This could be an interesting signing
Today marks the end of the first full week of free agency in the National Football League, and the Minnesota Vikings have made yet another move to bolster their roster depth.
The team has just announced that they have agreed to a deal with wide receiver Rondale Moore. Terms of the deal were not readily made available.
Moore has a pretty interesting history. As a freshman at Purdue in 2018, he had one of the great freshman seasons in recent memory, being named a Consensus All-American while also winning the Paul Hornung Award (most versatile college football player) and the Paul Warfield Trophy (best wide receiver) as well as garnering Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Receiver of the Year honors. He then went on to play just four games in 2019 because of a hamstring issue and only played three games in the COVID-marred 2020 season.
The Arizona Cardinals saw enough from Moore to make him a second-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, and he had a pretty big coming out party at the Vikings’ expense. In just his second NFL game, he had seven catches for 114 yards and a touchdown in an Arizona victory. Unfortunately, that’s the only 100-yard receiving game Moore has had in his career.
After playing three seasons with the Cardinals, Moore was traded to the Atlanta Falcons during the 2024 offseason for quarterback Desmond Ridder. He never suited up for the Falcons, as he tore an ACL in August and was placed on injured reserve.
Despite battling injury issues, Moore did have at least 40 catches in each of his three seasons in Arizona. He also presents a threat in the run game and, potentially, in the return game as well. There’s always going to be injury concerns with Moore, but if he can stay healthy for the Vikings he could present the sort of threat the team hasn’t had in a while.
Welcome to Minnesota, Rondale Moore!
