Alec Lewis, who writes about the Minnesota Vikings for The Athletic and hosts The Alec Lewis Show, discusses the team’s firing of general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. He talks about many dynamics. The timing of the firing, the components of the quarterback decisions, the internal dynamics between Adofo-Mensah and coaches, the GM search moving forward, Rob Brzezinski’s role and the respect, why George Paton’s name has emerged as a possibility, the 2026 QB situation, J.J. McCarthy and much more. This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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Gregg Rosenthal, the host of NFL Daily and 40s and Free Agents, joins The Alec Lewis Show. Rosenthal and Lewis talk about themes from the conference championship contributors, Milton Williams, Sam Darnold, the Vikings’ decision to move on from Darnold, J.J. McCarthy, what the Vikings should do in 2026 at quarterback and more. This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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Alec Lewis, who writes about the Vikings for The Athletic, hosts The Alec Lewis Show. This episode features conversation about Sam Darnold’s performance and the Vikings’ decision to move on from Darnold, updates to the Vikings’ staff among position coaches, the 2026 NFL Draft with prospects Minnesota could covet and more.

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Alec Lewis, who writes about the Vikings for The Athletic, hosts The Alec Lewis Show. This episode features conversation about Jordan Addison’s future and his trespassing charges being dropped. Lewis also talks about the Vikings’ staff situation from Brian Flores to Daronte Jones to the offensive line coaching search. Lewis ends the podcast with discussion about the 2026 quarterback search. This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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Alec Lewis, who writes about the Vikings for The Athletic, hosts The Alec Lewis Show. This episode features conversation about the team’s decision to move on from offensive line coach Chris Kuper. Lewis talks about the importance of the OL coach, what Kuper’s background was, how the offensive lines performed since 2022, and what potential options exist as far as offensive line coaching candidates. This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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Alec Lewis, who writes about the Vikings for The Athletic, hosts The Alec Lewis Show. This episode features conversation in the aftermath of Tuesday’s end-of-season press conference with GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and HC Kevin O’Connell. Lewis talks about the 2026 quarterback plan, J.J. McCarthy, defensive coordinator Brian Flores, Jordan Addison’s latest arrest, Christian Darrisaw, the future at tackle and receiver and more This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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Alec Lewis, who writes about the Vikings for The Athletic, hosts The Alec Lewis Show. This episode features conversation about J.J. McCarthy's final start of 2025, the hand injury, exiting the game, the season-long evaluation of him, what the Vikings will do at QB, future options, potential Brian Flores replacements and much more. This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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Alec Lewis, who writes about the Vikings for The Athletic, hosts The Alec Lewis Show. This episode features conversation about Brian Flores’s, what replacing him would look like, other coaching candidates who make sense on Vikings’ staff, running back of the future, Aaron Jones, Jeremiyah Love, 2026 QB options, how to think about future at QB. This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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Alec Lewis, who writes about the Vikings for The Athletic, hosts The Alec Lewis Show. This episode features conversation about J.J. McCarthy’s hand injury, how it happened, when it happened, what the Vikings and Kevin O’Connell said about it, what it means for the Vikings’ QB future, Brian Flores’s future, Vikings young players stepping up, the offseason questions and much more. This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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Michael Russo, who covers the Minnesota Wild and NHL for The Athletic, joins the Alec Lewis Show. This episode features a Vikings-Giants primer with perspective on how Sunday’s game might go. Lewis discusses what he saw on tape from Jaxson Dart, Mike Kafka’s offense, the Giants’ run game with Tyrone Tracy Jr., Dexter Lawrence and more. Then Lewis talks Minnesota Wild recent buzz after the Quinn Hughes trade with his colleague, Russo. This show is presented by First Resource Bank, which serves the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, here is their website:

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