{"id":77063,"date":"2024-01-03T06:56:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T06:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=77063"},"modified":"2024-01-03T06:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T06:56:38","slug":"vikings-reunite-with-lb-ahead-of-final-regular-season-game-kieu-linh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/vikings-reunite-with-lb-ahead-of-final-regular-season-game-kieu-linh\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Reunite with LB Ahead of Final Regular Season Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0signed linebacker\u00a0Abraham Beauplan\u00a0to the practice squad this week, five days ahead of the season finale against the\u00a0Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1743200469-e1701469004889.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Brian Flores, Vikings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s NFL insider Jordan Schultz\u00a0reported the reunion between Minnesota and its former linebacker on Tuesday, January 2.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Vikings<\/a> are signing rookie LB Abraham Beauplan after working him out today, his agent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerykGilmore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DerykGilmore<\/a> tells me.<\/p>\n<p>Beauplan was with Minnesota in the preseason but was waived following an injury. He\u2019s now fully healthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N7XRcYqPsH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/N7XRcYqPsH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/1742305681255039025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe #Vikings are signing rookie LB Abraham Beauplan after working him out today, his agent @DerykGilmore tells me,\u201d\u00a0Schultz wrote on X. \u201cBeauplan was with Minnesota in the preseason but was waived following an injury. He\u2019s now fully healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beauplan played three years at Marshall between 2020-22 where he tallied 231 tackles, including 23 tackles for loss, 5 forced fumbles, 3.5 sacks and 1 interception, per\u00a0Sports Reference.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Anthony Barr Could Play Final Game with Vikings Against Lions Sunday<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4575368\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-4575368 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-865112884-e1697566419632.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"The Packers are being urged to sign free-agent linebacker Anthony Barr\" width=\"782\" height=\"443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4575368\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-865112884-e1697566419632.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beauplan is unlikely to play in the Vikings\u2019 regular season finale. However, his signing indicates that Minnesota is potentially interested in inking the linebacker to a reserve\/future contract, which would set Beauplan up to participate in the team\u2019s training camp activities beginning this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota\u2019s addition of Beauplan to the practice squad is also an indication that linebacker\u00a0Anthony Barr\u00a0will remain on the active roster for the Vikings\u2019 must-win road contest against the Lions on January 7. The team has only a\u00a02.7% chance\u00a0to make the playoffs, per ESPN\u2019s Football Power Index, after dropping its home finale against the\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0in primetime on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings reunited with Barr on November 13 after parting ways with the four-time Pro Bowler following the 2021 campaign. He spent the 2022 season in the NFC East, appearing in 14 games and making 10 starts for the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Barr has appeared in three games for the Vikings this season, two against the\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0and the\u00a0Chicago Bears\u00a0in the two weeks immediately following his signing in Minnesota. He spent the next several weeks on the practice squad before the team elevated him again for last Sunday\u2019s contest against the Packers.<\/p>\n<p>All told, Barr has played 34 defensive snaps and 6 snaps on special teams since rejoining the Vikings, per\u00a0Pro Football Reference. Over the course of his 10-year NFL career, nine of which he has spent in Minnesota, Barr has appeared in 115 games and made 108 starts. He has tallied 554 total tackles, including 41 tackles for loss, 32 pass breakups, 18.5 sacks, 8 forced fumbles, 5 interceptions and 1 defensive touchdown.<\/p>\n<h2>Brian Flores May Leave Vikings Just 1 Year After Building Quality Defense<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4565293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-4565293 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-1626443469-e1696525209973.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Brian Flores\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4565293\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GettyImages-1626443469-e1696525209973.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Next Sunday\u2019s game in Detroit could be Barr\u2019s swan song with the Vikings, and also as an NFL player anywhere, as the linebacker will turn 32 years old ahead of next season and has already played a decade at the game\u2019s highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Beauplan\u2019s career may be just beginning if he avoids injury and fits in well with Minnesota\u2019s defensive scheme. Unfortunately for him and the rest of the Vikings defense, the author of that scheme may not be around to continue building on it in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive coordinator\u00a0Brian Flores\u00a0served as head coach of the\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0for three seasons between 2019-21. He joined head coach\u00a0Kevin O\u2019Connell\u2019s\u00a0staff ahead of the 2023 campaign and installed an aggressive, blitz-heavy scheme that has been more successful than most anyone might have conceived before the season began.<\/p>\n<p>Because of that success and Flores\u2019 history as a head coach, however, he will be a prime candidate for one of the several NFL head coaching jobs expected to become available in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0signed linebacker\u00a0Abraham Beauplan\u00a0to the practice squad this week, five days ahead of the season finale against the\u00a0Detroit Lions. Bleacher Report\u2019s NFL insider Jordan Schultz\u00a0reported the reunion&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}