When you look at the Minnesota Vikings’ roster, there are spots where they could look to add more talent, but only one spot is worrisome: edge rusher.

Their starters are very solid in theory, with Dallas Turner and Andrew Van Ginkel being the guys. It was a much stronger unit going into the offseason, with Jonathan Greenard still being penciled in as a starter. Instead, the Vikings traded him to the Philadelphia Eagles.

That left a gaping hole on the roster that has still yet to be filled.

Minnesota Vikings linked to EDGE Haason Reddick

There are still a few interesting options for the Vikings to add a pass rusher. ESPN’s Aaron Schatz believes that Haason Reddick who played last season for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, could be that guy.

Another NFC North team, another questionable depth chart on the edge. The issue here is not Dallas Turner and Andrew Van Ginkel but rather the players behind them, led by 2025 fifth-round pick Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins and 2024 undrafted free agent Bo Richter.

Reddick had only 2.5 sacks last season, the lowest of the three best available veteran pass rushers, but his 12% pass rush win rate was still impressive: similar to the Chargers’ Tuli Tuipulotu and just ahead of the Steelers’ T.J. Watt. Reddick’s history of playing in flexible 3-4 defenses makes him the best fit for defensive coordinator Brian Flores because he has more experience dropping into coverage on complicated zone blitzes.

Like Schatz did with pass rush win rate, people will zoom out on Reddick’s 2025 campaign and say while the sack numbers weren’t there, the pressure and win rates were. He finished the year with a very respectable 16.6% pressure rate and solid 17.9% win rate against true pass sets.

But that’s not the entire story.

Basically, all of Reddick’s production came in the first seven games of the season. He recorded 1.5 of his 2.5 total sacks, 22/27 total pressures against true pass sets, and his win rate was 22.2%.

He suffered ankle/knee issues that cost him four games and returned in Week 13. From that point on he was a shell of himself, racking up just 0.5 sacks, 7 pressures, and a 6.7% win rate across 125 pass rush snaps.

Did the injuries affect his play? That’s likely, but they weren’t the only factor. Reddick has shown he shrinks when the situation around him gets tough and the Buccaneers were spiraling by the time he returned in Week 13.

Reddick simply doesn’t have the attitude/work ethic worth dealing with and he’ll want to get paid too much for what he’ll be asked to do, or be willing to do, himself. The Vikings should stay away unless they can get him for about $3 million or less in 2026.