Approximately 45 EDGE rushers signed with various teams during free agency this offseason.
For now, the Minnesota Vikings are content with a compilation approach opposite Danielle Hunter — Stephen Weatherly, D.J. Wonnum, Patrick Jones II, Janarius Robinson, Jalyn Holmes, Kenny Willekes, and Jordan Brailford. Ostensibly, this will be the group (perhaps trimmed by a name or two after roster cutdowns) that accompanies Danielle Hunter, Michael Pierce, Dalvin Tomlinson, Sheldon Richardson, and Armon Watts on the Vikings 2021 defensive line.
Weatherly was the team’s free-agent EDGE acquisition. In fact, he was the first free agent that Minnesota signed amid its defensive bonanza in the spring.