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The Minnesota Vikings bear added some depth to their backfield amid a excellent initiate as a lot as the season.
The team announced on Tuesday that it has obtained working wait on Cam Akers from the Houston Texans in return for a 2026 conditional sixth-round clutch. Minnesota additionally landed a 2026 conditional seventh-round clutch.
The transfer marks the 2d time Akers has been traded to the Vikings. Last 300 and sixty five days, the Los Angeles Rams traded Akers to Minnesota in return for a conditional 2026 sixth-round clutch. He then signed with the Texans over the offseason.
Akers has had a correct initiate as a lot as the season, posting 147 speeding yards and a touchdown by 5 video games. While he hasn’t gotten a amount of touches, he’s been an actual backup to Joe Mixon and can impartial perceive to proceed doing effectively in the RB2 location in Minnesota.
The Vikings bear gotten a solid initiate as a lot as the 300 and sixty five days from initiating working wait on Aaron Jones as he’s recorded 350 speeding yards and a touchdown on 71 carries. Jones is for the time being listed as week-to-week with a hip damage, but as Pelissero worthy, there don’t seem like any long-interval of time issues about his effectively being.
Akers previously performed below Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell for two seasons when O’Connell become the offensive coordinator for the Rams from 2020 to 2021. He had thought to be one of his most attention-grabbing seasons in O’Connell’s offense in 2020 when he posted 625 speeding yards and a pair of touchdowns.
The Vikings bear had a sexy 5-0 initiate as a lot as the season and appear in a position to competing for a Gleaming Bowl. Now with extra depth in the backfield, they’ll perceive to proceed their excellent 300 and sixty five days.
