The one-year, $1.75 million contract signed by new Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Khyiris Tonga pales in comparison to the two others added to the unit since the beginning of the league year.
Time to get caught up on some of the Vikings free agents who have recently landed deals with new teams. Former Vikings linebacker Troy Dye has signed a one-year deal with the Chargers.
The Arizona Cardinals have signed/re-signed their fourth defensive lineman of this year’s NFL Free Agency. Confirming their third acquisition in that position so far, Arizona posted on X/Twitter that former Minnesota Viking Khyiris Tonga is heading to the Valley on a one-year contract.
Fan and analyst alike were surprised by the development: Khyiris Tonga — the Vikings’ powerful nose tackle who shined last season — had been benched in favor of 5th-round rookie Jaquelin Roy.
Brian Asamoah and Khyiris Tonga are two Vikings who were supposed to be part of the solution. The former represented speed while the latter represented power; both represented the upside that accompanies youthful replacements.
Coming into the year, the Vikings were supposed to lean on nose tackle Khyiris Tonga. The team doesn’t have a ton of muscle along the defensive line, making the 6’4″, 338-pound lineman particularly important.
On this The Real Forno Show - Tyler Forness takes an in-depth look at the Minnesota Vikings’ defensive line, providing a comprehensive analysis of each player on the roster and their performance in 2022.
First, it was Khyiris Tonga, a would-be free agent who rejoined the Vikings in February for a 2023 sequel. On Tuesday, the Minnesota Vikings added a second free-agent defender back to the 2023 roster, defensive tackle Jonathan Bullard.
The Minnesota Vikings are amid a tumultuous offseason. General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has a lot of decisions to make in the upcoming months. Like every season, the draft and free agency are the biggest steps.
Solid moves for the purple In their first signings of the 2023 offseason, the Minnesota Vikings have re-signed their two Exclusive Rights Free Agents. The team has announced that they have re-signed defensive lineman Khyiris Tonga and offensive tackle Blake Brandel.
It's not yet the heart of the NFL offseason, but minor pieces of Vikings news — and all kinds of rumors — continue to trickle in. Let's run through the latest.
The Minnesota Vikings announced Friday that they’ve re-signed DL Khyiris Tonga for the 2023 season. Tonga was set to become an exclusive rights free agent next month. Tonga, 26, is a former seventh-round pick of the Bears back in 2021.
The Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears closed their 2022 regular seasons with a matchup at Soldier Field in Week 18. In this game, the Vikings had a pair of players playing their first game against the Bears after spending time with them: CB Duke Shelley and DL Khyiris Tonga.
The following questions are about current Minnesota Vikings topics, answered by PurplePTSD. Today is the January 5th edition, addressed in a from-the-hip fashion.
EAGAN — As a high school senior, Khyiris Tonga found himself at a crossroads. He was on house arrest. He wasn’t allowed to play football or travel to away games to support his teammates.
It's been quite some time since the Vikings lost a football game. Six weeks, in fact. Their five-game winning streak is tied with the Titans for the longest in the league, trailing only the undefeated Eagles.
Vikings rookie cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. was able to practice in a limited capacity this week, but he won't make his return to game action yet. Booth is inactive for the Vikings' Week 5 game against the Bears, marking the fourth straight game he's missed with the quad injury he picked up on his second special teams snap in the opener.
Is this a football version of the old Mad magazine series, Spy vs. Spy? The Bears and Minnesota Vikings appear to be engaged in "gamesmanship" or just plain old spying by bringing in former players to milk information from and the like.
According to Tom Pelissero, the Minnesota Vikings signed DT Khyiris Tonga to their active roster from the Falcons practice squad. Tonga gives Minnesota a little extra depth at nose tackle and a potential developmental option for the future. Tonga, 26, was drafted by the Bears in the seventh round out of BYU in the 2021 NFL Draft.
The Atlanta Falcons announced that they are signing DL Khyiris Tonga to their practice squad on Monday. Atlanta’s practice squad now includes: OL Justin
Duke Shelley was all smiles Tuesday about not getting a phone call from the Bears on cutdown day. His call came a bit later. Shelley, a fourth-year defensive back, was among five Bears cut after the announcement of waiver acquisitions.
The Chicago Bears are waiving defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. Tonga, a seventh-round draft pick a year ago, had 24 total tackles and one fumble recovery in 15 games last season.
If Khyiris Tonga is an example of how the Bears used their time from the end of the Matt Nagy era to now, then maybe coach Matt Eberflus will not need so many new players for his team after all.
The Chicago Bears drafted seven players in the 2021 NFL draft, where a number of them made significant contributions on offense, defense or special teams during their rookie season.
If it truly was Matt Nagy's last game as coach at Soldier Field Sunday, the Bears coach went out the way he came in back during the 2018 season. The Bears took plenty of risks and used trickery like nose tackle Khyiris Tonga at fullback on the goal line and running back David Montgomery throwing jump passes.
With the 250th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears picked BYU defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga. Tonga, who could have entered the 2020 NFL Draft, opted to return for his senior season where he was a critical part of the Cougars' success in 2020.
KHYIRIS TONGA | BYU | DT | #95 | Sr | 6032 | 340 | 5.26e | West Valley, UT | Granger HS Overview: With the continued evolution of a wide-open NFL offensive structure that values creating and manipulating space, two-down space-eating interior defensive lineman are becoming less and less valuable.
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