Star Tribune · Mar 9, 2021
Stephen Weatherly on return to Vikings: 'Never let complacency set in again'
Stephen Weatherly before a September 2018 game at U.S. Bank Stadium.Picked in the seventh round of the 2016 draft, Stephen Weatherly developed enough to play all the way through his rookie deal, hitting the open market last year after a pair of three-sack seasons as a rotational pass rusher with the Vikings.
The two-year, $12.5 million deal he landed from the Panthers gave him his first chance to be a starter and earn a significant payday. That achievement, Weatherly admitted, made him a bit lackadaisical.
