ 12-2 record means more to Cam Akers. Here’s why.
Vikings running back Cam Akers has developed into an important piece
Not long after the Vikings took care of business in the 30-12 win over the Chicago Bears, coach Kevin O’Connell heaped praise on an unsung hero from the game with a couple of sentences that might’ve gone unnoticed to anybody who wasn’t paying close attention. “I thought there was some real physicality,” O’Connell said. “I… Continue reading Vikings running back Cam Akers has developed into an important piece
Vikings running back Cam Akers has developed into an important piece
Not long after the Vikings took care of business in the 30-12 win over the Chicago Bears, coach Kevin O’Connell heaped praise on an unsung hero from the game with a couple of sentences that might’ve gone unnoticed to anybody who wasn’t paying close attention. “I thought there was some real physicality,” O’Connell said. “I… Continue reading Vikings running back Cam Akers has developed into an important piece