The Vikings are parting ways with head athletic trainer Eric Sugarman, letting go of one of the longest-tenured members of their football department as new general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and coach Kevin O'Connell continue to build a different vision for the team.
Sugarman came to Minnesota from Philadelphia with Brad Childress in 2006, and built a strong relationship with general manager Rick Spielman while working with the Vikings' next two head coaches, Leslie Frazier and Mike Zimmer.
Sugarman's profile rose after Adrian Peterson returned from a torn ACL to run for 2,097 yards and win NFL MVP honors in 2012, and he received widespread credit for his quick reaction to Teddy Bridgewater's catastrophic knee injury on Aug.