The minutes before meetings in the Vikings defensive line room are time for casual chatter, for the members of what might be the NFL’s best defensive front to get to know one another.
It’s not a group short on personalities, with two players born on Caribbean islands (Linval Joseph and Danielle Hunter), a defensive tackle (Tom Johnson) who’s played for teams in three countries and the ever-boisterous Everson Griffen. Increasingly, though, the focus of fascination is second-year defensive end Stephen Weatherly.
“We found out today he’s played nine instruments,” defensive end Brian Robison said. “Right now, he’s on a major kick with Bitcoin.