The offseason for the Minnesota Vikings is officially eight days old, and we already have our annual Jordan Addison offseason issue.
This is the third consecutive offseason that Addison has run into trouble with the law. As a rookie, he was caught going 140 miles an hour, an incident where he pled guilty to a single count of speeding to avoid a charge of reckless driving. This past offseason, he reached a plea deal from an incident where he was found asleep behind the wheel of his car, blocking traffic on a freeway near the Los Angeles Airport. That plea deal caused him to miss the first three games of the 2025 season for violations of the league’s Personal Conduct policy.
This is a relatively fresh incident, so there has not been any statement from the team at the current time, but I’m sure they’ll have the usual statement about not having any further comment at the present time here relatively soon. Kevin O’Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah are currently in the middle of their season-ending press conference, so it might be a bit.
This is not particularly great timing for Addison. The team is going to have to come to a decision soon as to whether or not they’re going to pick up the fifth-year option on Addison’s rookie contract, and given his history of off-field issues, he may be looking at more discipline from the league depending on what happens with this latest incident.
In any case, it appears we have our first story of the offseason to keep track of. As always, as more news from this comes down, we’ll bring it to you here.
